In the Chinese traditional cultural atmosphere of "avoiding a lawsuit", legal pettifoggers were considered as" shysters "who were obsessed with the desire for gain, confused right and wrong, and took advantage of loopholes of the law. 在传统的息讼法律文化氛围中,讼师被认为是利欲熏心,颠倒黑白,专钻法律空子的讼棍。