Objective: Confucianism contains rich psychological thoughts, especially psychological supervision thoughts. Here we use the psychological views to interpret Confucianism, clear the excellent psychological supervision concepts in the traditional culture. Methods: Through the study of Confucian literature, looking for steering ideas of Confucianism, analyze its inspiration to the development of psychological thoughts. Results: The "Kindheartedness", "Moderation" are the core of Confucianism. Confucian Analects have some quotes about supervision, such as "When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves." The philosopher Tsang said, "I daily examine myself on three points" and so on. Conclusion: Confucianism pays more attention to self-supervision, and lays the ideological basis for Chinese indigenous psychological supervision. Some of the ideas should be kept as principle of psychological supervision.
