修辞学是一门语言艺术,也是一种说服技巧。修辞学自诞生至今日,经历了漫长的发展和衍变过程。本文旨在初步探讨中外修辞学的发展进程,对于修辞学研究者起到抛砖引玉的作用。 Rhetoric is a language art and a persuasive technique. Since its birth to today, rhetoric has experienced a long process of development and evolution. The purpose of this essay is to probe into the development of Chinese and foreign rhetoric, and to help the rhetoric researchers to start a discussion.