小康社会的升华与进一步发展，当为实现理想的“福祉社会”。这是人类共同追求的目标，亦是福扯工作与福祉学研究的宗旨与坐标。将世界通行的福祉学的概念与相关体系导入国内，开辟中国福祉学研究的新领域，为中国兴起福祉教育事业提供理论依据，为学习福祉及从事福扯工作的专业人员提供通俗易懂的系统知识，是撰写本书的宗旨。

本书试图厘清福祉与福祉学的内涵，介绍其学术定义与基本理念；梳理西方近代社会福祉的发端与沿袭变革并阐明其特征；概述1945年后日本社会福祉事业、福祉教育事业的形成与发展，介绍其理念与教学内容，以为中国创办福扯教育专业之借镜。同时，考察中国古代济贫扶贫及社会救助制度的形成与缺陷，辨析儒学与佛学所蕴含的福祉思想；以立法为主线回顾新中国成立以来所走过的社会保障之历程，为完善并创新社会福祉体系与机制建言献策；阐述老年福祉、介护福祉、儿童福祉三大领域中所存在的问题及解决办法；并附福祉教学纲要及创办福扯院校方案，为创办福祉专业提供参考。

The sublimation and further development of a moderately prosperous society should be achieved in order to achieve the ideal "welfare society". This is the common goal pursued by mankind, and it is also the purpose and coordinate of the study of welfare work and welfare. The purpose of this book is to introduce the concepts and related systems of welfare science commonly used in the world into China, open up a new field of welfare research in China, provide a theoretical basis for the rise of welfare education in China, and provide easy-to-understand systematic knowledge for professionals who study welfare and engage in welfare work. This book attempts to clarify the connotation of welfare and welfare, introduce its academic definition and basic philosophy; Sort out the origins and lineage changes of well-being in modern Western society and clarify their characteristics; This paper summarizes the formation and development of social welfare and welfare education in Japan after 1945, and introduces its philosophy and teaching content, so as to serve as a reference for the establishment of the welfare education major in China. At the same time, it examines the formation and defects of the poverty alleviation and social assistance system in ancient China, and analyzes the welfare ideas contained in Confucianism and Buddhism. Taking legislation as the main line, review the course of social security since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and provide suggestions for improving and innovating the social welfare system and mechanism; Explain the problems and solutions in the three major areas of elderly welfare, nursing care and child welfare; It also includes a welfare syllabus and a plan for the establishment of welfare colleges to provide reference for the establishment of welfare majors.（AI翻译）