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Face Reading: Keys to Instant Character Analysis
How often have you taken one look at someone and ‘known’ that they were not to be trusted? Or conversely, instantly been sure that some new acquaintance was someone who was going to be your friend? You ‘know’ because you can instinctively see their character in their faces.
The art of reading faces has been practiced in China for thousands of years. Now, with the help of this step-by-step guide, anyone can learn how to interpret different facial characteristics and acquire and instant knowledge of a person’s character, feelings, hidden desires, state of health, and mood.
Everything is written in the face. High cheekbones, a pointed chine, flaring eyebrows or a turned-up nose all have specific meanings. Once you have learned how to interpret them you will gain greater self-knowledge and a deeper understanding of your friends, colleagues and partners. Your new insights will enable you to form more successful relationships and will give you the advantage in business dealings and interviews. You will know at once whether a person is trustworthy or has bad intentions, and your first impressions will be supported by the clear evidence in the face confronting you.
Clear and practical, Face Reading includes 180 illustrations showing you all the facial features with detailed explanations of their meaning. Reading faces is entertaining and fun, but it is no mere party game; it will change your whole perception of the people around you as well as yourself.
The art of reading faces has been practiced in China for thousands of years. Now, with the help of this step-by-step guide, anyone can learn how to interpret different facial characteristics and acquire and instant knowledge of a person’s character, feelings, hidden desires, state of health, and mood.
Everything is written in the face. High cheekbones, a pointed chine, flaring eyebrows or a turned-up nose all have specific meanings. Once you have learned how to interpret them you will gain greater self-knowledge and a deeper understanding of your friends, colleagues and partners. Your new insights will enable you to form more successful relationships and will give you the advantage in business dealings and interviews. You will know at once whether a person is trustworthy or has bad intentions, and your first impressions will be supported by the clear evidence in the face confronting you.
Clear and practical, Face Reading includes 180 illustrations showing you all the facial features with detailed explanations of their meaning. Reading faces is entertaining and fun, but it is no mere party game; it will change your whole perception of the people around you as well as yourself.
216 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2000
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March 6, 2023
Read this once... years later remembering realized it rang a bell so found it again while facing challenging times with an employer as well as "friends" ... I (we employees and family alike) couldn't believe how accurate the book actually was. In my mind I have revisited it through the years...
January 8, 2025
People watchers-this one is for you! Breaks down each section of the face with illustrations and explanations. I’m checking out ears all the time now!
October 5, 2015
According to this book there are three main face shapes moon, angular, and triangular. Each has it's own tendencies, as do the myriad angles and creases within them--there's tendencies for those with large round eyes, and tendencies for those with rectangular eyes. "Rectangular eyes?" you say? I did too. I wasn't sure I'd ever seen examples of half the shapes described, but then I started looking at a single feature on a face and realized I'd been missing all the details at what makes up a face. Sort of a "can't see the forest for the trees" in reverse. So I won't remember the meanings, but if some face sketch artist asks me to describe someone, maybe I'll be better at describing one then I would have been before reading this book.
July 26, 2016
I liked how this book included terminology and ideas that felt closer to traditional Chinese beliefs. I also liked how it was oddly harsh and blunt in its interpretations of various features. I'm still not really a believer in this stuff, but I enjoy reading about it and sort of wish I had this kind of information memorized. The book is quite dense with information--I wonder how/if people are able to remember all these details and put them into practice.
July 26, 2007
I don't believe in these things. But some of it just makes sense.
March 31, 2007
a guide to read the faces and realize the charactristics of people by looking at their faces
May 13, 2018
Okay. I don't hate the book, but I very much dislike its perceptions of the human faces. The book got some things oddly close to my personality ( I was checking the books reliance on my own characteristics ) but the descriptions of the traits were vague and wouldn't help identifying a person's personality at all. You might get lucky, but I found it quite unhelpful for those looking to be an expert in this field.
Might I add, that the book has a weird attraction to people's sex life and erotic desires. This perspective was just awkward, as some of the descriptions were just heartless and uncomfortable. Heck there was an entire CHAPTER on the damn topic. Mrs. Kuei in this book has an unsettling thing for people's private life, especially in bed.
All in all, I wasn't a fan of the book as it just wasn't what I expected. I wanted to be able to know if someone had a brother or a close aunt by just looking at them, not know what they want in bed or in the work force.
Might I add, that the book has a weird attraction to people's sex life and erotic desires. This perspective was just awkward, as some of the descriptions were just heartless and uncomfortable. Heck there was an entire CHAPTER on the damn topic. Mrs. Kuei in this book has an unsettling thing for people's private life, especially in bed.
All in all, I wasn't a fan of the book as it just wasn't what I expected. I wanted to be able to know if someone had a brother or a close aunt by just looking at them, not know what they want in bed or in the work force.
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