Discussion On Confucian Emotional Management

Emotion as an important way of people’s emotional expression,it has an important position in the ancient classics,"seven feelings" has always appeared as the representative connotation of "feelings",and this "seven feelings" is the emotion we now talk about.Since modern times,emotional problems have become an important psychological problem that has troubled people,so psychology has studied emotional management quite a lot,but ignored the methodology in Confucianism.As the foundation of Chinese culture,Confucianism has always guided people’s behavior.Therefore,this paper is committed to excavating Confucian emotional management thought so that emotions from the root causes of management.In order to carry on the systematic study of Confucian emotional management thought,this paper will discuss from four aspects.First of all,from the "emotion" and "emotion" category definition to link it,for the modern "emotion" to seek the classical basis.Secondly,with the era as the background,the different mood management methods of different times are analyzed,so in this part is divided into three general methods of courtesy,natural benevolence and rationality,highlighting the increasing emphasis on the flow of people’s natural emotions and the comprehensive combination of internal and external combinations,and attaching importance to cultivation has become the key.Third,the realm of emotional management is expounded.Under the guidance of these methods,finally make the emotions to moderate,can do the good things ruthless,to achieve the situation of joy.Finally,the characteristics and value of Confucian sentiment management methods are analyzed.Emotion management method is not unique to Confucianism,but its difference with other families is to emphasize the combination of ritual and spiritual cultivation,and pay attention to from the cultivation of unborn emotions.These management methods can not only promote the restoration of the external ritual order,but also can improve the inner cultivation of human beings.In short,emotional management is not only for emotional expression,but also important to understand the source of emotional problems,so as to improve self-awareness and cultivation,consciously follow the internal and external social and physical and mental order,and then from the root cause to achieve emotional management.