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Imagine if you could hire the best employees, find the love of your life, know if someone is being honest with you, and approach new clients with confidence just by looking at someone's face?

Learn the ancient Chinese art of face reading, Mien Shiang - a whole new way of thinking about body language.

Mien Shiang is a 3000-year-old Taoist practice that means literally face (mien) reading (shiang). It was first used in China as a diagnostic tool for the practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine who could detect signs of existing ailments as well as predispositions to illness of mind, body and spirit, simply by studying one's face. Soon the Taoist monks developed the art of Mien Shiang to help them evaluate the personal integrity and honesty of those doing business with the courts and officials.

Mien Shiang is not about reading facial expressions or telltale tics or shifty eyes but rather face shapes, facial features, positions and sizes and shapes of each feature, lines, shadows, moles and other facial markings. They are foolproof signs, if you know how to read them, you know the art of Mien Shiang. And no one is inscrutable any more!

Knowing Mien Shiang can help you to answer two perennial questions: Who Am I and Who Are You.

'Patrician McCarthy is the most dynamic, brilliant, innovative, and empathetic consultant my teams have worked with over the years.' - Ivy Ross, Executive Vice President of Design and Development, Old Navy/Gap Inc.

'I will do anything Patrician McCarthy tells me to do. She makes not just my work better, but my entire life.' - Michael Edelstein, Executive Producer, Desperate Housewives

'[Patrician McCarthy] always has interesting insights on how to market to the different types of people who will be interested in our products. We can't wait for her to come back, again and again.' - David Kuehler , Vice President, Procter & Gamble

About the Author:
Patrician McCarthy has taught diagnostic Mien Shaing for more than a dozen years to medical students and doctors and in the last few years she has been used by Fortune 500 companies teaching them Mien Shiang to attain better working relationships.


Review: The Face Reader is insightful and will help you understand yourself and others around you. Whether it's for fun, business or to guide you through relationships, 'The Face Reader' is an excellent source to understanding the people we meet and why they are like they are.

Author’s Note xi
Introduction 1
How Mien Shiang Can Help You in Your Everyday Life 2
The Origin of Mien Shiang 2
How I Came to Learn and Love Mien Shiang 4
Mien Shiang: A Holistic Practice for Mind, Body, Spirit 8
How to Use This Book 9
PART ONE: THE ELEMENTS OF MIEN SHIANG 11

O N E What Is a Face? 13
Recognition 13
Communication 14

T W O The Five Taoist Principles of Mien Shiang 19
The Principle of Harmony 19
The Principle of Entirety 20
The Principle of Qi 20
The Principle of Yin and Yang 20
Using Yin and Yang to Read the Face 21
The Principle of the Five Elements 24

T H R E E Using the Five Elements and Their Associations to Read the Face 27
What Determines Our Five Element Constitutional Type 29
A Five Element Balancing Act 30

F O U R Five Element Personality Tests 33
The Five Element Personality Quiz 33
The Five Element Test 38

F I V E Characteristics and Traits of the Five Element Personalities 41
The Five Element Emotional Traits 42
The Defining Emotion 42 n The Gifts and Challenges of the Emotions 43
The Qi for Each of the Five Element Body Types 44
The Wood Personality 45
The Fire Personality 53
The Earth Personality 60
The Metal Personality 67
The Water Personality 73

PART TWO: HOW WE READ FACES 81

S I X What Do We Read on the Face? 83
Each Feature’s Own Identifiable Characteristics 84
Interpreting the Features’ Characteristics 84
Face Shapes 86
The Eight Common Face Shapes 87

S E V E N Inherited and Acquired Facial Traits 89
Our Inherited Facial Traits 90
Our Acquired Facial Markings 92

E I G H T How to Interpret the Gifts and Challenges of the Traits 95
Using Your Gifts and Challenges 96

N I N E The Specific Age Areas of the Face 97
Gender and the Age Areas of the Face 100
The Early-Age Markings on the Ears 100

T E N The Two Sides of the Face 103
Unmatching Sides 104
Determining the Yin and Yang Sides of the Face 106
Some Exceptions 107
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PART THREE: READING THE
INDIVIDUAL FEATURES 109

E L E V E N Analyzing Each Feature for Specific Traits 111
Determining the Size of the Features 113
Ears 114
Kidney Jing 115 n Ear Size 116 n Ear Shape 119 n The Three Sections of the Ear: Reading
for Risk Taking 122 n Set of Ears 123 n Ear Set and Positioning 124 n Positioning of Ears 125 n
Reading the External Ear 127 n Markings on the Ears Relating to Early Childhood 128 n
Helix 128 n Ear Color 131 n Earlobes 133 n Ear Cartilage and Your Basic Constitution 136
Hairline 137
Hairline Shapes 142
Forehead 145
The Three Regions 146 n Size and Shape 148 n Markings on the Forehead 152
Brow Bones 154
Sizes and Shapes 155
Eyebrows 159
Set and Position 161 n Texture, Shape, and Length 164 n Markings on the Eyebrows 167
Yin Tong 169
Suspended Needles 170
Eyes 171
Size and Shape 173 n Set and Positioning 175 n Markings Around the Eyes 177 n
Marks of Infidelity 179
Cheeks 181
Size and Shape 181 n Middle and Lower Cheeks 184 n Markings on the Cheeks 186
Cheekbones 187
Set, Size, and Shape 188
Nose 194
Size 195 n Length 197 n Set and Positioning 198 n Shape 200 n
Tip of the Nose 203 n Markings on the Nose 204
Fa Ling Lines 206
Philtrum 208
Mouth 210
Sizes and Shapes of Lips and Mouth 211 n Set and Positioning 217 n Markings on the Mouth 219
CONTENTS IX
Chin 221
Size and Shape 223 n Markings on the Chin 228
Jaws 229
Size and Shape 230 n Set of the Jaws 232
Afterword 233
Acknowledgments 235
X CONTENTS