Physiognomy is widely spread. What is the origin and development of physiognomy?

The so-called face refers to the appearance of a person's face, and physiognomy is a method to judge a person's life fortune by observing his facial characteristics. Face is the most direct reflection of a person's appearance and appearance, and it is also a symbol of physical health and inner world. Therefore, people have always attached great importance to facial features, and physiognomists have also made full use of the concept of "making promises with heart" to judge a person's character and future fortune.

"Born from the heart" refers to whether a person's heart is kind or fierce, which can be reflected by his face. A kind-hearted person usually has a kind face in Zhang Shanliang; A vicious person usually has a fierce and scary face. However, the reverse is not necessarily true. There is a saying that people are good-looking on the surface and evil inside; And that disgusting and kind face means that he has an evil face, but he is kind at heart.

Not everyone can accurately judge whether a person is a good person or a bad person according to his appearance, which requires not only professional facial skills, but also considerable experience. Although some insightful people can judge a person by intuition, they can't judge a person completely by intuition, and they still need numerology analysis skills to improve the accuracy of the judgment results.

It is difficult to determine when fortune-telling originated. According to Dai Li's Notes, "Yao used to judge people by their looks, Shun by their colors, Yu by their words, Tang by their voices and degrees. These four generations and five kings lead people to rule the world. " It can be seen that ancient emperors and generals have begun to select talents by observing people's faces, skin color, language, voice and manners. This method of selecting talents can undoubtedly be regarded as the bud of ancient physiognomy.