 The glib person readily embellishes the tone of his voice and multiplies his retorts, just like the onset of a gale, or the downpour of a rainstorm. Disregarding the inherent rights and wrongs of a situation, and not understanding the principles of truth and distortion, he fixes it so that he is never at a loss for words and works at securing certain victory. […] The words used in disputation should be terse and to the point, unconvoluted and informative. The tempo of their delivery needs to be modulated so that they do not transgress the ritual teachings and their import should serve as a worthy complement to those teachings. (Zhonglun 8,1. Makeham [trans] 2002: 99–100)