《论衡·卷三十·自纪篇》
孔子在野外丢失了马，被人家扣留了，子贡用美妙的言辞去劝说反而使对方更加愤怒，后来孔子的马夫用幽默诙谐的话去劝说，对方却认为讲得很好心里高兴。
孔子失马於野，野人闭不与，子贡妙称而怒，马圄谐说而懿。
Confucius lost his horse in the wild and was detained by others. Zigong used beautiful words to persuade him, which made the other party even more angry. Later, Confucius' coachman used humorous and humorous words to persuade him, but the other party thought it was very good and was very happy.