Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. Colloquialisms are easy to understand, but concise and concise. Many of the sayings are derived from life, acting on life, is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, many of the sayings that have been handed down to this day are dazzling, involving an extremely wide range, among which there is such a kind of saying, which involves ancient physiognomy, such as the sentence to be said today - "small wealth looks at the nose, big money looks at the eyes", what does this saying mean? The ancients said this, not out of thin air, but for a certain reason.
Xiangshu, as the name suggests, is the art of xiangren, that is, the art of knowing people of the ancestors. Ancient xiangshu is extremely developed, and there are not a few xiangshu classics that have been handed down to this day, such as Mai Xiangfa, Liuzhuang Xiangfa, Jin Jiao Scissors, Zeng Guofan's Ice Jian and so on, why is ancient Xiangshu so developed? There are two main reasons for providing fertile soil for the development of ancient physiognomy. One is that the ancient scientific civilization is relatively backward, for many natural phenomena, the ancients did not have a scientific and reasonable explanation, so they blamed them on superstition, therefore, the ancients were more partial to superstition. The second is that Confucianism is the orthodoxy of ancient times, Taoism advocates non-numerology, and Confucianism advocates the doctrine of mandate of heaven, and because the fate of the ancients is limited by many restrictions of feudal etiquette, they cannot be autonomous, so the ancients are more advocating the theory of mandate of heaven.
It is not only partial to superstition, but also keen on the theory of mandate of heaven, which naturally derives many folk studies such as physiology and fortune telling.
Returning to the old saying, "Small wealth looks at the nose, and the big money looks at the eyes". There are two dimensions to explain this saying, one is from the ancient knowledge of appearance as the starting point, and the other is from the logical interpretation.
First, the position of the eyes and nose in the face.
Both the eyes and the nose occupied an important position in the ancient appearance, in which the nose was called the "judge" and the eye was called the "inspector".
The magistrate is the chief treasurer, so the nose is also called the "Treasury Palace". The word "cai" was first recorded in the "Chronicle of History" and means money. At the same time, in the five elements, the nose belongs to the earth, the five elements are born together, and the earth can produce gold, so as the saying goes, "There is wealth in the earth"
So, in the ancient physiognomy, what kind of nose can be considered to grow well? In the photo book, it is recorded: "Cut the barrel of the hanging gall, thousands of boxes." Towering straight and plump, a lifetime of wealth and wealth. Zhongzheng is not biased, and it must be known that it will always be gushing. Eagle's beak is sharp, and it is poor and poor", that is, if the nose is smooth and round, and the plump flesh is considered a good face. If it is a hawk's beak and a pointed nose, it is a sign of wealth.
As we all know, the ancient mainland was an agricultural civilization, and the field house was the most important means of production, and in ancient times it was a hierarchical society, and in most cases, it was the high-ranking officials and nobles who owned a large number of field houses.
It can be seen that the nose in the phase art is symbolized by the amount of wealth, while the eye in the phase art is alluded to the nobility of the identity.
Second, what is the internal logic of small wealth looking at the nose and big money looking at the eyes?
Speaking of the nose first, the nose sits in the middle of the entire face, and when people talk to each other, the subconscious mind will involuntarily observe the other person's nose. If the nose is round and fleshy, it will make people feel down-to-earth, and if the nose is protruding, it will make people have the illusion of treachery and selfishness. Scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants ranked last in ancient times, so it seems that honest and honest shengwei people will relatively speaking, they will gain a greater advantage in the business field, so as the saying goes, "small wealth looks at the nose" has a certain logic.
In real life, it is not difficult for people to find that many big bosses in the business field will give people a sense of honesty and honesty, and will not look shrewd and treacherous.
Second, focus on the eyes. People often hear a modern saying: "The eyes are the windows of the soul", which comes from Leonardo da Vinci, one of the three masters of the Italian Renaissance. Linking the eyes and the heart has long been recorded in ancient times on the mainland, such as the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic": "The eye of the heart is also the messenger, the heart of the god is also", for example, in the "Mencius": "The chest is right, then the eyes are understood; If the chest is not right, then the eyes are squinting."
All in all, through the eyes, one can see a person's heart, and what the ancients said was born from the heart, and it is most prominent in the eyes. People are expensive, the heart is expensive, the heart is expensive, so as the saying goes: "The big noble looks at the eyes"
In 1917, the "Power of the Heart" was born, in which it was said: "The power of man is greater than the heart", "Man lives in the world, flesh and blood are instruments, and the mind is the main messenger", "The heart is the foundation of all forces, and from the inside to the outside can produce good, evil, creation, and destruction." ”