The face reader : discover anyone's personality, compatibility, talents, and challenges through Chinese face reading

The face reader Discover anyone's personality, compatibility, talents, and challenges through Chinese face reading

Patrician McCarthy

Book - 2007

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Subjects
Physiognomy > China.
Facial expression > China.
Published
New York : Dutton 2007.
Language
English
Main Author
Patrician McCarthy (-)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations
ISBN
9780525950004
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • How Mien Shiang Can Help You in Your Everyday Life
  • The Origin of Mien Shiang
  • How I Came to Learn and Love Mien Shiang
  • Mien Shiang: A Holistic Practice for Mind, Body, Spirit
  • How to Use This Book
  • Part 1. The Elements of Mien Shiang
  • 1. What Is a Face?
  • Recognition
  • Communication
  • 2. The Five Taoist Principles of Mien Shiang
  • The Principle of Harmony
  • The Principle of Entirety
  • The Principle of Qi
  • The Principle of Yin and Yang
  • Using Yin and Yang to Read the Face
  • The Principle of the Five Elements
  • 3. Using the Five Elements and Their Associations to Read the Face
  • What Determines Our Five Element Constitutional Type
  • A Five Element Balancing Act
  • 4. Five Element Personality Tests
  • The Five Element Personality Quiz
  • The Five Element Test
  • 5. Characteristics and Traits of the Five Element Personalities
  • The Five Element Emotional Traits
  • The Defining Emotion
  • The Gifts and Challenges of the Emotions
  • The Qi for Each of the five Element Body Types
  • The Wood Personality
  • The Fire Personality
  • The Earth Personality
  • The Metal Personality
  • The Water Personality
  • Part 2. How We Read Faces
  • 6. What Do We Read on the Face?
  • Each Feature's Own Identifiable Characteristics
  • Interpreting the Features' Characteristics
  • Face Shapes
  • The Eight Common Face Shapes
  • 7. Inherited and Acquired Facial Traits
  • Our Inherited Facial Traits
  • Our Acquired Facial Markings
  • 8. How to Interpret the Gifts and Challenges of the Traits
  • Using Your Gifts and Challenges
  • 9. The Specific Age Areas of the Face
  • Gender and the Age Areas of the Face
  • The Early-Age Markings on the Ears
  • 10. The Two Sides of the Face
  • Unmatching Sides
  • Determining the Yin and Yang Sides of the Face
  • Some Exceptions
  • Part 3. Reading the Individual Features
  • 11. Analyzing Each Feature for Specific Traits
  • Determining the Size of the Features
  • Ears
  • Kidney Jing
  • Ear Size
  • Ear Shape
  • The Three Sections of the Ear: Reading for Risk Taking
  • Set of Ears
  • Ear Set and Positioning
  • Positioning of Ears
  • Reading the External Ear
  • Markings on the Ears Relating to Early Childhood
  • Helix
  • Ear Color
  • Earlobes
  • Ear Cartilage and Your Basic Constitution
  • Hairline
  • Hairline Shapes
  • Forehead
  • The Three Regions
  • Size and Shape
  • Markings on the Forehead
  • Brow Bones
  • Sizes and Shapes
  • Eyebrows
  • Set and Position
  • Texture, Shape, and Length
  • Markings on the Eyebrows
  • Yin Tong
  • Suspended Needles
  • Eyes
  • Size and Shape
  • Set and Positioning
  • Markings Around the Eyes
  • Marks of Infidelity
  • Cheeks
  • Size and Shape
  • Middle and Lower Cheeks
  • Markings on the Cheeks
  • Cheekbones
  • Set, Size, and Shape
  • Nose
  • Size
  • Length
  • Set and Positioning
  • Shape
  • Tip of the Nose
  • Markings on the Nose
  • Fa Ling Lines
  • Philtrum
  • Mouth
  • Sizes and Shapes of Lips and Mouth
  • Set and Positioning
  • Markings on the Mouth
  • Chin
  • Size and Shape
  • Markings on the Chin
  • Jaws
  • Size and Shape
  • Set of the Jaws
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
Review by Library Journal Review

From McCarthy, an expert on mien shiang (the art of ancient Chinese face reading), comes a book on a form of body language. According to the author, one can obtain significant insights into someone's personality just by analyzing his or her face. She relates the five elements of mien shiang, indicating how the wood, fire, earth, metal, and water personality each has its own characteristics. Extensive photographs assist in understanding the meanings of a variety of ears, cheekbones, noses, and other facial features. Although McCarthy is persuasive, readers may balk at some of her claims, e.g., that mien shiang can be used to determine if one's financ?(e) will cheat. Still, it will draw in the New Age and astrology crowd. Recommended for larger libraries. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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