Abstract
This paper explored the character of Shili Xiong from the perspective of psychobiography, and discussed its multi-causes.
Firstly, this paper clarified the embodiment of Shili Xiong’s “mad” personality in his career role. In terms of family, Shili showed a contradiction in intimate relationship; influenced by native family relationships, Shili often stayed away from his family and lived alone after marriage, but he was very kind and close to students. In terms of interpersonal relationships, Shili showed a contradiction between “honest” and “impertinent”. This makes it easy for Shili to make friends with others, but the friendships are unstable. In academics, Shili also showed high creativity and unnormative contradictory features. Shili established the status of contemporary Neo-Confucian because of the creative establishment and development of "New Cittamatra". However, the subjective non-historical academic attitude has also been criticized.
Secondly, this paper analyzed five reasons of Shili Xiong's “mad”personality. In geopolitical environment, Shili’s hometown has been a cultural town since ancient times. There are countless heroes and scholars. For a long time, it has formed atmosphere that respects “mad” personality. In family environment and genetics, Shili’s ancestors are scholar. Shili’s father is a person who has deep knowledge but does not attach importance to the imperial examinations. He is a person who is sympathetic to the weak and hates to be bullying. Shili not only inherits the high IQ from the ancestors who is good at reading, but also is influenced by his father in personality. In books and culture, Shili loves patriotic tragic and heroical storys. The protagonists are characterized by heroism, patriotism, and self-giving. This protagonist played an role model for Shili. In terms of companions, He Zixin, Wang Han and He Yuge are important companions of young Shili. The three are patriotic revolutionary patriots, full of ambitions and talents. Shili is often unconsciously influenced by them. In the times background, the turbulent social environment is conducive to the development of the “mad” personality.
From the perspective of overall dynamics and psychological dynamics, the performance of "mad" personality of Shili Xiong is very consistent with the characteristics of self-realizer. The positive growth environment since childhood gives Shili a sense of security, and it also makes him constantly under the traction of growth power and eventually develops into self-realizer. “Mad” personality is to a large extent the driving force of Shili's career development; and it also provides a constant internal motivation for the high creativity of academic career. Another point is that Shili likes to eat meat. This is a kind of compensatory behavior and a relative dissatisfaction of physiological needs. However, this degree of dissatisfaction does not hinder Shili from generating high-level needs and self-realization. Then, Shili 's career was deeply influenced by Shili Xiong's father. His strong identification with his father is the root of his firm“commitment to academic” belief. Thus, the growth tendency and deep recognition of the father is the key reason for shaping the personality and career direction of Shili's “mad” personality.
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Shili Xiong "mad" /
personality career psychobiography
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Xue DING.
A Psychobiography Study on the Great Confucian Shili Xiong’s "Mad" Personality[J]. Journal of Psychological Science. 2020, 43(5): 1274-1279
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