"the Neijing Emotions Theoretical Discussion

This paper, by collecting and analyzing related literature, researched on the theory of emotions in Neijing, discussed the basal conception of emotions,the relationship between emotions and disease. The following is the main points:1. the conception of emotionsThe sophist of Pre-Qin had discussed the emotions and feelings in-depth, which is the fountainhead of the emotions theory. There is no the word"emotion"in Neijing, but there is a lot of description about emotions, which were generalized"seven emotions"and"five emotional manifestations"by TCM practitioners of later generations. Emotions are governed by heart-mind, their substantial foundation is essence-qi stored in five-zang organs,the harmonious function of viscera is their intrinsic condition, the fillip and influence of circumstance is their external condition.They are a kind of experiences that have some orientation.2. the relationship between emotions and heart,brainThough there is direct relation between emotions and brain, Emotions are governed by heart-mind, brain is only a locale where emotions happen.3. the factors that effect emotionsThere are outer factors and inner factors, the outer factors are social factors and natural factors, the inner factors are physical factors and mental factors. The physical factors include the movement of essence-qi stored in five-zang organs, the strong or weak of corporeity, etc; The mental factors include cognize,personality,volition and so on.4. the trait that emotions induce diseaseEmotions can hurt five-zang organs firsthand, they all kan hurt the heart, they can facilitate other factors to induce disease or induce disease with other factors all together, they spread in particular way.5. the elements that emotions induce diseaseEmotions induce disease basically by disturbing the movement of the gas in the body, depleting the gas,blood and succus in the body, effecting other mental function.6. the relationship between emotions and diseaseUnwonted emotions can induce psychic disease,physical disease, and can effect fetus too. The movement of essence-qi stored in five-zang organs that disturbed by disease, or the error of therapy can induce unwonted emotions.7. the sort of emotional disease in NeijingThere are three sorts of emotional disease in Neijing: The first one is brought by emotions firsthand; The second one have relation with emotions; The third one is induced by the inconsistent function of viscera and represent emotional symptom.