情志的产生是由内外环境共同作用所形成的心理变化,其内属于人体的整个生命活动中。其中,外环境包括自然环境和人文环境。外在的自然界环境是维持人体生命活动的必要条件,而这其中也必然包括情志的产生和变化。而人文社会环境的变化对情志的影响则更多的体现在情志致病上。需要指出的是,外界环境对人体情志的影响必须依赖于人体内部机能的协调活动,所以外界环境为情志形成的次要原因。情志活动本身是一个有机整体,各种情志均通过和心神联系而产生;情志是在心神的统领下由五脏协调产生,而且情志的相兼致病,易伤及多脏,从侧面印证了情志活动本身是一个整体。情志相胜的治疗方法则从另外一个侧面体现了五脏是一个整体,共同作用产生情志。
Emotions are psychological changes produced by the combination of internal and external environment. The internal environment belongs to the human activities. The external environment includes the natural environment and humane environment,and the former is the necessary condition to maintain human life activities,and it must also include production and changes of emotions,and the influence of the changes of the social environment is more reflected in emotions which may leads to diseases. It is necessary to point out that the influence of the external environment on emotions must depend on the coordination of activities inside the body,therefore,the external environment is the secondary reason for emotions. Emotional activity itself is an organic whole,and all kinds of emotions are produced by connecting with mind which controls emotions to coordinate the five Zang-organs. The mutual interference of emotions lead to diseases and easily hurt many related organs,which proves that emotional activity itself is an organic whole. The emotion inter-resistance therapy embodies the five Zang-organs are a whole and they work together to produce various emotions.