我国从1999年进入老龄社会;老年问题日益突出。现在有一门新兴学科,名老年学,专门研究与老年相关的若干问题。不过,老年学目前在我国刚刚兴起不久,并未引起社会所重视,它的发展可能要经历相当长的时间。我国传统文化中有许多关于养老、敬老的记述,这些都被认为是中华孝道文化中 Our country has entered the aging society since 1999; the problem of the elderly has become increasingly prominent. There is now a new discipline, geriatric, devoted to studying several issues related to aging. However, at present, gerontology is just emerging in our country and has not drawn the attention of the community. Its development may take quite a long time. There are many accounts of old-age and honor-minded people in our traditional culture, which are all considered as the essence of filial piety in Chinese culture