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This study applied personality psychology of traditional Chinese medicine to the risk decision-making, and explored the influe nce and mechanism of five-pattern personality on self-other risk decision-making. The Chinese Medicine Five State Personality Scale and a multi-round mixed gambling game simulating a risky decision- ma- king situation were used to administer the test to 97 university stude- nts. Data analysis indicated that the higher scorers of Taiyang person- ality dimension, compared with self-interest, was less concerned about the interests of others; the higher scorers of Taiyin personality dimension, compared with the interests of others, was more disgusted with the loss of self-interest. Conclusion: Taiyang and Taiyin personality affect self-other risk decision-making, and have a higher risk propensity when making risk decisions on behalf of others.