Chapter 12 <Secrets must not be revealed>

Once upon a time, three scholars went to Beijing to rush for the exam. On the way, they met a fortune-teller who was called a living god, and they went to ask for advice: How many of us can pass the exam this time?The fortune teller closed his eyes and counted for a while, then held up a finger.The three scholars didn't understand what it meant, so they asked for clarification.The fortune-teller said: The secret must not be leaked, and you will understand in the future. Later, only one of the three scholars passed the exam, and the man came to reward him. As soon as they met, he praised: "Mr.Still imitating the fortune teller at the time, he raised a finger and said: It is indeed only one.

After the scholar left, the fortune teller's wife asked him: How can you be so smart?The fortune-teller smiled and said: You don’t understand the mystery. If you hold up a finger, you can make multiple explanations: if all three pass the exam, they all pass the exam; if none of them pass the exam, they all fail; If one person passes the exam, then one passes the exam; if two pass the exam, one person fails the exam.Whatever the fact is, it proves that I was right. After hearing this, my wife said happily: You have so many evil ideas, I am convinced of you. The use of polysemy, the flexibility to apply concepts subjectively, is a cunning sophistry.Sophists often deliberately ambiguous, ambiguous, and vague in their arguments in order to play by ear and leave room for arbitrary interpretation.This fortune teller is using the ambiguity in special circumstances to make sophistry and defraud others of their money.