"One person's debate is more important than the treasure of nine tripods; a three-inch tongue is better than a million soldiers." During the Warring States period, Su Qin, a political strategist, lobbied the six countries with his perfect tongue, and finally formed the anti-Qin alliance with the seal of the commander of the six countries. Together with Su Qin, he performed the scene of "chaos" among the heroes at the end of the Warring States period; Zhuge Liang, a military strategist in the Three Kingdoms period, relied on his words of quotations to fight against the Confucian scholars, and promoted the Wu-Han alliance...

Throughout the ages, many eloquent people have bucked the trend and turned the tide with their tongues. With their excellent debating skills, they have set off a storm of tongues. Yan Zi is an important minister of the Qi State, and has always been famous for his eloquence and quick thinking.Once, the king of Qi sent Yanzi to the state of Chu.The king of Chu was very unfriendly. Knowing that Yan Zi was going to be an envoy to Chu State, he wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate Qi State, so he made preparations to deal with Yan Zi. Knowing that Yan Zi was short in stature, the King of Chu opened a small gate beside the city gate to welcome Yan Zi's arrival.

When Yanzi arrived at the gate of the capital of Chu State, the guards at the gate opened the small gate and asked Yanzi to enter the city through the small gate.When Yanzi heard this, he understood King Chu's intentions very well, and he quickly had a countermeasure when he had an idea.He stopped at the door and said to the guards of the state of Chu: "Please report to the king of Chu and ask him where this place is. If I am on an envoy to the state of dogs, I should naturally enter through this small doorway; If the state of Chu is not a state of dogs, then I'd better go in through the gate."

The Chu guards hurriedly passed Yan Zi's words to the inner palace and reported to the King of Chu.When the king of Chu heard this, he was very helpless and had no choice but to let Yanzi enter the city through the gate. After Yanzi met the king of Chu, the two sides sat down.The King of Chu looked at the short Yanzi, and asked in a pretended puzzlement, "There must not be many people in Qi, right?" Yanzi asked back: "Why did your majesty say that? In the state of Qi, there are tens of thousands of households living in the capital alone. When you go to the streets of the state of Qi, you have to turn sideways to pass when it is busy. There are so many that can be described like this: raise your hands to block out the sun, and sweat like rain."

The king of Chu looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "In that case, how could the state of Qi send someone like you as an envoy?" Yanzi knew what the king of Chu meant, but he replied calmly: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Our country of Qi has an unwritten rule: dispatching envoys should be based on the situation of the envoy's country. The other party's monarch is Ming Li. If the other country has intelligence, then send an envoy with intelligence; in Qi State, there is no one who is more stupid than me, so I have to be sent here." Yan Zi's answer made King Chu feel depressed, but he had no choice but to pretend nothing happened.He greeted Yanzi to the hall, and prepared to arrange a banquet to entertain Yanzi.

During the banquet, two soldiers escorted a prisoner to the King of Chu. The King of Chu asked him what crime he had committed. The soldier replied according to the plan: "This Qi man is a robber." The King of Chu shook his head intentionally, and then said to Yanzi, "Why do the people of Qi like to do this kind of thing?" Yan Zi also shook his head and said: "I heard that oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, but those born in Huaibei become oranges. Although their leaves are similar, the fruits they produce are completely different. Why is this so? Yes. It’s just because the water and soil are different. When the people lived in Qi State, they kept their law and order and did not steal. But when they arrived in Chu State, they stole things. Isn’t it because of the water and soil in Chu State? It became like this, what a different atmosphere!"

Yan Zi's words left everyone in the state of Chu speechless, from the king down to the king. Faced with a powerful and cunning enemy, Yan Zi flexibly defeated several provocations of the King of Chu by virtue of his excellent debating ability, which not only safeguarded the interests of Qi, but also defended his own dignity.Yan Zi's excellence is precisely because of his excellent eloquence, and this is the reflection of Yan Zi's wisdom. Eloquence can also help us solve problems in life. A couple had a disagreement on the issue of parental education of their children. The mother believed that the father should take the main responsibility. The mother's reason was: "'It is the father's fault whether to raise or not teach' has been chanted for thousands of years, which shows that the father is responsible for educating children. The main responsibility is for the children's problems."

The mother's view is obviously one-sided, and she neglects her responsibilities.How should the father refute the mother?After thinking about it, my father started a tit-for-tat rebuttal: "Your statement may not be correct. The famous French educational thinker Rousseau said in his famous educational works that 'if the mother is not the mother, the child will not be the child'. From this we can see that, Mothers have an important responsibility for educating their children." The father went on to say: "Fathers and mothers have important roles and responsibilities in educating children, but it is one-sided to only emphasize one and deny the other, or to shift the responsibility to the other. Lu Xun once said, 'Parents should be healthy for their children. born, educated as far as possible, liberated completely.'”

The father's brilliant rebuttals and arguments on the issue of educating children by quoting from many sources finally made his wife accept his point of view.Great debating skills can help us deal with many of life's difficult problems.We should strive to make ourselves a good debater. For most people, what they lack is not knowledge, wisdom and strategy, but the methods and skills of debating. Debate requires witty words and rigorous logic from the debater. At the same time, debate also requires the debater to have clever tricks. In a debate, when we face a strong opponent, how can we use clever tricks to defeat the strong with the weak?

When we face arrogant opponents, how can we lure them into taking the bait and give them a blow? When one's own side is in trouble, how can it cleverly use clever tricks to save the day? All of this requires the debater to have a clever strategy to win. This book will tell readers how to master the skills of debate and how to argue with others calmly and confidently.The book lists a large number of story examples, and these interesting examples can be used as materials and references for readers to debate. For readers who are eager to become masters in debate, this book is an excellent work that can increase knowledge and improve skills.