古代齐人以舒缓著称，又因辩智而远近闻名，二者相映成趣，相互补充。辩智是齐地民性的核心和精髓，是内在资质，舒缓则是其外在形式和风度。齐人的舒缓之性和儒家的登降揖让之礼有相似之处，但二者又不是一回事。齐人的辩智促进了主客问答式论辩文的发展，早期的设辞类作品多出自齐地。齐人因辩智而幽默，中国古代的幽默文学也是首先在齐地兴盛起来的。齐人舒缓之性，则往往造成作品迂回委婉的风格，即所谓的“齐气”。 Qi people to ease ancient known, but also because of the famous defender of wisdom, the two side by side, complement each other. Discrimination is the core and essence of the people of Qi, is the inherent qualifications, soothing is its external form and demeanor. There is a similarity between the soothing nature of man and Confucianism, but neither is the same thing. Qi’s dialectics promoted the development of querying and argumentative arguments between subject and object, and the earlier works of rhetoric were more co-ordinated. All due to debate and wisdom and humor, ancient Chinese humor literature is also the first to flourish in Qi. Qi soothing nature of people, often resulting in detour works euphemism style, the so-called “Qi Qi.”