唐代是中国古代社会保障发展的重要历史时期。唐代社会保障思想不仅表现为皇帝、宰臣等统治者的思想，还包括客观认识贫困原因并提出合理的应对手段等。唐代建立起包括社会救助制度、优抚制度和社会福利制度在内的系统的制度性社会保障，还具有包括宗亲保障、邻里互助、有组织的互助以及宗教和个人慈善在内的比较全面的非制度性社会保障，并且建立起包括社会保障各级管理机构与职官、相关法律制度、实施与监管等系统的管理体制。

The Tang Dynasty is an important historical era in ancient China in terms of social security. The social security thoughts in the Tang Dynasty not only reflected the thinking of emperors, ministers and the like, but also include their objective views on the causes of poverty and the rational ways they proposed for tackling such problems. The institutional social security system established in the Tang Dynasty consisted of social assistance system, social preferential treatments and social welfare system. Uninstitutional social security was set up alongside, which included clan assistance, neighborhood assistance, organization assistance and religious and personal charity. The social security administration system contained organizations and officials at all levels, legal systems concerned, enforcement and supervising bodies.