Eight methods of testing people are listed in the ancient art classic Liu Tao, commonly known as the eight diagrams palm method.
Ask it in words and see its details. Just ask some questions to test your understanding.
If you are poor, you can watch it change in words. Ask questions in detail and check their responses.
Spy with him to see his sincerity, and indirectly to see if he is loyal.
Understand and ask questions and see its virtues. Talk frankly to test his virtue.
Make it look cheap with money. Let him be in charge of finance and see if it is clean or not.
Try its virginity with color. Try women and test their integrity.
It is difficult to see its courage by telling it. Tell him about the crisis to test his courage.
If you are drunk, you can look at the state with wine. Get him drunk and check his behavior.
Second, eight views and six measurements, six qi and four zang methods
"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals on Man" puts forward a useful exploration.
Eight views:
The general rule is to observe the ceremony. When a person's career goes well, look at the people he respects.
If you are rich, you will see what you have. When he is rich, let's see who he raises.
If it's expensive, it depends on what you get. When he is an important person, see who he appoints.
Listen to what he did. Listen to what he says and then observe what he does.
Just see what's good in it. Observe his hobbies in his spare time.
Learn from what he said. When you get to know him, see if his words are correct.
If you are poor, you can't stand it. When he is frustrated, observe whether he suffers.
If you are cheap, you will see what you are not doing. When he is poor, it depends on whether he has done anything wrong.
Six tests:
You can have a test if you like. Let him be happy to test whether he is normal.
Enjoy it to test its eccentricity. Make him happy and test whether he is indulgent.
Anger is a test of its integrity. Test whether he can restrain himself after he is angry.
Fear it, test it. Scare him and test whether he can control himself.
Mourning is to test its system. Make him sad to test whether he can control himself.
Suffering is a test of a person's will. Let him suffer to test whether he keeps his ambition.
Six relatives: father, mother, brother, brother, wife and son. How to treat six qi and know a person?
Sanzang: Make friends, the old city is at the gate. That is, friends, old friends, neighbors and people around them. How to treat Yin Si and understand a person?