Confucius Mental Health Thought

Confucius in ancient China was the most influential thinker ,and the research and evaluation about his thoughts is an important subject in the study of the history of Chinese thoughts. Since 1949, different scholars from different angles discussed Confucius political thought, ideological thought, philosophical thought,ethical thought, literary thought and historiography thought, psychology thought. This paper firstly tries to study his mental health thought comprehensively and systematicaly.Through collectting and arranging of"The Analects of Confucius"which recorded Confucian words and deeds, this paper discusses seven important parts, including self-concept and mental health, learning and mental health, interpersonal exchanges and mental health, personal health and mental health, psychological measurement thought, psychological counseling and treatment thought, teachers'mental health thought.Confucian though on mental health has obvious characteristics which mainly manifest in the following: First, Confucius use "Benevolence" as the philosophical starting point of Mental Health; Second, Confucius use "Ceremony" as the standard to promote mental health; Third, Confucius use "Mean "as the way to promote mental health; Fourth, Confucius use " Harmony"as the goal of Mental Health. By comparing the mental health thought of his contemporaries(especially Mencius), we can found that the breadth and depth of Confucian mental health thought is ahead of any other thinker and philosopher. Although Confucian mental health thought was formed in 2500 years ago, but it still has important inspirt function to our school education, personal health and social development .