On The Dimension Of Philosophical Counseling In Confucianism

Faced with the personal problems of deficiency of spiritual world and the lack of life meaning in the technical age,the movement of Philosophical Counseling occurred in the western world,which originated from the ancestral philosophers’ wisdom.It focuses on helping people to understand and reconstruct the value and world view with the help of philosophical wisdom,thereby,to get out of the predicament of existence.Philosophical counseling is a return to the practice of philosophy.Phronesis has always been the main subject and core of Chinese philosophy,Confucianism also committed to exploring practical wisdom to solve the problem of value alienation in the real world.The interpretation of “Ru”and Confucius’ emphasis on “Xing”“De”“Qing” in Lun Yu indicated that Confucianism and Philosophical Counseling are consistent in objects,methods and purposes.They have many therapeutic characteristics,include concerning about human’s emotional needs,leding by value guidance and aiming at helping people be better.In the treatment orientation,Confucius began with changing morality what determines human’s behaviors fundamentally,he used“Ren Yi”“Xiao Ti”“Li Zhi”“De Zhi” to answer the questions of commanding oneself,regulating the family,defend the country,and helped other persons to clarify their doubts in reality and dispel their internal “worry”,“fear” and “unset”.Confucius followed the internal counseling path of intellectual return,he advocated to cultivate inherence by the internal and external communications and cycle repeats of “Zhi Ji” and “Zhi Ren”,so as to change the behaviors and solve the problems.First of all,we should use reflexive “reflection” and the attitude of“Cheng” and “Yong” to look at ourselves positively,in order to find out the root of problems and make our sight clearly,thus the consciousness of “Ke” in human’s body will be evoked and the self-recognition will be corrected preliminarily by cultivating morality and self-cultivation.Then back to the external environment,open ourselves,guided by the De,we can through the words and actions to understand others’ morality and them deeply.Based on this process of knowing people,compare us with others,we can obtain the general ability of integrate the internal conflict part during the process of “Xue” and “Si”,further revise our values,and form a clear and transparent philosophical realm gradually.Ultimately,we will transcend ourselves and achieve a higher spiritual orientation in achieving the therapeutic goal of “Li Ji” and “Da Ren” for being a “Shi”“Jun Zi”“Sheng Ren”.Confucianism relieved the mental anguish what caused by the social environment that rite and music were wrecked.“Kong Yan Zhi Le” “Zeng Dian Zhi Le” and “Ren Zhi Zhi Le” were the implementation of the humanistic treatment effect of Confucius’ philosophy.Now starting from Confucianism,and visualizing his methods of thought treatment.As a result,Confucius’ practical wisdom can play an important role in curing confusion of individual thought and burnout of public morals,which is also a demonstration of value of Chinese philosophy.