The hierarchy of needs theory has always been important and inevitable in the study of motivation.
With the development of the times and the further study of motivation theory, Maslow and his theory gradually
reveal its limitations. When it comes to the limitations of the hierarchy of needs theory, it was found that the
triangular model established by the hierarchy of needs is misleading, which mainly due to the strong sense of
class solidification and hierarchy brought by the pyramid model, as well as the difference between its explanatory
power and Maslow’s theoretical construction in Motivation and Personality. Based on ecosystem theory, the
current study explores the reconstruction of the hierarchy of needs theory model using new model forms, which
is more capable of explaining the hierarchy of needs theory and can better avoid the misunderstanding about
narration in the original model.