《论语》孝道观对我国老龄化的启示

The Enlightenment of the Concept of Filial Piety in “The Analects of Confucius” to China’s Aging

中国正在进入一个快速老龄化时期,老年人口的数量增加,占总人口的比重也在持续上升。我国已出台了不少相关政策,旨在落实好老年的优待政策,维护好老年人合法的权益。除了政策上的支撑,还需要人们自觉形成尊老、爱老、敬老的社会意识。《论语》作为我国的儒家经典著作,其倡导的“仁义礼智信”思想历经千年仍闪耀着智慧的光辉,构建起我国基本的思想道德体系。《论语》中提倡的“孝生”理念与当今倡导的家风养成不谋而合,涉及到“孝与社会治理”的内容对我国当今社会的老龄化具有同等重要的启发和实践意义。

China is entering a period of rapid aging, and the number of elderly people is increasing, and the proportion of the total population is also rising. China has introduced a number of relevant policies, aiming to implement preferential policies for the elderly and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly. In addition to policy support, it is also necessary for people to consciously form a social consciousness of respecting, loving and respecting the elderly. As a classic work of Confucianism in China, the Analects of Confucianism advocates the idea of “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith” that still shines with the brilliance of wisdom after thousands of years, and builds China’s basic ideological and moral system. The concept of “filial piety” advocated in the Analects coincides with the cultivation of family style advocated today, and the content involving “filial piety and social governance” has equally important inspiration and practical significance for the aging of today’s society in China.