Chapter 36 The seventh first technique: the implicit power of lingo

Arquitects refer to the words that the speaker wants to say but are not directly or fully spoken, leaving behind meanings and unfinished words.Although these words are not directly spoken, they are hidden within the words, but their meaning is already expressed very clearly, and the listener only needs to pay a little attention to know what these cryptic words refer to. In daily life, argot is used in a very wide range.On certain occasions, when it is inconvenient or unnecessary to say something directly, you can use hidden words to hide the original meaning of what you want to say, and let the other party understand and say it by themselves.

During the Warring States Period, there was a highly educated man in the State of Qi named Chunyu Kun, who was the best at speaking lingo.He was not convinced when he heard that Zheng Ji's Guqin got the prime minister's position, so he went to test Zheng Ji to see if he really had the ability to govern the country.And so began an intriguing conversation. Chunyu Kun asked Zheng Ji: A son does not leave his mother, and a wife does not leave his husband, do you think so? Zheng Ji replied: right.I, as a subject, dare not leave the king. Chunyu Kun asked again: The wheel of the cart is round, and the river flows downward. Don’t you think so?

Zheng Ji replied: right.The square cannot turn, and the river cannot flow backwards.I dare not disobey the sentiments of the people and be close to the people. Chunyu Kun asked again: If the mink fur is torn, don't use dog fur to mend it, right? Zheng Ji replied: right.I will never let a villain occupy a high position. Chunyu Kun continued to ask: When building a car, the size must be calculated accurately, and when playing the piano, the pitch must be determined accurately.Are you right? Zheng Ji also answered unambiguously: right.I will definitely pay attention to laws and regulations and rectify discipline.

In the above dialogue, Chunyu Kun used a series of cryptic words, and only talked about the general metaphors of the laws of things in life, but the real decision-making of governing the country and the security of the country that he really wanted to explore was implicitly hidden behind.Of course the clever Zheng Ji understood Chunyu Kun's intention of using these cryptic words, so he went over the metaphors directly and directly answered the hidden body, giving full play to his talents in the world. It can be seen from this that the characteristic of lingo lies in a cryptic word, the more ingenious the cryptic, the more subtle and euphemistic it is.