Abstract: The extent and depth of Arnold’s emotion theory and the enlightenment from the issues of the study on emotion are being looked on by the emotion researchers. Nowadays, Arnold’s emotion theory has great life-force and influence on today’s emotion field. The paper, integrating with the related literatures and personal understanding, generally comment on the thesis and the influences of Arnold’s emotion theory on today’s emotion research, which still hasn’t been studied in detail by the researchers in our country

Key words: Arnold, emotion, emotion theory