What is fuzziness?

Answer questions that cannot be answered directly but must be answered in flexible, flexible and ambiguous words. Fuzzy method is a common strategy in the war of words. It uses contractive, flexible and ambiguous words to answer some questions that cannot be answered directly, but must be answered or are difficult to answer at the moment, so as to resolve the passive situation and solve contradictions.

typical case

▲ The fuzzy method of diplomats

Vague language, vague semantics, no substantive answer, vague wording. The fuzziness and ineffectiveness of this language make the fuzzy method flexible. In the face of aggressive questioners, it always makes debaters feel at ease. Clever diplomats are familiar with fuzzy methods, which is no exception at any time, whether at home or abroad. Vagueness is called by diplomats as "the highest skill of diplomacy" and "the principle of making the other side indecisive"

A diplomat made an appropriate evaluation of fuzzy law. He believes that if the United Nations is regarded as a dangerous place, it would be better to call it a vague place. In dealing with nearly 200 Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations not only grasps the balance, but also relies on "fuzzy" technology. He believes that among all previous UN Secretaries-General, the Swede Hammarskj? ld is quite famous and has made impressive achievements, so he should be awarded the "fuzzy first prize".

Vagueness is a conventional weapon called sophistry in war of words and false wars, which is regarded as a diplomatic "national policy" by some small countries. Danish diplomacy can be called "grey policy" because grey is neither black nor white, ambiguous and balanced.

▲ Who is the first?

The wonderful use of fuzzy method lies in that it can't answer what it answers, and it can advance and retreat freely in a difficult situation.

During the Southern Qi Dynasty, there was a famous calligrapher Wang Sengqian, who was the fourth grandson of Wang Xizhi in the Jin Dynasty. His running script and regular script inherited the ancestral method and made great achievements.

Xiao Daocheng, the ancestor of Nanqi at that time, was also good at calligraphy and pretentious. He didn't want his calligraphy to be inferior to that of courtiers. Therefore, Wang Sengqian was very restrained and did not dare to show his talents.

One day, Qi Taizu offered to compete with Wang Sengqian in calligraphy. So both the monarch and the ministers wrote seriously. After writing, Zhao Kuangyin proudly asked Wang Sengqian, "Tell me, who was the first one? Who is the second? "

Wang Sengqian didn't want to belittle himself or offend the emperor. He frowned and said, "My calligraphy is the first among people." Your majesty's calligraphy is the first of all emperors. "

Hearing this, Mao had to laugh it off.

▲ coping with difficulties

The wonderful use of fuzzy method also lies in its special function in changing the difficult into the easy. You might as well give a vague answer to those ill-intentioned difficulties. 1In the autumn of 982, China writer Jiang Zilong went to Los Angeles to attend a meeting of Chinese and American writers. At the banquet, allen ginsberg, an American poet, asked Jiang Zilong to solve a strange mystery: put a 2.5-kilogram chicken in a bottle that can only hold 2 kilograms of water, and asked how to take it out.

Jiang Zilong thought for a moment and replied, "I'll take it out the way you put it in."

Ginsburg said, "You are the first person to guess this riddle."

When Wang Anshi's son was young, a guest brought two cages, each with a roe and a deer. The guest asked, "Which is the roe and which is the deer?"

The king was young and ignorant, so he replied, "Deer depend on roe, roe depends on deer." The guest was very surprised to hear this wonderful answer.

The guest put the deer and the roe in the same cage and asked Wang which is the deer and which is the roe. The king replied, "The deer is next to the roe, and the roe is next to the deer."

▲ The answer cannot be answered.

Fuzzy method often works wonders for those sensitive problems that can't be said directly, or problems that are inconvenient to say because of confidentiality.

Zhou Enlai used vague methods when answering foreign journalists' questions about the capital of the People's Bank of China at the press conference.

Zhou Enlai knew that the reporter's question was to laugh at China's poverty, but he had to answer it out of courtesy. "The capital of China People's Bank is 65,438+08.88 yuan, which is the sum of 65,438+00 denominations of primary and secondary currencies issued by China People's Bank. The People's Bank of China is a financial institution where the people of China are the masters of their own affairs. Backed by the people of the whole country, it has outstanding credit and strong strength. The currency it issues is the most reputable currency in the world. "

Premier Zhou's witty and clever answer won warm applause from the audience.

Fuzzy language, because of its fuzziness, flexibility and flexibility, becomes impossible and possible when it comes to problems that are difficult to solve under certain conditions, making incompatible problems compatible and consistent.

There is a story that three candidates went to Beijing to take an exam. On the way, I asked a fortune teller who could pass the exam. The fortune teller closed his eyes and held out 1 finger to them, but he didn't speak. The candidates were puzzled and wanted to ask questions, but the fortune teller still held out 1 finger as the answer.

After the candidates left, the fortune teller's apprentice asked, "Master, who is among them?"

The fortune teller said, "I told you everything. If I only win one, then I reach 1 finger; If I win two, then my 1 finger means that one of them doesn't win; If they are all in the middle, my 1 refers to all one. " The apprentice said, "What if three people miss?" "So, it's not even an instant hit."

There may be four results when three candidates take the exam: one is admitted, two are admitted, all are admitted, and none is admitted. The fortune teller's vague answer, no matter which answer, may be correct. Candidates' questions can't be answered correctly, but vague language becomes impossible and possible, and incompatibility becomes compatible.

The flexibility and flexibility of vague language can often make a major "diplomatic breakthrough" on difficult problems. Kissinger is an expert in this field. Through vague language, he made a breakthrough in the negotiation first, and then left many details for later discussion. He contributed to the disengagement agreement between Egypt and Israel with "vague language", so Egypt did not bear the stigma of betraying the Arab cause, and Israel did not have to bear the stigma of kneeling to the enemy.

The Sino-US Joint Communique, seeking common ground while reserving differences, made public the differences between the two sides, but made a breakthrough on the issue of Taiwan Province Province, relying on vagueness. The communique said: "China people on both sides of the Taiwan Province Strait believe that there is only one China, and the United States has no objection to this." This sentence has great flexibility and flexibility, taking care of the situation of all parties concerned and making it acceptable to both sides. Premier Zhou appreciated this sentence very much: "A doctor is a doctor after all."

The application and beauty of fuzzy method are well known, but one thing must be clear: the fuzzy place should be fuzzy, and the place that should not be fuzzy should not be fuzzy, and there are many articles in it.