| This thesis explicates the model of emotions in the I Ching, The Book of Changes (1111-249 B.C., China). The significance of this thesis is in presenting the psychological system contained in the I Ching. Content analysis was used to identify the content--categories for emotions in the text, and their formal placement in the text. 26 categories of emotions were found in the text. The categories appear most frequently in the third line of hexagrams, which represent the transition between the inner and outer world.;Furthermore, a developmental model of emotions which presents an ideal emotional development was found in hexagram 31, Feeling. The results show that emotions are viewed as important information regarding how to achieve harmony in life situations.;The discussion includes the connection between emotion and reality in Chinese philosophy, individuation, and somatization of affect as presented by Arthur Kleinman in the medical anthropology field. |
