openalexFrontiers in Psychology2026-07-23
Ritualized embodiment and moral self-cultivation: a Confucian model of psychological transformation
Yukun MEI, Sarawadee Phuchomsri, Jiyu Li
This article develops a cross-cultural theoretical model of moral-psychological transformation by reinterpreting Confucian self-cultivation as a system of ritualized embodiment. Situated within theoretical and philosophical psychology, the article asks how bodily discipline, ritu…