The Complete Collection of Ice Books

Chapter 22: Appearance (1)
General appearance
Original text
Content ① is based on seven feet ② for a period ③, appearance ④ combined with ⑤ and Liangyi ⑥.The chest, abdomen, hands, and feet are actually connected to the five directions⑦; the ears, eyes, mouth and nose are all connected to the four qi.If you look after each other and match each other⑨, you will be blessed;

注释
①Content: Refers to the whole body of a person, including chest, abdomen, hands, feet, back, etc., as well as manners and moods, such as walking, sitting, lying, eating, speech, emotions, etc. ② Seven feet: the human body.In ancient times, the ruler was small, and the human body was called "the body of seven feet". ③ period: limit. ④ Appearance: specifically refers to the image and appearance of a person's face, including the mouth, nose, ears, eyes, and movements.The face is a sign of whether the vitality is vigorous or not, and whether the innate endowment is good or not, and it embodies the relationship between man, nature and society.The ancients said: "The spiritual residence of hundreds of tribes, the spiritual path of the five internal organs, the image of the three talents, and the one who tolerates the gains and losses of the whole body, is the face." ⑥ Liangyi: Refers to yin and yang, including heaven and earth, male and female, male and female, superiority and inferiority, movement and stillness, existence and non-existence, which are relatively repulsive and complementary.There is also a saying that refers to the eyes or hands and feet. ⑦The chest, abdomen, hands, and feet are actually connected to the five directions: the five directions refer to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Here, the five internal organs correspond to the five elements. The corresponding relationship is: the liver belongs to wood, the heart belongs to fire, the lungs belong to metal, the kidneys belong to water, and the spleen belongs to earth.The five internal organs are connected with the chest and abdomen, so it is said that "the chest, abdomen, brothers and feet are actually connected to the five directions". ⑧ Ears, eyes, mouth and nose, all pass through the four qi: the four qi, the qi of the four seasons, also refers to the qi of the five internal organs.Yin-Yang Five Elements and Chinese physicians believe that the five sense organs of a person are connected with the five internal organs and the four seasons, and the corresponding relationship is as follows: the eyes connect the liver, which is the orifice of the liver, and belong to spring; the tongue, which connects the heart, is the orifice of the heart, which belongs to summer; the nose connects the lungs, It is the orifice of the lungs, which belongs to autumn; the ear connects to the kidney, which is the orifice of the kidney, and belongs to winter; the lips connect to the spleen, which is the orifice of the spleen, and belongs to the end of four seasons. ⑨ Xianggu Xiangxiang: Xianggu refers to the mutual correspondence and matching of various parts of the human body.Symmetry refers to the symmetry and coordination of various parts of the human body, "mutual consideration" and "symmetry" are an important principle of ancient metaphysics. 11 Back: Paradox, reverse, that is, the various parts of the human body do not correspond to and match each other. {12} Compact: tight and dense, that is, the various parts of the human body are not symmetrical and coordinated with each other. {[-]} Lin Lin Zong Zong: Diverse and scattered appearance.

Translation
When looking at people and quality, the appearance is limited by the seven-foot body, and the appearance is mainly judged by two eyes (also refers to the heaven and the earth pavilion).The chest, abdomen, hands, and feet of a person actually correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and all have certain attributes and characteristics of the five elements; the ears, eyes, mouth, and nose of a person are all related to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Connecting, also has certain attributes and characteristics of the four seasons.If the various parts of the human body respond to each other, match each other, and are symmetrical and coordinated with each other, then it will bring blessings to people; if they are mixed or conflict with each other, making the appearance appear chaotic, the fate of this kind of person is not worth it. mentioned.

Interpretation
This article discusses the appearance in general, and the main content is the relationship between a person's appearance and the five elements and blessings.

Does a person's appearance have anything to do with his future?If so, how big?This is a very interesting question.Modern science believes that there is no necessary connection between appearance and future, and even if there is a connection, this connection cannot be confirmed.However, for a long time, some people believe that appearance is closely related to future and destiny.Even today, there are still a certain percentage of such people.Zeng Guofan belongs to this category.

In this chapter, Zeng Guofan briefly discusses the appearance of people, and puts forward some guiding and general viewpoints.Some of these viewpoints are based on Zeng Guofan’s experience, and some are inherited from his predecessors. The introduction is as follows:
In modern Chinese, "appearance" is a word that expresses a relatively complete meaning.In "Bingjian", "capacity" and "appearance" have their own specific meanings.In the ancients, appearance and appearance are two concepts, collectively called "appearance".From the perspective of identifying people, the "capacity" in "capacity is a period of seven feet" refers to the whole body of a person and his behavior.Subdivided, on the one hand, "capacity" refers to the static performance of the whole body, such as the head, neck, chest, back, waist, abdomen and limbs, etc., and on the other hand, it refers to the dynamic performance of the body, such as speech and behavior, emotions, anger, sorrow and joy.The static expression of the body is a material thing, visible and tangible, with shape, color, mass, volume, etc. Through these, one can discover the external beauty of a person, which is a kind of modification of a person, which can give people a new look. Momentary joy.The dynamic performance of the body is the mood of a person, visible but intangible, a virtual image without quality.As Taoism said, something "tangible and intangible" is the form of expression of "containment".Through these, one can discover people's xinxing quality and ability, which is very important for identifying talents. Although it is not easy to know for sure, it is enough to please people for a lifetime of happiness. The two aspects of "tolerance" are interrelated, restrict and influence each other.When viewing people, we must grasp and study them comprehensively and holistically.

"Mao" means "appearance", and "appearance" refers to a person's facial image and mood.According to logical classification, "appearance" should be part of "capacity".However, since human essence, energy, and spirit are mainly concentrated on the face, "appearance" is listed separately and discussed in parallel with "appearance".Dividing the human body into two aspects of "appearance" and "appearance" makes viewing activities more rigorous and layered.Appearance also includes two aspects.One is the concrete objects that make up appearance, such as eyes, ears, nose, sun, and eyebrows, which is a static appearance; the second is a dynamic appearance, which constitutes a person's mood.Due to the important role of modality in examining the inner activities of characters, a separate chapter is dedicated to discussing the static and dynamic aspects of appearance.

Zeng Guofan made it clear at the beginning of the chapter that he distinguished between "appearance" and "appearance", pointing out that "the period of appearance is seven feet, and appearance is in terms of two appearances".A more complete understanding of this sentence should have the following meanings: "rong" and "appearance" are two different concepts and should not be confused; The most important thing is the entire face and its modality between the heavenly court and the ground pavilion.

After clarifying these two concepts, the next step is the relationship between "appearance" and "appearance" and blessings and misfortunes.Harmony is a blessing, disharmony is a curse or not a blessing, this is a general rule.If the appearance is harmonious, it is beautiful.Appearance is born, whether it is beautiful or ugly, and it is not easy to change the day after tomorrow.Slender and beautiful, fat and thin are certainly pleasing to the eye, but the inspection of characters should not be based on the length, fatness and thinness of the body, limbs and appearance, people also have intelligence and ability.It is certainly not worthwhile to have both talent and appearance, but comparing the two, it is better to sacrifice appearance and seek talent.

Eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chest, abdomen, siblings, regardless of size, beauty or ugliness, care for each other, and complement each other to form a harmony. This is a good look, and this is a blessing.On the other hand, "if the back is like a piece, there will be a lot of things", this is disharmony.

There is another strange appearance. "Strange appearance" generally refers to some parts of the appearance that are strange, and it is "ugly" from the eyes of ordinary people.It is said that Confucius has a raised nose and looks ugly. Although he was famous when he was alive, he has never been reused.It cannot be said that Confucius did not get a high position in his life because of his "nose", but it may have something to do with it, because the ancients attached great importance to judging people by their appearance.There is no necessary connection between appearance and talent, but many people like to judge people by their appearance. Therefore, there are many strange people who are unsuccessful in their lives because of their strange appearance.Although the military and politics are not used to compete in the world now, but the shopping malls are like battlefields, the fundamental principles and rules for identifying talents are the same.In troubled times, odds are used, and righteousness is used to rule the world. It is always the same to start with oddities and to align with righteousness.Therefore, use talents to recognize talents, and don't be too rigid about the external appearance of people.

Utilize the world
In real daily life, people sometimes use "phrenology" consciously or unconsciously.For example, when dealing with a stranger for the first time, or making a friend, after meeting a person, I will feel somewhat in my heart: this person is very loyal and down-to-earth, this person is very introverted and generous; or this person is very capable and very generous. Cheerful, wait.These are some embryonic forms of knowing people. Although everyone is born with a certain ability to judge the quality of a person's temperament, most of them are not very accurate.For example, a person may seem introverted at first, but after a period of communication, we find that he is actually a very cheerful person; another example is that a person appears to be loyal, but is actually very cunning in his heart.Because there are too many illusions in the middle, even those great sages and wise men who are born extremely smart may also make mistakes.Confucius, the great sage in Chinese history, had a similar experience.

According to legend, Confucius had 72 disciples, of whom 72 were outstanding, which is commonly known as "three thousand disciples and seventy sages".Among the [-] sages, there was one named Tantai Mieming (named Ziyu), who was really not very good-looking, with dark skin and not very correct facial features.

Ziyu was 39 years younger than Confucius and wanted to worship Confucius as his teacher.Because of his ugly appearance, Confucius didn't like him when he first met him, but since he was introduced by his student Ziyou, it was hard to refuse him, so he took him in for now.But Tantai Mieming is a good student.He not only studies hard, but also excels in all subjects, can ride and shoot well, behaves well, and conforms to etiquette.Moreover, what is commendable is that his moral conduct is also excellent, he is very filial to his parents, and he is kind and caring in dealing with the people around him, and everyone respects him very much.Ziyu studied with Confucius for three years, and Confucius gradually changed his view, knowing that Ziyu was an ugly but talented person.Comparing his own views before and after, Confucius deeply felt that judging a person by his appearance would cause errors, so he couldn't help sighing: "I judge people by their words, but I lose them. I judge people by their appearance, and I lose them." He publicly admitted his mistake.

After Ziyu completed his studies, he served as a doctor in the state of Lu. Later, he went south to the state of Chu to give lectures and cultivated many talents, making Confucianism an influential school in the south.

Confucius' example of making mistakes in matching people tells us that although we seem to be born with the ability to match people, it is difficult to guarantee that errors will not occur.Furthermore, we usually focus on a person's disposition and intelligence when we look at people. As for that person's fate and future, it is difficult for us to discern, because these are not necessarily related to a person's disposition and intelligence.Usually we can find many unfair phenomena in society: some people have neither talent nor virtue, but they can occupy high positions;There are countless such examples in history and reality, which also lead to many people's sighs.It can be seen that judging people by "intuition" is easy to judge people by their appearance, and it is inevitable to make mistakes in judgment.

For more than 2000 years, those founding emperors of various backgrounds, when they were alone and had not yet conquered the world, often bowed to the corporals, recruited domestic heroes, competed in the Central Plains, and attacked his opponents from all walks of life.Once the world is unified and the world is unified, the faces of these kings will change. They think that the world is a lonely world, so they do whatever they want. Kill everything and kill it quickly.It is no wonder that the ancients summed it up in one sentence: "Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger." Therefore, those people who have obtained official positions under the emperor, for their own safety, while assisting the emperor to conquer the world, are also carefully pondering. His king judges whether the king belongs to the kind of person who can share adversity but not wealth, so that he can retreat early, stay away from danger, and protect himself wisely.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue fought against each other.After King Goujian of Yue was defeated, after three or four years of hard work and hard work, he finally defeated the State of Wu in one fell swoop.It should be pointed out that during the process of Yue King Gou Jian turning from a disadvantage to an advantage and finally winning, Fan Li, a counselor of the Yue Kingdom, made great contributions to his ministers.Fan Li used to share weal and woe with King Goujian of Yue, and even took himself as a hostage in Wu State in exchange for the survival time of Yue State to linger and regroup.However, a few years later, once King Goujian of Yue destroyed the Wu Kingdom, Fan Li resolutely retired and left the Yue Kingdom.

What is the reason?According to historical records: Fan Li went away and sent someone to write a letter to the doctor saying: "When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; the cunning rabbits are dead, and the lackeys are cooked. The king of Yue is a man with a long neck and a bird's beak. He can share troubles, but can't share joy. Why don't you go?" "It turns out that Fan Li is not only resourceful, but also good at physiognomy.He observed that Gou Jiansheng, king of Yue, had a long neck and a sharp mouth. Judging by the ancient principles of physiognomy, this man could only share adversity with him but not enjoyment.Therefore, Fan Li decided to retire after his accomplishments, and wrote a letter to persuade Yue Guo's doctor, Wen Zhong, to leave as soon as possible.

However, Wen Zhong seemed to still have some hope for King Goujian of Yue. After receiving Fan Li's letter, he just claimed that he was ill and would not go to court, and did not leave King Goujian in time.At this time, someone falsely accused Wenzhong that he was about to rebel and make trouble. King Goujian of Yue didn't care about innocence, and immediately rewarded Wenzhong with a sword, and made him commit suicide by making a mockery of him.

As a typical example of "the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks", it is wronged to die in the hands of Gou Jian, the king of Yue who once worked for him in a muddleheaded way!It is believed that Fan Li's results are completely different from Wen Geng's, because he has rich life experience, and relying on some foresight in physiognomy, he escaped the bad luck of being a rabbit and dog, and achieved the goal of being wise and safe.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan, the king of Soochow, was known as a wise man who knew talents, but he also "looked at the horse and lost it, so he lost his feet for thousands of miles".

After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su recommended Pang Tong to Sun Quanquan.Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, but he was displeased after meeting him.Because of Pang Tong's thick eyebrows, black face and short beard, and strange appearance, and because Pang Tong did not admire Zhou Yu, whom Sun Quan always valued, Sun Quan mistakenly believed that Pang Tong was just a madman and of no use.Therefore, Lu Su reminded Sun Quan that Pang Tong had made a series of tricks during the Chibi War in order to persuade Sun Quan, but Sun Quan was stubborn and finally forced Pang Tong to leave Jiangnan.Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Lu Su recommended Pang Tong to Liu Bei instead.Unexpectedly, Liu Bei, who is eager to love talent, also made the same mistake.Seeing Pang Tong's ugly appearance, he was not happy, so he only made him a small county magistrate.Pang Tong, who has the talent to change the world, was neglected several times because of his unattractive appearance and could not be reused.Later, it was Zhang Fei who strongly recommended him after learning about his true talent, and Liu Beicai entrusted him with the post of deputy military adviser.

As the old saying goes, a relationship is born from the heart.This is a sentence full of life experience.A person with high aspirations has a face of courage; a person with a high heart and arrogance has a look of no one else.However, there is no direct connection between facial expressions and physical appearance, and some people regard physical appearance as the criterion for judging people.People who are ugly and oddly shaped are indeed uncomfortable to look at, but this cannot be used to negate the person's talent.Zhang Sanfeng, a sloppy Taoist, doesn't pay attention to the appearance of clothes and clothes, and doesn't pay attention to hygiene, but he has courage and courage that are unparalleled in the world.Beauty and ugliness cannot be used as a criterion for judging people. It is a pity that many managers judge people by their appearance and cannot recruit talents from all over the world.As a person who knows people, Liu Bei can be regarded as a role model for future generations, but he once ignored such a talented but ugly person like Pang Tong because he didn't look pleasing to the eye.

Business utilization
It is true that knowing people through appearance and expressions is an auxiliary means of "knowing people".However, once it is made absolute and "knowing people" becomes judging people by their appearance, they will misunderstand talents and eventually lose talents.

Xiaolei is a high-achieving student in the art department of a certain university. He is particularly good at architectural decoration design and has designed many outstanding works.After graduation, when Xiaolei wanted to join a famous big company with the ambition of doing something, the person in charge of the company flatly rejected him on the grounds that Xiaolei was only 1 meters tall, with dark skin and good looks. Unsightly, affecting the company's image.Later, Xiao Lei was photographed by the company's competitors.In order to repay the kindness of knowing you, and to win a sigh of relief, Xiaolei worked very hard, and soon designed many amazing home decoration pictures, making the company a well-known leader in the decoration market all of a sudden. Defeat the company that looked down on him before.So far, the person in charge who rejected Xiaolei regretted it.

It can be seen that the beauty and ugliness of appearance are not necessarily related to the good and evil of people's thinking and ability.Since it is to recognize people, you should not be confused by their appearance, you should have the profound vision of "Bole", distinguish their virtuous and stupid, observe their good and bad, and find out the "Maximum" you need.

1. Appearance and talent should not be put in reverse
Ge Hong, a scholar of the Jin Dynasty, said with deep emotion in "Baopuzi Outer Chapters" that one cannot discern a person's essence by looking at his appearance, and one cannot measure a person's ability by his appearance.Some people are unattractive, even ugly, but they are geniuses through the ages; some people, although they are handsome, are actually a piece of shit with "gold and jade outside, but rotten inside".If you judge people by their appearance, it will result in the result that the person who chooses is not talented or the person who is talented is not taken.

What managers want is a person's talent, not his appearance, and he must not put the cart before the horse.

In modern leadership management, human resource effectiveness is the core goal of every leader.However, the premise is to know people and make good use of them.In the above case, the head of the first company clearly misread.He is short-sighted, judges people by their appearance, ignores what he really needs - an excellent design talent, and easily rejects Xiaolei, thus giving his competitors a chance to overthrow him.

2. How to identify talents
Talent selection is a process of examining and identifying talents, and a person cannot be easily rejected just because of his ugly appearance.Of course, inspecting and identifying talents is not an easy task. Only by adhering to the correct principles of inspecting and identifying talents can we truly discover and recognize talents.

(1) Observing words and deeds, taking action as the main factor.When identifying talents, it is necessary to observe both their words and their actions, but the main thing should be to observe their actions.A person's moral character and intelligence can be shown through certain behaviors, as long as you can firmly grasp this point, you can see people as inseparable.

(2) The investigation of history is combined with the investigation of reality, with reality as the main focus.In order to fully understand and discover talents, it is very necessary to examine their history.However, people are developing. What was good in the past does not mean that the present is good, and what was not good in the past does not mean that the present is not good.Therefore, you should not only examine the talent's past, but also pay special attention to his recent work situation and actual performance.

(End of this chapter)