本文以公共权力为理论分析框架,以对恩格斯的《家庭、私有制和国家的起源》的解读为切入点,研究国家在现时代的历史使命。本文认为:随着严格意义上的阶级对立的消失,国家的公共权力性质将会突显;公共领域是国家公共权力存在的合理性界域;在现时代,应当加强国家公共权能作用。 Taking the public power as the theoretical framework, this essay takes Engels’ interpretation of “the origin of family, private ownership and country” as an entry point and studies the historical mission of the country in the present era. This article argues that with the disappearance of class antagonism in the strict sense, the nature of public power of the state will be highlighted. The public sphere is a reasonable boundary of the existence of state public power. In the present age, the role of public power should be strengthened.