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"Shen Yixiang" is the earliest existing physiognomy work in China that systematically describes people's appearance. People's destiny is not born for life, but it is a "strange" code that can detect fate from looks.

According to legend, The Portrait of Ma Shenyi was written by a Taoist priest named Ma Yi, a fortuneteller in the Northern Song Dynasty. His book was written earlier, and it is the first unique physiognomy book that systematically describes human appearance.

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Frontal part

Talk about ten views and five methods, formal customs and colors.

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Generally speaking, to look at a person's appearance, we must first look at the skeleton, followed by the five elements. Measure the length of three stops, see the profit and loss of face, the beauty of eyes, the rise and fall of qi, the thickness of hands and feet, the turbidity of hair, the length of figure, the achievement of five senses, the sixth hospital, the fullness of warehouse, the rise and fall of yin and yang, the dignity, the distinction between description, the joy and stagnation of complexion and the thinness of body. Can't listen, and it's a family heirloom. But in the stars, wealth, poverty, longevity, poverty, honor and disgrace, gains and losses, fleeting time, honor and disgrace, everything is well prepared and foolproof. Scholars should also refer to the details and push for truth and strangeness, which cannot be ignored.

Ten scenes

With dignity. If a tiger goes down the mountain, all animals will be surprised. When the eagle rises, the fox and rabbit fight by themselves. If you are not angry, you can wear not only your eyes, but also your cheekbones.

Second, look at the weight and spirit. Like a boat, riding on the waves, shaking without moving, unable to attract, sitting and sleeping, bright. Sedentary, more and more excited. When the sun rises, it stings people's eyes. Such as the autumn moon hanging in the mirror, bright and bright. God's eyes are as bright as the sun and the moon. Brilliant, natural and lovely; Clear and clean, can't be confused for a long time. In this case, if you are not expensive, you should be a little more expensive, and you can have money. You can't talk about it.

The third is turbidity. However, the thick body naturally has money, while the thin body is long and thin, so it must be pushed by the expensive one. Turbid people call it thick, and thick people call it rich. Turbidity without god means softness, softness will be solitary, and those who are not solitary will die.

Fourth, the dome is high. But the head is the master of the whole body and the element of the limbs. If the head is the highest, it is the son of heaven. If the forehead is propped up, it will help the good minister. People with round heads are rich and live long. Rich in quantity, it is also commendable. Flat people will live long. People with flat heads are dull since childhood. Forehead collapse, youth wasted. The man with the lowest forehead is punished stupidly. Those who kill hard ahead will suffer in the early years. If the part is sunken and the hairline is uneven, it is necessary to observe the punishment as well as the punishment, not an example, which is wrong.

Wuyue three stops. The left cheekbone is Dongyue, which should be upright and should not be exposed and collapsed. The amount is Nanyue, and I am also happy. It is not appropriate to collapse without bamboo. The right cheekbone is Xiyue, just like the left cheekbone. The pavilion is Beiyue, and it looks perfect. You can't cut it off and put it in your pocket. Saturn is the middle mountain and should be on the right. Wu Yintang is successful, Shu Yun and Wuyue are superior, and your pressure on Ban Chao is also rich. Three stops, forehead door, aiming at the head and corner, this face stops three times. It should be equal to the three finances and the three masters, that is, the three tables. When you stop at the top, you are a busy teenager; when you stop in the middle, you are a lucky senior; when you stop at the bottom, you are equal, and your life has nothing to lose. If you stop sharpening, skewing and rough exposure for three times, it will be unfavorable. You can push it according to the color of time, but you can't break it as a whole.

Take six senses and six hospitals. The eyebrow is the longevity officer, who likes lofty and lofty, sparse and beautiful, but also looks up one inch, and the tail blows the sky warehouse. The master is smart and rich, smart and long-lived. This longevity officer is also successful. If it is thick and yellow, scattered and low-pressure, it will be destroyed by criminal injury, and this official will not succeed. Eyes are in charge, black and white, or eyes of wind, elephant, ox, dragon and tiger, crane, monkey, peacock, mandarin duck, lion and magpie. Hidden in the sky, black as paint, white as jade, radiant in wavelength, natural, delicate and powerful. This supervisor is also successful. If a snake, a bee, a sheep, a mouse, a chicken, a pig, a fish, a horse and a steam engine wheel all have four white eyes, red and white tulle intrudes, the eyes are round and mixed with black and white, and the divine light is too revealing and too vague, the supervisor will not succeed. And stupid and fierce failure. Ears are obedient to officials, regardless of size. Clear-cut, such as white face, water ear, earth ear, golden ear, ox ear, round chess ear, brain ear, and invisible ear opposite. The eyebrows are one inch high, the wheels are thick and firm, ruddy and beautiful, with long hair and small holes inside. This listener is also successful. Or mouse ear, fungus, fire ear, arrow feather ear, pig ear, round flying profile, rotten ear, or weak, this is not a good choice. Vulnerable teenagers hurt six parents. The nose is the judge. Phoenix dragon is straight and fleshy, with the noses of rhinoceros, dragon and tiger, lion, ox and sheep. It is also appropriate to be upright and impartial, neither thick nor small. This judge is successful. Such as dog's nose, fish, eagle's mouth, Jianfeng, anti-tune, re-tune, trilogy, three bends, exposed hole, convex focus, flat and weak, exposed ridge, exposed bone, too big, lonely peak, vicious situation, poor and nothing, evil punishment, rape and greed. This judge cannot succeed. The mouth is a cashier, with red lips and white teeth, full lips, deep people and long people, meniscus bow, square mouth, ox and tiger mouth, and the lips are not upturned or pointed. This cashier is also successful. Or pigs, dogs, sheep's mouths, boats, fish, rats and sheep's food, short lips, black lips, thin upper lips, inverted lower lips, yellow, brown and rough, this cashier can't do it. As the saying goes, one official is successful and ten years are rich; If he fails, he will be poor for ten years. For people who live in the Sixth Hospital, the two corners of the sky, the sun, the moon and the moon are rich. Fiona Fang should be bright and clean, not explicit, but rich. Or cut low and collapse at the sharp edge, and abundance is out of reach. At the beginning of the year, luck. Two cheekbones are the government. It is advisable to put the temples in the square, not thick and not exposed, and arch the square together, so that this person can build a house. If the height is rough and the sharp circle is bulging, this house is not successful. Middle age or not. The corner of the ground is the last scene of the ground. Hanging on the wall of the house, the wood is faint, not sharp, not crooked and not thick, and the ground is completed. If the height is rough, you will see thick cheeks after sharpening your ears, and hell will not be reached. As the book says, a government thrives in ten years, and a government loses badly in ten years.