福利理想是社会福利文化的重要组成部分,中华民族的福利理想不仅源远流长,而且特色鲜明。《尚书》提出的“五福”理想,既是中华民族传统福利理想的标志,也是中华民族传统“福文化”的核心。“五福”理想是长寿、富贵、康宁、好德和善终的总称,涵盖了人类幸福生活的基本要素,并在中华民族的社会福利实践中不断拓展充实。“五福”理想具有民生为本性、目标完美性、地位差序性、思维辩证性等四个特征,在中华民族的传统社会福利实践中发挥了重要的社会功能。“五福”理想对构建中华特色的现代社会福利体系,对全面推进“幸福中国”建设,实现中华民族伟大复兴的“中国梦”,仍然具有多方面的启迪意义。
The welfare-based ideal is an important part of the social welfare culture. The welfarebased ideal of the Chinese nation has not only a long history, but also distinctive characteristics. The ideal of"Five-Happinesses" in The Book of Documents (Shang Shu) is both a symbol of the traditional Chinese welfare ideal, and the core of the Chinese traditional "happiness culture". "Five-Happinesses" refers to longevity, wealth, health, good virtue and natural death, covering the basic elements of human happiness and getting enriched in the social welfare practice of the Chinese nation, whose four characteristics are the emphasis on the people's livelihood, perfect goals, hierarchical orders, and dialectical thinking, playing a key role in the traditional welfare practice of the Chinese society. The ideal of "Five-Happinesses" still has much enlightening significance for the construction of "China in happiness" and a modern social welfare system with Chinese characteristics as well as the realization of the great "Chinese dream", that is, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.