The king of Chu tried to insult Yan Zi several times. How did the swallow respond?

Yan Zi sent an envoy to Chu. The monarch and ministers of Chu wanted to play jokes on Yan Zi to show the prestige of Chu State. They knew that Yanzi was short, so they opened a small hole next to the city gate to let Yanzi enter the city from this small hole.

Yan Zi went to the small hole, looked at it and said, "This is a dog hole, not a city gate. People who go to the dog country go in through the dog hole. Today I am the ambassador to Chu, not a dog country. Excuse me, did I come to the dog country or Chu? " The Chu people had nothing to say, so they had to open the city gate to welcome Yan Zi in. The beauty here is that Yanzi's dog took advantage of the loophole in his speech and hit back at each other, leaving him speechless. But it also saved his dignity.

When Yan Zi met the king of Chu, the king of Chu smiled and said, "What, is there no one in Qi?"

Knowing that the king of Chu was satirizing him, Yan Zi quietly replied, "What are you talking about? There are seven or eight thousand families in Linzi, the capital of Qi. If the pedestrians in the street open their sleeves, they can cover the sky; If everyone shakes a sweat, it will gather into a heavy rain, and people will be crowded side by side, and their toes will touch their heels. Your Majesty, why do you say that there is no one in Qi? "

King Chu said, "Since there are so many people, why should people like you be sent to preach?"

Yan Zi answered unhurriedly: "Oh! You don't know. There is a rule for us to send envoys to Qi: if the other party is a first-class country, send a person with both ability and political integrity; If the other party is an inferior country, send an incompetent person. Because I am the most worthless person, I was sent to your Chu state. " The beauty of this is an eye for an eye, which can also protect one's national dignity and face, and humiliate the king of Chu and his country, and it is refreshing to feel avenged.