Ancient physiognomy originated from the people, and it was a simple way to look at people according to the needs and requirements of life. At first it was the whole body.
For example, men look good with wide shoulders, long hands and long feet. Why? Because such people can pick and resist, can do heavy work, and are not afraid of not being able to support their families. Because there was no modern mechanical equipment in ancient times, we had to rely on manpower.
And what do women look like? In ancient times, men earned money outside to support their families, while women kept the house at home. More importantly, it is most important to carry on the family line, so the focus of women is to be able to have children. So what kind of women are the most fertile? The ancients concluded that a woman with a round body and a big ass is easy to raise and can carry on the family line smoothly. Such a woman is worth marrying. Nowadays, many ethnic minorities look at women mainly by the thickness of their thighs.
Therefore, there is little difference between the earliest physiognomy and the physiognomy. Later, physiognomy spread more and more widely among the people, involving more and more aspects, so it flowed into the rich, from the rich into the cremation and nobility, and from the nobility into the court. Then it flowed out from the imperial court to the people. Through this inflow and outflow process, the methods and experiences of different social classes and different industries are integrated into it, and finally it is collected as a theoretical and well-founded study of Ren Xiang. Through the continuous improvement, practice and improvement of wise people in past dynasties, great astrology which can be applied to work, life, psychology, beauty and other fields today has come into being. Facts have proved that being good at using exquisite physiognomy is the classic that can really improve the quality of life and create happiness;
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There are four basic contents of physiognomy:
First, the basic category, thirteen, fleeting, five-star, six-Yao, five-Yue, four blasphemies.
The second is synthesis, spirit, meteorology, flesh and blood, sound and so on.
The third category is the meaning category, which specifically discusses people's life events, life and death blessings, good and bad luck every year, and so on. For example, the Zodiac, the Sixth Academy, the Three Talents, the Three Stops, the Four Schools, the Eight Schools, the Five Elements, the Eight Views on People and the Cross Method.
The fourth is the official tattoo category, which starts with the head, facial features, limbs, moles and tattoos. People's destiny is judged, poor and good.
Classic works of celebrities and physiognomy in past dynasties;
Xiangxue has a long history. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Xunzi, a master of Confucianism, said: "People also have ancient times." Gubuziqing was a famous physiognomist in the Spring and Autumn Period. At the same time, Zuo Zhuan and Zhou Shu also included Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo's generation of famous doctors to judge good or bad luck and visceral diseases according to the five elements of physiognomy, but from different angles. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were Mr. Shui Jing, Kong Ming and Xu Shu, who were well versed in the art of war, astronomy and geography, nine palaces and eight diagrams, and so on. Xu Fu in Han Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang and Li in Tang Dynasty, Chen Tuan in Song Dynasty and Liu Bowen in Ming Dynasty all developed physiognomy. Confucius said, "Life and death are life, and treasure is in heaven." "fifty knows the destiny."
There is a record in Zuo Zhuan that in 200 AD, Gong Sun ao invited Fu Shu to meet his two sons ... Later, the famous fortuneteller never wrote a book again, and there was even a special chapter in the historical records called Japanese Biography to record the deeds of fortuneteller; Wang Chong's Lun Heng in the Eastern Han Dynasty mainly opposed false heresy, but fully affirmed physiognomy (bone). Liu Shao in Wei and Jin Dynasties (the author of Figures) and Zeng Guofan in Qing Dynasty (the author of Bing Jian) developed the ancient talent theory based on physiognomy. Zeng Guofan is famous for knowing people and being good at their duties. He not only unearthed a generation of famous ministers, such as Zuo and Li Hongzhang, but also the wealth of shogunate talents, which was unprecedented in previous dynasties. This not only shows that Zeng Guofan's talent theory is scientific, but also proves that Xiangxue, as the basis of Zeng Guofan's talent theory, has great practical value.
Among the famous physiognomists of past dynasties, there are many people who can be found in history. Among them, a complete theory of physiognomy was put forward, and Xu Fu was first in the Han Dynasty. Xu Fu was originally a woman, and was named a female pavilion by Emperor Gaozu because she was good at meeting people. It is said that Xu is the author of Song of Virtue and Instruments, Miscellaneous Comments on the Five Senses, Listening to the Sound and Walking with each other. Up to now, many photo albums have also mentioned Xu negative's aural listening method (probably a later work). The History of the Three Kingdoms records many physiognomists, such as Guan Ju, Zhu Jianping and Liu Wuji. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the development of physiognomy reached a peak, and Sui Shu recorded famous artists, such as Ding Wei and Lai He. In the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang, Long Fuben, Xia Rong, Liu, Yuan and others enjoyed a high reputation in the official history and unofficial history. In the Song Dynasty, physiognomy was also quite developed. The influential physiognomists are Chen Tuan, Mayiyi, Miaoying monk and Miaofang. Song Dynasty literati Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian were also good at physiognomy. There were many famous physiognomists in Ming dynasty, and a large number of physiognomy books appeared. The physiognomists mainly include Liu Bowen, Rulan Monk, Zhang Tian, Yuan Xun and Yuan Zhongche. Among them, Yuan Jia and his son are the most famous. The famous Hundred Questions of Yongle in the history of physiognomy originated from the confrontation between Ming Chengzu and Yuanjia. Yuan Xun has Liu Zhuang Xiang Fa included in Yongle Dadian, and Yuan Zhongche also has Man-Han Banquet. Later, Liu Zhuang Xiang Fa, which was widely circulated, was related to Yuan Jia and his son. China's traditional physiognomy developed into a masterpiece of the Ming Dynasty. The Complete Biography of the Gods was named the Secret Biography of Chen Tuan, but it was marked as the revision of Yuan Zhongche. By the Qing Dynasty, the arrangement and works of physiognomy had made great progress. In terms of physiognomy works, Tieguan Dao and Jin are the most concise, while Water Mirror Collection and Hengzhen are more comprehensive and comprehensive, and they are masters after Shen Xiang. During the Republic of China, the spread of physiognomy improved. During this period, there appeared many relatively easy-to-understand books on physiognomy, among which Plain Physiognomy and Gongdu Physiognomy are the most famous.
The role of the face:
The essence of physiognomy is to study the relationship between man and fate. Xiangxue is a philosophy of life. Studying it and understanding it are of great significance to human survival and self-realization. It is helpful to know the people you have known and have a full understanding of your personality health through mutual learning. In the choice of life path, we should foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and find a path suitable for our own development. In social communication, mutual learning can play a reference role in making friends and employing people, so that the surrounding friends and environment are conducive to self-development and help avoid misfortune.
Physiology is predictive and advanced, and has the power to transcend moral and legal significance. If people can know their destiny and correct and improve it in time, for example, they can avoid crime. It is helpful to the research and development of life science and its social science, and the research of psychology, physiology and cultural anthropology can directly use the method of physiognomy.
Xiang Xue helps people solve problems and approaches psychoanalysis. It can point out the causes of disasters and all the different degrees of dissatisfaction, so that it can understand the reasons, get rid of evil from good, and change its bad fate. It is helpful to break the mystery of phase and destiny, thus renewing ideas, emancipating the mind, moving from ignorance to civilization, from backwardness to progress, and from passively accepting fate to actively improving it.
Xiang Xue is a philosophy of life and a guide to life. Everyone has his own strengths, and his skills are specialized and superior. There is a saying in the Xiang family: "Workers cross talk, Chinese workers are in harmony, and the next work sets each other off." It is the necessity of the development of physiognomy and the requirement of the times to use the latest scientific and technological viewpoint of "biological holography" to guide the study of physiognomy of "science is easy" and "humanities is easy". Only in this way can we make the past serve the present and make Yi-ology make due contributions to modern society.