CAJ | 학술논문

关于现今老年学，西方社会学已提出数家老年学理论，儒学领域则多从孝道及养老思想进行讨论，然皆有所限制，故拟将西方老年学理论与儒家观点进行对话，尝试建构一套儒家的老年学理论。先秦儒家的老年学，既能正视老年期的生理限制，又能安而不忧，致力道德实践。不仅为老年世代提供可行的安身立命法门，也为青、壮世代提出当下安立及面对老年的实践方向：一、自觉本心、好学修德，实现义命；二、孝亲敬老；三、面对未来衰老不忧不惧；四、将道德实践视为终身使命。透过建立正确观念及伦理道德实践来面对老年课题，乃先秦儒家对现今老年学发展的重要贡献。
관우현금노년학，서방사회학이제출수가노년학이론，유학영역칙다종효도급양로사상진행토론，연개유소한제，고의장서방노년학이론여유가관점진행대화，상시건구일투유가적노년학이론。선진유가적노년학，기능정시노년기적생리한제，우능안이불우，치력도덕실천。불부위노년세대제공가행적안신립명법문，야위청、장세대제출당하안립급면대노년적실천방향：일、자각본심、호학수덕，실현의명；이、효친경로；삼、면대미래쇠로불우불구；사、장도덕실천시위종신사명。투과건립정학관념급윤리도덕실천래면대노년과제，내선진유가대현금노년학발전적중요공헌。
Seeing that the western theories about senior citizens have their limitations and the Confucianism ’ s interpretation mainly focus on filial piety and provision for the old age, the purposes of this study are to find out the characteristics and limitations of contemporary theories about senior citizens and to construct the viewpoint of senior citizens of Confucianism through dialogue so that some suggestions can be offered to the theories on senior citizens and how Confucianism deals with the issues of senior citizens may be highly focused. Confucianism ’s viewpoint of senior citizens inspires us to truly realize the physical limitations of the elderly people, and to guide them to behave themselves in accordance with moral rules, showing the values of their lives. In addition, these viewpoints also point out some solutions to problems younger generation will possibly encounter in their old age. Such inspirations are as follows: First, be aware of your original self and respect your parents and other elderly people. Second, study harder and modify your behavior and mental status. Third, be brave enough and never be worried about the old age no matter how mentally and physically feeble you will be in the future. Last but not least, one has to constantly live up to moral self-awareness and make it his / her lifelong mission. Proper understanding and positive ways of modifying one’s mental status and behavior toward one’s old age should be something that Confucianists have left for us to value modern-day theories on senior citizens.