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Based on two texts of pre-Qin and Han Confucian classics, the Analects and Mengzi, this paper discusses the viewpoint on how philosophical counseling deals with the problem of “stagnation” which each counselee is straitened. This paper is divided into four parts. First of all, in the preface, this paper indicates that the reason to discuss the problem of “stagnation” (being under straitened circumstances and with no further action), how the straitened circumstances conceals the counselees’ emotion, and how to guide the counselees to the wisdom way to be free from the straitened circumstances. The second part of this paper is the observation of “stagnation”. According to the analysis of philosophical counseling, actually the problem of “stagnation” has its own value. It occurs when the counselee is unable to figure out his or her emotion (i.e. concealing the inner feeling or not doing a thing); or the counselee cannot understand the matters and reasons, such as the fallacy of thinking problems, and not being able to do it. However, philosophical counseling can guide the counselee to logical thinking by the viewpoints of recognizing the matters and reasons. The third part of this paper will discuss on two possible approaches to eliminating the problem of “stagnation”: 1) on the inner side, organizing and illuminating the feelings in emotional world, such as callousness, anger, and inability to do anything; 2) on the external side, refuting the false inference and thought, such as to awake the consciousness, to take action after considering the human feelings, to indicate reasonable risks. The last part is conclusion. When facing straitened circumstances, each counselee has both subjective and objective viewpoints. On the one hand, under the subjective cognition of counselee, difficult situation means everything does not turn out the way he or she thought. Adverse situation, on the other hand, means the objective situation is not in accordance with counselee’s wish. By examining the problem of “stagnation” from which every counselee suffered, and the two viewpoints of every counselee when facing straitened circumstances, this paper finds that, definitely it can make modern people reflect that the straitened circumstance is not to make people become a person of noble character or virtue; instead, being suffered from straitened circumstance, it makes people know themselves more profoundly, and then illuminates their sense and reason. Therefore, in conclusion, the philosophical counseling can eliminate the problem of stagnation, and definitely it can provide modern people with the different way of thinking.
