The Principle of Eloquence is a book published by the Education Department of Central China Normal University 1996. The writer is quintilian.

This paper mainly discusses the cultivation and education of public speakers, which reflects the basic content and characteristics of quintilian's educational thought.

The principle of eloquence takes cultivating eloquent people (that is, speakers) as the basic goal of education. It is believed that an orator should not only be eloquent, familiar with all kinds of valuable knowledge and have high talents, but also have lofty thoughts and noble sentiments in order to become a kind person. For an orator, talent and virtue are interrelated and indispensable. In a sense, virtue is more important than ability.

Quintilian (35-100,40-114 or 1 18) was an orator and educator in the Roman Empire.