On the Thought of Emotional Education of Feng Meng-long

The thoery of emotional education by Feng Menglong took an important position in the literature of the late Ming Dynasty. Feng Meng-long established the ontology of but in the process of a struggle against reason with emotion, he did not surpass the traditional thinking mode. His thought of emotion did not develop into a theory of defending one's own rights. The ontology of emotion was not established to entirely deny the old morals but to lay a stronger base for the present morality in order to enlighten the people in the world. However, neither the theory of emotional education nor the influential learning thoughts in the late Ming Dynasty surpassed the ethical ideology of Confucianism.