老子颇受争议的“小国寡民”思想看似与当代的大国版图是对立矛盾的,但细究其深层含义,会发现老子所描绘的理想社会实际上恰恰揭示了大国模式下暴露的弊病,具有超越时代的意义。本文通过对老子“小国寡民”理论的思考,对当代大国面临的一些问题进行思考与分析。 Lao Tzu’s controversial “small country widow” idea appears to be contradictory to the contemporary big-nation territory map. However, by examining its deep meaning, we can see that the ideal society depicted by Lao Tzu actually reveals exactly the shortcomings exposed by the big power model , With the significance of transcending the times. Through thinking of Lao Tzu’s theory of “small country and rich people”, this article makes some thinking and analysis on some issues that contemporary big countries are facing.