Abstract: Men are both rational and emotional animals，but they are first of all emotional ones.Mainstream Western economics，with a lopsided rational-man hypothesis as its basis，has led to a series of logical and historical self-contradictions.Karl Marx，on the other hand，developed the theory of emotional activities wherein he raised the concepts of emotional awareness and emotional needs.Through that theory，he elevated men's emotions from the ontological level to the level of the theory of practice.One of the important challenges for the current-day construction of Chinese economics is to free human emotions from the constraints of reason，build economic studies on the basis of genuine human nature and，under the guidance of Marx's theory of emotional activities in combination with China's cultural tradition and real-life needs，develop a Chinese economics with emotional characteristics.

Key words: reason , emotional activities , economics

摘要： 人既是理性的存在也是感性的存在，但首先是感性的存在。西方主流经济学建立在片面的理性人假设基础上，导致了一系列逻辑与历史的矛盾。马克思创立感性活动理论，提出感性意识和感性需要概念，把人的感性从本体论层面提升到实践论高度。中国经济学当代建构的一项重要任务，就是要把人的感性从理性的束缚下解放出来，把经济学建立在真实的人性基础之上，依据马克思感性活动理论，结合中国文化传统和现实需要，建立有感性特色的中国经济学。

关键词: 理性 , 感性活动 , 经济学