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Mayi Shenxiang · The Mayi Art of Physiognomy
Nose Forms
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On the Nose
The nose is the Central Peak, its form belonging to Earth. It is the face's outward expression and the lung's exposed sprout. An empty lung leaves the nose open; a full lung blocks it. The following sentence on judging openness and blockage is damaged. Nose Tip should be round, nostrils unexposed, with Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant responding to one another. Year and Longevity are both on the nose; hence the nose's configuration governs length of life.
Radiance and moistness mean longevity and rank. Blackness, dustiness, narrowness and thinness mean low station or early death. A high, raised bridge means longevity. A suspended-gallbladder or cut-tube form means wealth and rank. Firmness with bone is a longevity sign. A full, large Nose Tip means no harm to others; a pointed, fine one many deceitful schemes. Dark moles mean obstruction. Transverse lines mean injury by vehicles or horses; vertical lines raising another's child. A round bridge extending into Seal Hall means obtaining a beautiful wife.
A cut-tube nose means abundant food and clothing. Upturned, exposed nostrils mean early death and poverty. An eagle-beak nose takes others' brains and marrow. Three curves mean solitude and a broken house; three hollows abandonment among close kin. A pointed, slanting Nose Tip means hooked or compounded thoughts in this wording. Nose Tip should always be radiant and moist; Mountain Root must not be broken. An arched, straight bridge means boundless wealth and rank. A high/slight bridge is linked with weak brothers. A bridge not straight means deceit without cease. Outward nostrils bring the supplied slander/truth phrase and adverse harm. A dark mole on the nose means disease in the private parts. Transverse lines there mean unending danger and worry. Brightness and largeness mean corresponding wealth and rank.
An uneven nose pillar is followed by an unclear yielding/other-nature phrase. A thin, meager pillar mostly means harmful weakness. A contracted-pouch nose means auspicious flourishing into old age; a lion nose intelligence and attainment of the higher ranks; a high, upturned nose the supplied benevolent-office phrase and glorious flourishing. Radiance on the nose fills the home with wealth and rank. A straight, substantial nose means sons become feudal lords. Breakage and defects mean solitude and hunger, with difficulty throughout life.
Verse:
A nose like a suspended gallbladder requires rank for its bearer;
Earth Luminary at birth obtains its ground.
If Mountain Root joins and rises to the forehead,
Glorious rank surely reaches the Three Terraces.
A small, pointed nose means poverty and low station;
Upturned nostrils leave the household no stored grain for house or wall in this irregular wording.
Also feared is a curve like an eagle's beak:
Lifelong deceitful schemes beyond telling.
A pointed, thin Nose Tip means the greatest poverty;
Transverse nose lines many disasters and adversities.
Exposed openings mean poverty, shortness and no longevity;
A long nose longevity beyond a hundred years.
Leftward deviation means the father dies first;
Rightward means harm to the mother.
Large openings mean wealth does not gather;
A round, substantial tip means wealth and long life.
Blue-green Mountain Root means much childhood obstinacy;
Deep Law Lines are linked with a treacherous, murderous heart.
A hooked Nose Tip is here linked with wealth and high longevity;
Round and hanging like a gallbladder means wealth and long years.
A mark on Nose Tip means one in the private parts;
Upper and lower marks correspond, as do left and right.
A mark upon the bridge means one above the private back region;
Seeing it, the author claims a marvel of discernment.
Marks within Law Lines are adverse:
On the left, the father dies without awareness;
On the right, the mother dies likewise.
Among ten thousand, the source claims, not one is mistaken.
Four Peaks low and the nose alone high
Bring poverty and dispersed wealth in physiognomy.
Exposed teeth, protruding throat and exposed nostrils
Mean, the text says, certain death by starvation this very day.
Text note: The opening medical inference, several bridge/pillar clauses and stored-grain wording are damaged. Marks translates the supplied ye word without inventing a specific skin diagnosis. The hooked-tip longevity line remains alongside the hostile eagle-beak reading. These medical, anatomical, moral and fate claims belong to the historical source.
Dragon Nose
The heading predicts great rank and a good name lasting a hundred generations.
Verse:
A full, high dragon nose, Nose Tip even;
Mountain Root rises straight like a reclining rhinoceros.
The bridge square and upright, without deviation or curve;
Position reaches supreme honor at the Nine Tripods.
Full-Pouch Nose
The heading predicts wealth and rank, with glory in middle age.
Verse:
A nose like a full pouch, Orchid Terrace small;
Kitchen hearths on both sides round and even.
Resources from beginning to end have the supplied extravagant-great-abundance wording;
Accomplishment certainly hangs the purple robe.
Dog Nose
The heading predicts low station, with stealing food yet cherishing duty.
Verse:
On a dog nose, Year and Longevity rise in high peaks;
Nose Tip, Orchid Terrace and Commandant have empty nostril heads.
This nose is said to mark a person possessing duty;
What is disliked is scheming to obtain relief from current poverty.
Lion Nose
The heading predicts great rank, with an unclear form/attainment/overthrow phrase.
Verse:
Mountain Root, Year and Longevity somewhat low and level;
Nose Tip full and large, proportionate to Orchid Terrace and Court.
If matched with a lion bodily form, wealth and rank are genuine;
Otherwise the wealth has an empty fullness.
Note: The heading's parenthetical phrase is irregular and remains uncertain.
Ox Nose
The heading predicts great wealth, with capacity to accommodate things and people.
Verse:
An ox nose full and even, large and round;
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant also distinct.
Year and Longevity neither high nor soft;
Wealth accumulates gold and goods, ending with a damaged household/weapon phrase.
Tiger Nose
The heading predicts great wealth, abundant riches and widespread fame.
Verse:
A tiger nose round and harmonious, nostrils unexposed;
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant, this copy says, should also be absent.
Neither deviating nor curved, with large Mountain Root;
Wealth, rank and the name-decline/rare-person wording close the verse.
Note: The absence of the two regions and the final fame wording are irregular; they are not silently replaced with favorable readings.
Suspended-Gallbladder Nose
The heading predicts wealth and rank, with fortune, stipend and support or assistance.
Verse:
A nose like a hanging gallbladder, Nose Tip even;
Mountain Root unbroken, without leaning or deviation.
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant indistinct and small;
Wealth, rank and glory should come in the prime of life.
Cut-Tube Nose
The heading predicts wealth and rank, with a straightforward, balanced and harmonious nature.
Verse:
For accomplishment, wealth and rank, cut-tube form is good;
Nose Tip even and straight, without slant or deviation.
Mountain Root slightly soft, Year and Longevity full;
Middle-age wealth and rank establish a great household.
Monkey Nose
The heading predicts poverty, with doubt, worry and negation.
Verse:
Mountain Root, Year and Longevity level and large;
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant should be distinct.
Nose Tip full and high, nostrils unexposed;
Though wealthy and ranked, there is fear of treacherous affairs.
Note: The poverty heading and wealth/rank verse are both retained.
Carp Nose
The heading predicts poverty and low station, with a busy but ordinary life.
Verse:
Year and Longevity rise like a carp;
Mountain Root fine and small, Nose Tip drooping.
Close kin lack affection, pupils expose white;
Throughout life food and clothing are linked with loneliness.
Hu-Sheep Nose
The heading predicts wealth and rank, complete in both riches and reputation.
Verse:
A large hu-sheep nose, Nose Tip full;
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant likewise.
Mountain Root, Year and Longevity have no exposed ridge;
At the time of great wealth and rank, rich as Shi Chong.
Reclining-Rhinoceros Nose
The heading predicts great rank and exceptional ability like Ban Chao's.
Verse:
The reclining-rhinoceros nose enters Heavenly Court;
Mountain Root runs straight below, Seal Hall rising full.
Flesh not excessive and bone not exposed;
Clear spirit brings position among the Three Excellencies.
Garlic-Head Nose
The heading predicts wealth and eventual increase in glory.
Verse:
Mountain Root, Year and Longevity all level and small;
Orchid Terrace, Court Commandant and Nose Tip full.
Brothers' affection enduring, the heart without poison;
In middle and later years the household must prosper.
Eagle-Beak Nose
The heading calls it dangerous and adverse, with an irregular phrase about great evil, seeking treachery and danger.
Verse:
Bridge ridge exposed, Nose Tip pointed;
An eagle's beak further locks beside the lips.
Orchid Terrace and Court Commandant both short and contracted;
Pecking at others' heart and marrow, adverse, treacherous and biased.
Note: The source's appearance-based moral accusations are retained as historical claims.
Three Bends and Three Curves
The heading predicts solitude, widowhood or widowerhood without assistance.
Verse:
Three bends on the nose are Reverse Chant;
Three projections on the nose are Concealed Chant.
Meeting Reverse Chant means extinction;
Meeting Concealed Chant means streaming tears.
Note: The heading has curves, while the verse specifies projections. Concealed Chant follows this record's graph rather than the Repeated Chant spelling elsewhere.
Sword-Peak Nose
The heading predicts solitude and describes deceit, adversity and obstinacy.
Verse:
An exposed nose bridge ridge like a mountain ridge;
Nose Tip without flesh and hearth gates open.
No affinity with brothers; the supplied next phrase says sons harm the wife.
Toil and labor indicate being alone.
Note: The sons-and-wife clause is retained as written rather than silently regularized.
Exposed-Ridge Nose
The heading predicts poverty and low station, with the source's irregular treacherous/investigating and low-conduct wording.
Verse:
A thin nose, ridge exposed, Mountain Root small;
Coarse appearance, bone and spirit dim.
Earth's absence and all things falling appear in a damaged clause;
Even if steady and level, there is solitude and poverty.
Xingxing Nose
The heading describes duty, with wealth, rank and happiness.
Verse:
In the xingxing form, the nose bridge is high;
Brows and eyes close together, hair coarse.
A moist face, raised lips, body substantially clothed;
Broad-hearted, weighty in virtue, bold by inborn nature.
Note: Xingxing retains the supplied animal-name without imposing a modern zoological species.
Deviated, Hollow Nose
The heading predicts poverty and early death: if not low in station, then short-lived.
Verse:
Year and Longevity low and pressed, Mountain Root small;
Nose and face generating each other are scarcely different.
Nose Tip, Orchid Terrace and Commandant must be seen here;
The damaged not-dividing/not-dying-young phrase ends with illness wearing one down.
Note: The verse is irregular and is not forced into the heading's precise alternative.
Exposed-Opening Nose
The heading predicts poverty, with jealousy and hidden deceit.
Verse:
Small nasal openings and a rather large mouth;
Wildness, frivolity and agitation need no teaching.
A weak nature, easily angered, with many worries;
The hand is always fond of picking flowers and fruit.
Deer Nose
The heading describes benevolence and compassion, with wealth and rank.
Verse:
A deer nose full and even, Nose Tip still rounder;
A broad heart, quick steps, duty and benevolence complete.
Startled and suspicious, sitting and rising without fixed repose;
Fortune and stipend increase naturally.
Solitary-Peak Nose
The heading predicts solitude, with little glory or stipend.
Verse:
A large nose without flesh, hearth gates open;
Both cheekbones low and small, nose towering high.
Even such a large nose accumulates no wealth;
Becoming a Buddhist or Daoist averts the supplied sorrow-and-battle phrase.
Note: The final phrase is retained without replacing it with a different disaster prediction.
Water-Deer Nose
The heading describes meager duty, with greedy defilement and betrayal of duty.
Verse:
A small nose, pointed tip, court hearths exposed;
Golden Armor and the Two Coffers stretch and bind within.
Vainly laboring, hard to dwell under and keep ranked protection;
Overturned four times, turned three, encountering obstruction.
Note: Golden Armor and Two Coffers are retained as the source's regional names; no absent diagram is reconstructed.
Ape Nose
The heading says such a person should not be befriended, with food and mouth lacking support.
Verse:
Large openings, a high nose, nostrils further long;
Know that the household has little clothing or grain.
Hardship, suffering and much labor;
Life finally lost away from home is truly lamentable.
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