Mencius is good at words and always uses metaphors in debates, which is very logical and persuasive. His writing style is magnificent, sharp and inspiring, which has a great influence on later prose. From narration to discussion, the article first leads to the topic: "What is happiness?" Through the question-and-answer between Bao Zhuang and Mencius, this paper describes how Mencius persuaded the King of Qi to "have fun with the people". Focusing on the topic of "happiness", this paper expounds that if you don't "enjoy with the people", you will lose people's hearts, and "enjoy with the people" will gain people's hearts and unify the world.

This dialogic argumentative essay shows Mencius' superb argumentative art through the dialogue between Mencius and the King of Qi.

1, follow the trend and play with the topic.

The author does not put forward his own argument directly, but skillfully uses the way of dialogue to change the topic naturally in the conversation, using the topic to start with the love between Qi and Wang and end with the theme of having fun with the people. In the conversation with Bao Zhuang, Mencius only said: "If the king is happy, Qi is almost ordinary." He pointed out the topic of the relationship between the happiness of the king of Qi and the politics of Qi, but did not discuss it. In the conversation with the King of Qi, Mencius skillfully revisited the topic from the perspective of happiness, then asked and answered with the King of Qi, and guided the King of Qi to his topic from the atmosphere and thoughts and feelings of the conversation, before Mencius entered his conversation topic.

2. Contrast and repetition.

In this paper, whether the monarch is happy with the people, the different feelings of the people and the different political situations caused by it are written in a comparative way. The contents of the two paragraphs are contradictory, but there are both relative sentences (such as "complaining to the Prime Minister" and "complaining to each other about new things") and repeated sentences (such as "the sound of drums and music of today's king" and "the beauty of hunting today's king"). In this way, it is emphasized that the same pleasure activities of the monarch cause different feelings of the people and form different political situations, and the reason is only whether he enjoys pleasure with the people, thus highlighting the topic.

3. Vivid discussion language.

Although this article is argumentative, its language is vivid, such as the description of Wang Qi's "color change" and the description of ordinary people's "hard work" and "beaming". Mencius did not use boring preaching at all when he discussed his views positively, but came to a vivid and natural conclusion through two pictures.

4. Interest-oriented and flexible in argument.

Mencius saw the King of Qi and asked him what "happiness" meant. The King of Qi didn't understand the meaning of "music", and he felt indefensible, so he changed his mind and used "straight secular music" as an excuse. Unexpectedly, Mencius grasped the psychology of the King of Qi, guided the situation according to the situation, changed the content by using the topic, and linked "happiness" with governing the country, which aroused the interest of the King of Qi and eased the atmosphere of the conversation. At this time, Mencius put forward that "the joy of today is still ancient", which showed the flexibility of argument. The next two questions, "having fun alone, having fun with others" and "having fun with a few people, having fun with many people", led the King of Qi to introduce the topic of conversation into his own track and gradually made clear his political proposition of "having fun with the people".