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| Author's Note | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Mien Shiang Can Help You in Your Everyday Life | |
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| The Origin of Mien Shiang | |
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| How I Came to Learn and Love Mien Shiang | |
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| Mien Shiang: A Holistic Practice for Mind, Body, Spirit | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| The Elements of Mien Shiang | |
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| What Is a Face? | |
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| Recognition | |
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| Communication | |
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| The Five Taoist Principles of Mien Shiang | |
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| The Principle of Harmony | |
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| The Principle of Entirety | |
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| The Principle of Qi | |
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| The Principle of Yin and Yang | |
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| Using Yin and Yang to Read the Face | |
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| The Principle of the Five Elements | |
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| Using the Five Elements and Their Associations to Read the Face | |
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| What Determines Our Five Element Constitutional Type | |
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| A Five Element Balancing Act | |
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| Five Element Personality Tests | |
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| The Five Element Personality Quiz | |
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| The Five Element Test | |
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| Characteristics and Traits of the Five Element Personalities | |
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| The Five Element Emotional Traits | |
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| The Defining Emotion | |
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| The Gifts and Challenges of the Emotions | |
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| The Qi for Each of the five Element Body Types | |
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| The Wood Personality | |
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| The Fire Personality | |
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| The Earth Personality | |
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| The Metal Personality | |
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| The Water Personality | |
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| How We Read Faces | |
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| What Do We Read on the Face? | |
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| Each Feature's Own Identifiable Characteristics | |
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| Interpreting the Features' Characteristics | |
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| Face Shapes | |
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| The Eight Common Face Shapes | |
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| Inherited and Acquired Facial Traits | |
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| Our Inherited Facial Traits | |
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| Our Acquired Facial Markings | |
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| How to Interpret the Gifts and Challenges of the Traits | |
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| Using Your Gifts and Challenges | |
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| The Specific Age Areas of the Face | |
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| Gender and the Age Areas of the Face | |
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| The Early-Age Markings on the Ears | |
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| The Two Sides of the Face | |
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| Unmatching Sides | |
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| Determining the Yin and Yang Sides of the Face | |
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| Some Exceptions | |
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| Reading the Individual Features | |
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| Analyzing Each Feature for Specific Traits | |
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| Determining the Size of the Features | |
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| Ears | |
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| Kidney Jing | |
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| Ear Size | |
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| Ear Shape | |
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| The Three Sections of the Ear: Reading for Risk Taking | |
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| Set of Ears | |
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| Ear Set and Positioning | |
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| Positioning of Ears | |
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| Reading the External Ear | |
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| Markings on the Ears Relating to Early Childhood | |
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| Helix | |
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| Ear Color | |
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| Earlobes | |
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| Ear Cartilage and Your Basic Constitution | |
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| Hairline | |
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| Hairline Shapes | |
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| Forehead | |
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| The Three Regions | |
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| Size and Shape | |
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| Markings on the Forehead | |
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| Brow Bones | |
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| Sizes and Shapes | |
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| Eyebrows | |
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| Set and Position | |
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| Texture, Shape, and Length | |
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| Markings on the Eyebrows | |
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| Yin Tong | |
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| Suspended Needles | |
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| Eyes | |
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| Size and Shape | |
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| Set and Positioning | |
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| Markings Around the Eyes | |
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| Marks of Infidelity | |
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| Cheeks | |
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| Size and Shape | |
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| Middle and Lower Cheeks | |
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| Markings on the Cheeks | |
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| Cheekbones | |
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| Set, Size, and Shape | |
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| Nose | |
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| Size | |
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| Length | |
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| Set and Positioning | |
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| Shape | |
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| Tip of the Nose | |
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| Markings on the Nose | |
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| Fa Ling Lines | |
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| Philtrum | |
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| Mouth | |
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| Sizes and Shapes of Lips and Mouth | |
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| Set and Positioning | |
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| Markings on the Mouth | |
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| Chin | |
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| Size and Shape | |
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| Markings on the Chin | |
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| Jaws | |
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| Size and Shape | |
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| Set of the Jaws | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |