There is an essay "The Charm of Language" about a king who dreamed that he had lost his tooth and invited two fortune tellers ... who can help me Baidu?

The idiom "rhetoric" means rhetoric, cover-up and kindness. Speaking of Shangshu Hao Tao Mo, Yu said: "If you can benefit from it, what is it?" If you can be wise and kind, why should you be afraid of adulterers who pretend to be kind? Confucius said, "Clever words make the color fresh and righteous." ("The Analects of Confucius Learn") Clever words must be empty; Make color, it must be ulterior motives; Such people have little kindness. He hates "full of respect" and "hiding grievances and making friends with others". (The Analects of Confucius, Gongye Chang) "Full of respect" is an excessive compliment. Some people deliberately make flattering flattery to gain love and trust. "Be your friend by hiding resentment" means hiding resentment in your heart, but being close to him on the surface. Flatter to your face, destroy by stealth, you must have ulterior motives. Less flattery, more integrity, less hypocrisy, more sincerity and kindness. "Clever words make color" is a common trick used by those who obey Yin and Yang. They always use their golden tongue, fickle face, and do everything possible to gain power. However, the illusion is always an illusion, and history has its own judgment. Li was the prime minister of Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty. Zi Jian said that he had a "honey belly sword" and that "talking sweet words and falling into the shadows" was his skill. He once said to Li Xiang, Zuo: "Huashan has gold mines, but it is rich and unknown to the world." I should believe what he said, and it was played in Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong said, counselor Li and Li said, "I knew this long ago, but your majesty ordered me to erect a monument to Huashan. If the king is angry, I can't stab it, so I dare not say it." Therefore, Xuanzong is "thin and comfortable." (Book of Old Tang Dynasty, Volume 99) Li's Kissing the Lip Sword can be seen.

Good words are wisdom, not rhetoric. Let's give a few examples: Gao Qi, the emperor of the Southern Dynasties, was good at writing books. After gambling with Wang Sengqian, a senior calligrapher, he asked, "Who is the first?" Sincere answer: "the book of ministers comes first, and so does your majesty." The implication is that the minister is the first of the ministers, and His Majesty is the first of the emperors. Qi Gaudi's supercilious attitude towards Wang Sengqian could not help but praise: "Your kindness is a good word." ("Southern History") There is a story in Tsui Hark's "Clearing Banknotes" in the late Qing Dynasty: Wang Juxuan has been married for a long time and cannot have children. He will marry a concubine. If the wife doesn't answer, she will discuss it again and again, and then say, "I don't know whose fault it is, but each of them will try one person, okay?" Ju Xuan was speechless. There was a joke in ancient times: Gao Cui, an artist in the Tang Dynasty, was good at rhetoric. Jing Zong Li Zhan ordered people to put his head in the water, fished it up and asked, "What do you see in the water?" Gao said that when he met the doctor Qu Yuan, he said to the minister, "I have nothing to do, but I will drown in the Miluo River. Why are you still here when you see the Lord? " Jing Zong smiled awkwardly. When Jin Mingdi Si Mashao was a child, he sat on his father Yuan Di's knee, and a special envoy came from Chang 'an. Ask Shao: "What is the distance between Japan and Chang 'an?" ? Shao replied, "Chang 'an is very close. I don't know who is from Japan. "Yuan Di is different. When all the banquet guests arrived tomorrow, they asked him again. Shao said, "The day is near." Yuan Di blamed himself for his mistake. Shao Yue said, "Looking up, I can see the sun, but I can't see Chang 'an. "The little punch line is amazing (The Book of Jin). The painter Zhang Daqian has a long beard. Once at a banquet, a friend wanted to make fun of Zhang Daqian and told a story that everyone said beard, so everyone made fun of beard. Zhang Daqian listened quietly, and then told a story: Guan Xing, the son of Guan Yu, and Zhang Bao, the son of Zhang Fei, followed Liu Bei to attack Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. They are eager to avenge their father and fight for the pioneer. Liu Bei was in a dilemma and asked them to describe his father's achievements before his death. Most of them were pioneers. Zhang Bao defeated Zhang Fei, rode alone against Cao, fought Ma Chao at night, let him go, and outwitted Wakouguan. Guan Xing stuttered and was too anxious to speak. He shouted for a long time, "My father must be two feet long. Xian Di is a beautiful man. I should be a pioneer! " At this time, Guan Yu, standing in the clouds, was so angry that his eyebrows stood on end, his eyes widened and he shouted, "You are a black sheep. Your father didn't talk about many achievements before his death. Why only talk about Lao Tzu's beard! " After talking, the man has no heart.