The Research On Lobby Art Of Suqin In "Stratagems Of The Warring States"

SuQin is the most vivid character created in Stratagems of the Warring States,which thanks to all the lobby words of SuQin recorded in the book.These words are not only appreciated in those years but also has great influence on later generations,and even promoted the literary image of SuQin.SuQin's words were full of high spirits,which was closely related to the social background of the decline of the Zhou Dynasty,the disputes among the states and great changes on social economy,politics,ideology and culture.SuQin was busying in lobbying for Combined vertical,sometimes for horizontal,or for helping others and himself.Taking profit first,choosing allies for vertical,and yin and yang theory are the main embodiment of SuQin's thoughts.In order to achieve his goal for power and wealth and executive his political opinion of strategy first,SuQin adopted the lobbying strategies of the situation making,reasoning,incentive,and allegory.Rhetoric is indispensable when lobbying strategies produce benefits.SuQin gave more importance on rhetoric as a Political Strategist,so he never refused sensual and visual language,which increased its literary sense.SuQin's lobbying is characterized by magnificent and literary artistic features which closely related to the opportunity of the era,rhetoric art of previous generation and his own lobbying qualities.His lobbying words are not only the records of Warring States diplomacy and model for simulation but also influence the later literature.Political strategists were declined in Qin and Han dynasty but the ethos of them has been still existed.As the typical representative of the Political Strategists,SuQin's words still have an impact on later generations' literary works,and at the same time,it also produced a typical image of SuQin for scholar group as an important way of creating an image and make it timeless.These are the value of studying SuQin's lobby art.