韩非子的《说难》是我国古代较早从心理学角度出发揭示游说这一人际传播活动规律的文章。本文试图从社会学的面子理论出发,指出《说难》一文的贡献在于韩非子认识到游说活动中维护听话人面子与否关系到进言的成败,进而要求进言者在进言时理性的采取正确的进言策略。 Han Fei-zi’s “difficult to say” is an ancient Chinese earlier from the psychology point of view to open lobbying this interpersonal communication activities of the article. This article attempts to proceed from the theory of face theory of sociology and points out that the contribution of the article “Difficult to Say” lies in that Han Fei-zi realized that the safeguarding of the hearer’s face in the lobbying activities is related to the success or failure of the speech, and then requires the speaker to adopt the correct speech rationally Strategy.