Xiucixue(修辭學), a word written in Chinese characters, is a word which translate the term of the West This word xiuci(修辭) is of "xiuciliqicheng(修辭立其誠)" in Wenyanzhuan(文言傳) on Zhouyi(周易) qiangua(乾卦) origin. Chenghao(程顥), philosopher in Beisong(北宋), defined a word xiu(修) as xiuxing(修省), then put a construction on this sentence as follows: "If we cultivate and ponder our roamer of speaking, we can attain a state of cheng(誠)" However, in Zhouyi, xiuci means embellishment of language and persuasive art. Wenyanzhuan of Zhouyi is regarded as parts of Confucius's explanation on Zhouyi text Then we can consider that Confucius made much of embellishment. As a matter of fact, it is stated that successors recognize Confucius's viewpoint like that. The other side, Confucius said that the word is simply for comprehension(辭達而已矣) in Lunyu(論語) weilinggong(衛靈公). This comment is understood that Confucius rejected embellishment of language. Then we can consider that Confucius had it both ways as two contradictory concept, xiuci and cida(辭達) on rhetoric. Thereafter, authors and scholars of classical Chinese literature made an attempt to unite xiuci and cida by every method. Authors and scholars in Chunqiu and Zhanguo(春秋戰國) took two line as persuasive art and creation or dissection of ideas. Intellectuals in Chunqiu and Zhanguo had to improve there persuasive art so as carry there point to kings. The Confucian school had four branches, then, Ciling(辭令) was one between them. Therefore we can understand that The Confucian school made much of diplomatic language too. In Chunqiu and Zhanguo, politicians of various countries had a command of a fushi(賦詩, the method to convey one's feelings in Shijing(詩經) as recitation of a specific verse) for diplomatic rhetoric. Then, we can give an example of this rhetoric from Zuozhuan(左傳). In Zhanguo, Mengzi(孟子) fancied himself as a zhiyan(知言, to be versed in speech), because he was capable of persuading a king through eloquence and grasping a speaker's mentality or consciousness through listening courteously. Hanfeizi(韓非子) argued that intellectuals have to use different persuasive art from the mental state of king in his writing Shuonan(說難, difficulty of stumping). Zhangyi(張儀) practiced chuaimo(?摩, the method to grasp one's mentality) and persuaded Qin(秦) and eastern six country's kings to use Lianheng(連衡) as a foreign policy. Generally, intellectuals took a serious view of rhetoric because they want to persuade a king of there political intention in Chunqiu and Zhanguo. In the mean time, rhetoric is made use of creation and dissection of ideas. Confucius use rhetoric of fangbianshishe(方便施設) like Zen Buddhism appeared in future in connection with philosophy and politics. That is to say, he used different ideological word from a situation and mental state of disputant. But, Zhuangzi(莊子) used ideological words and expressed comments on politics and society of the age. However, he rejected zhuangyu(莊語, 壯語, ideological word to argue fairly about justice, this word useful to politics) With that, he used zhiyan(?言, a disjointed and word), zhonhyan(重言, a respectable and authoritative word), yuyan(寓言, allegory) namely sanyan(三言), so, attempted to demolish a generally accepted idea through these words. The other side, weiyan(微言), a rhetorical device of the historical description, was already established in the early years of classical Chinese literature. Then, we can give distinctively an example of this rhetoric from Chunqiu(春秋) Therefore, the three methods mentioned above (persuasive art, creation or dissection of ideas, to imply as description on a historical fact) became rhetoric of classical Chinese literature through Chunqiu and Zhanguo. And a formalistic and an ornate style appeared at least in Han, so, various methods of description began to advance. Authors and critics supported this method recognized the value of qimi(綺靡, ornateness and suppleness) as rhetoric of poem. For example, Luji(陸機) said that poem is expressed according to a poet's emotion, therefore it is ornate and supple(詩緣情而綺靡) in Wenfu(文賦) As stated above, we can understand that various methods of rhetoric were established in the early years of classical Chinese literature. At the same time, we can presume that the field of private literature was suppressed in classical Chinese literature, so, rhetoric for expression of emotion suffers restriction. I confirmed fundamental progress of rhetoric of classical Chinese literature, and dealt with rhetorical problems of prose and poem. We have to understand historical features of a literary style and discriminate between its public function and private function for advance of rhetoric of classical Chinese literature.