The phrase "EQ," was coined by the Chinese-language translator of Emotional Intel-ligence as a take-off on the household term "IQ" or "intelligence quotient."
EQ 一詞，出自國內翻譯美國心理學作家丹尼爾．高曼的著作《EQ》，原書名為《Emotional Intelligence》（情緒智力）。它是相對於 IQ ﹘ ﹘ Intelligence Quo-tient（智力商數）而創造出來的名詞。