Eloquence and Antielocution

Author: Jin Yuanyuan
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Preface The Wisdom of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Chapter 1 The Wisdom of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Skillfully Resolve Crises (2)
Section 2 Exploit the Opponent's Weaknesses (4)
Section 3 Propose Multiple Possible Scenarios (6)
Section 4 Pretend to Know Nothing (8)
Section 5 Discover the Opponent's Mistakes (11)
Section 6 Counter-Attack Between the Two Extremes (16)
Section 7 Possess the Qualities of Both Wisdom and Courage (18)
Section 8 Deliberately Turn the Argument the Other Way (21)
Section 9 Skillful Eloquence That Adapts to the Wind (24)
Chapter 2 The Abilities of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 The Ability to Adapt to Situations (28)
Section 2 The Ability to Express Language (33)
Section 3 The Ability to Utilize the Environment (34)
Section 4 The Ability to Utilize the Context (37)
Section 5 The Ability to Prepare for Rain (39)
Chapter 3 The Momentum of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Overcome the Opponent with Confidence (44)
Section 2 Combine Firmness and Softness (45)
Section 3 Employ Both Hard and Soft Tactics (48)
Section 4 Defeat the Opponent with Softness (50)
Section 5 Face the Opponent Head-on (51)
Section 6 Hide Sharpness Within Softness (53)
Section 7 Shock the Opponent with a Single Word (55)
Section 8 Press Forward Step by Step (57)
Section 9 Sharp Irony (59)
Section 10 Expose the Opponent's Weaknesses (61)
Section 11 Strike at the Bottom of the Pot (62)
Chapter 4 The Timing of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Strike First (66)
Section 2 Strike Later (67)
Section 3 Take Advantage of the Flow (68)
Section 4 Pause at the Right Moment (71)
Section 5 View Problems with a Changing Perspective (74)
Section 6 Advance and Retreat Appropriately (76)
Section 7 Speak the Truth While Drinking (78)
Chapter 5 The Stance of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Accurately Use Concepts (82)
Section 2 Analyze Specific Issues Individually (84)
Section 3 Speak from Personal Experience (87)
Section 4 Put Yourself in the Opponent's Shoes (90)
Section 5 Shift from Defense to Offense (93)
Section 6 Change Stance (95)
Chapter 6 The Methods of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 The Method of Deduction (102)
Section 2 The Method of Euphemism (105)
Section 3 The Method of Humor (106)
Section 4 The Method of Parallelism (110)
Section 5 The Method of Indirectness (114)
Section 6 The Method of Reference (117)
Section 7 The Method of Questioning (121)
Section 8 The Method of Imitation (124)
Section 9 The Method of Honesty (125)
Section 10 The Method of Quoting Poetry (128)
Section 11 The Method of Quoting Data (132)
Section 12 The Method of Picking Up the Thread (135)
Section 13 The Method of Dodging Questions (136)
Section 14 The Method of Direct Approach (140)
Section 15 The Method of Chain Connection (142)
Section 16 The Method of Pun (143)
Section 17 The Method of Baiting and Hooking (145)
Chapter 7 The Techniques of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 The Technique of Imitation and Response (150)
Section 2 The Technique of Pretending to Be Deaf and Mute (152)
Section 3 The Technique of Figurative Comparison (154)
Section 4 The Technique of Seeing the Big in the Small (157)
Section 5 The Technique of Analogical Proof (159)
Section 6 The Technique of Skillful Use of Conditional Statements (162)
Section 7 The Technique of Attacking the Heart with Words (164)
Section 8 The Technique of Using Fables (167)
Section 9 The Technique of Using Stories (170)
Section 10 The Technique of Using Authority (173)
Section 11 The Technique of Using Childlike Innocence (177)
Section 12 The Technique of Indirect Reasoning (179)
Section 13 The Technique of Rebuttal and Argumentation (182)
Section 14 The Technique of Precision and Detail (185)
Section 15 The Technique of Specific and Identical Analysis (188)
Section 16 The Technique of Synonym Replacement (191)
Section 17 The Technique of Action Argumentation (194)
Section 18 The Technique of Fact-Proofing (195)
Section 19 The Technique of Metaphorical Argumentation (198)
Section 20 The Technique of Turning Mistakes to Advantage (202)
Section 21 The Technique of Pun-based Eloquence (204)
Section 22 The Technique of Saying East While Pointing West (208)
Section 23 The Technique of Counter-argument with Examples (211)
Section 24 The Technique of Relational Argumentation (215)
Section 25 The Technique of Causal Argumentation (217)
Section 26 The Technique of Goading (221)
Chapter 8 The Tactics of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 The Technique of Great Wisdom in Ignorance (226)
Section 2 The Technique of the Golden Cicada (228)
Section 3 The Technique of Creating a Dilemma (231)
Section 4 The Technique of Creating Multiple Dilemmas (235)
Section 5 The Technique of Strange Questions and Answers (238)
Section 6 The Technique of First Accepting Then Turning (241)
Section 7 The Technique of Mathematical Calculation (243)
Section 8 The Technique of Skillful Interpretation of Words (246)
Section 9 The Technique of Deriving Absurdity (249)
Section 10 The Technique of Opposite Extension (253)
Section 11 The Technique of Changing Intonation (258)
Section 12 The Technique of Emphasizing Sentences (261)
Section 13 The Technique of Winning by Surprise (264)
Section 14 The Technique of Positive and Negative Comparison (266)
Section 15 The Technique of Changing Word Order (269)
Section 16 The Technique of Splitting and Combining Words (272)
Section 17 The Technique of Luring the Snake Out (275)
Section 18 The Technique of Throwing a Brick to Get Jade (279)
Section 19 The Technique of Changing Concepts (281)
Chapter 9 The Skills of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Say the Opposite (284)
Section 2 Attack a Specific Point (287)
Section 3 Reveal Contradictions (290)
Section 4 Reinterpret Sentence Meaning (293)
Section 5 Return Bite for Bite (296)
Section 6 Control the Weak with the Strong (298)
Section 7 Control the Weak with the Weak (303)
Section 8 Attack the Weak While Avoiding the Strong (306)
Section 9 Create Doubt (310)
Section 10 Peel the Bamboo Layer by Layer (314)
Section 11 Develop a Theme (316)
Section 12 Seek Common Ground in Differences (318)
Section 13 Seek Differences While Preserving Common Ground (319)
Section 14 Set Traps (322)
Section 15 Speak in Circles (324)
Section 16 Vague Responses (327)
Section 17 Indirect Attacks (328)
Chapter 10 The Emotions of Eloquence and Counter-Eloquence
Section 1 Appeal to Emotions (332)
Section 2 Explain Benefits and Risks (335)
Section 3 Present Facts and Reason (339)
Section 4 Praise with Flattery (342)
Section 5 Psychological Compatibility (345)
Section 6 Psychological Satisfaction (346)