ABSTRACT
Psychodynamic psychology is an important theory pertaining to modern psychological analysis and therapy. As a result, the psychological structure, being part of the consciousness construct and under the surface of emotions, unavoidably becomes a crucial issue. This paper argues that Xuanzang’s mental dissection layers not only provide the psychological construct of the conscious mind that is characterized by emotions, but also metaphorically elicit the self-training skills within this Psychological Dissection Techniques (PDTs) to rectify the mental aspects of the human mind. This paper posits that the rectification within the mental dissection possesses the ability to preclude distortion and disruption created by external states and the inner mind. This superiority is evidenced when compared to psychological analysis and therapy administered under the studies of psychodynamic psychology. Apart from the function of psychological rectification, the techniques of mental dissection will also allow us to further explore the origin of unconscious psychodynamics and arrive at a comprehensive psychological construct of human life.
