吹牛是一种夸大,在道德家看来,这也许是缺点,可是在处世接物上却有一种呱呱叫的妙用。假使你这一生缺少了吹牛的本领,别说好饭碗找不到,便连黄包车夫也不放你在眼里。西洋人真是近乎白痴,什么事都只讲究脚踏实地去做,这样费力气的态度,我们聪明的中国人,简直连牙齿都要笑掉了。西洋人什么事都讲究按部就班地慢慢来,从来没有平地登天的捷径,而我们中国人专门走捷径,而走捷径的第一个法门,就是善吹牛。吹牛是一件不可看轻的艺术,就如修辞学上不可缺少"张 Bragging is an exaggeration, in the opinion of moralists, this may be a disadvantage, but there is a kind of croaking magical effect. If you lack the ability to brag in your life, not to mention a good job, you will not even have a rickshaw driver in your eyes. Westerners are really almost idiots, everything is done only pay attention to down-to-earth, so effortless attitude, our smart Chinese, even the teeth have to laugh off. Westerners pay attention to everything slowly step by step, and never flat land ascension shortcut, and we Chinese special shortcuts, and take the shortcut of the first method, is a good bragging. Bragging is an inestimable art, just as indispensable in rhetoric