Since the end of the 20th century, the forgiveness study has begun with the rise of positive psychology . And at the beginning of the 21st century, as part of the study of forgiveness, seeking forgiveness study was began in the form of empirical study. In this paper, we mainly defined the concept of seeking forgiveness. And then we analyzed the dimension, correlational influence factors and the effect of seeking forgiveness. Finally, we put forward the research prospect of seeking forgiveness .