Chapter 58 2. Physiognomy and vision

Life is difficult to grasp. Sometimes we will take the initiative, such as taking risks, which is a way for us to actively grasp life.Adventure will make people feel the rhythm of life and make their life full of passion.But sometimes we also feel that life is uncontrollable.Taking adventure as an example, it not only has expectations for the future, the excitement of enjoying the process and the joy of achieving the goal, but also the confusion when encountering ups and downs, and the depression after failure.In any case, people tend to interpret this outcome as a kind of fate. If a person keeps striving and succeeds, he will have a sense of accomplishment and believe in the blessings of fate.And after a person suffers setbacks and failures, he will believe in the impermanence of fate even more, especially after suffering consecutive failures, the stronger this feeling will be.

In fact, destiny cannot be completely regarded as superstition.Numerology has its own set of theoretical support, and we will not discuss it.But there are two things that are closely related to people: one is physiognomy and the other is vision, especially in ancient times. Physiognomy is actually a science. There is a certain truth in the so-called words are the voice of the heart, and the heart is born from the face.A person's inner activities are unknown, but can be revealed through facial expressions.At least one can make a preliminary judgment on a person's character and humanity based on his appearance. This is not just promoting superstition and fatalism.This person has a kind face, so he must have a good heart; this person has an evil appearance, so he must have a bad stomach. This is a simple judgment.The more complicated point is knowledge.Isn't that teacher Le Jia who eats this bowl of rice?

I always superficially believe that a person's face can be changed because of his heart.For example, when people are born with different faces, they are all innocent and innocent, but when they grow up, they all change their faces.A person who always does good deeds will naturally show kindness, quietness, and sincerity in his face, which makes people feel comfortable; while a person who always does bad things will have evil, hypocrisy, and cunning engraved on his face.Why do those eminent monks who have attained the Tao look so kind?Because he is kind-hearted and has kept himself aloof from the world for a long time, his face is naturally peaceful.You always hate this and that, can there be no traces on your face?After a long time, a brand will be formed, and the face will become fierce.

In their own eyes or in the eyes of others, everyone will always find some distinctive things in their faces, such as thick eyebrows, a wart growing somewhere on the face, and wide palms.When you make great achievements, these things become a sign of your transcendence and are interpreted as the crux of your success.Because through common sense, it is difficult to make a reasonable explanation for your great success, and those achievements are almost impossible peaks for most people. Xiang Yu has a distinctive feature: double pupils, that is, there are two pupils in each eye.This is very weird.When Tai Shigong summed up the achievements of Xiang Yu's life, he highlighted his vision, and even compared him with the legendary Emperor Shun, and sighed: "Shun's eyes have double pupils, and I heard that Xiang Yu also has double pupils. Is it true that Yu is of Miao descent?" Suspecting that Xiang Yu was a descendant of Shun was of course just a casual mention by Tai Shigong.But saying this, on the one hand, it shows that there are very few people who have double pupils; on the other hand, it also shows that Sima Qian is willing to interpret this vision as an image of an emperor.Because Xiang Yu's later achievements were not inferior to the legendary Emperor Shun.

Eyes are a very prominent expression in a person's face.It is often said that the eyes are the windows to the soul.That is to say, a person's inner activities can be judged by his eyes: if his eyes are firm, his heart must be strong; if his eyes are flickering, there must be something hidden behind him; if his eyes are sharp, he must be shrewd; if his eyes are dull, his heart must be strong. The brain must be short-circuited.Eyes can also judge a person's character: this person's eyes are bright, and his temperament must be upright; this person's eyes are timid, and his temperament must be as timid as a mouse.

Of course, this is the most obvious way of judging. We will know when we watch movies that the villains in old movies always have fierce faces and vicious eyes.In the new movies, it is difficult to distinguish. Some villains are also handsome and beautiful, even more handsome than the good guys.But a bad guy is a bad guy after all, no matter how well he disguises and how gentlemanly he behaves, there will always be something different in his eyes, as long as you pay attention, you will always feel it.Appearance can deceive others, but eyes cannot, because it reflects the truest thing in the heart.

We can imagine that Xiang Yu's eyes with double pupils must be different.Xiang Yu is tall and tall, capable of carrying a tripod, coupled with this unusual gaze, sharp and strange, it makes people shudder to think about it.I think that Xiang Yu's domineering aura is somewhat related to his special gaze. On this point, we can give two examples to illustrate. In the later period of the confrontation between Chu and Han, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were stalemate in the Guangwu area. Liu Bang could not defend, and Xiang Yu was at a disadvantage in attacking.Because the war dragged on for too long, the soldiers were exhausted, and the men and horses were exhausted, so Xiang Yu became a little impatient and wanted to fight Liu Bang single-handedly.Of course Liu Bang didn't dare, there was only one result: he was hacked alive by Xiang Yu, so Liu Bang didn't fight.Xiang Yu then sent people to call for battle outside the city every day.Liu Bang turned a deaf ear, and some of his subordinates were not convinced.This person is called Lou Fan, he is a sharp shooter, he can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, and his arrow skills are very good.When a person has a skill, he will have pride and courage. This is the reason why the so-called skillful people are bold.When Lou Fan went out of the city, he did not engage in close combat with his opponent, but immediately shot and killed Xiang Yu's three generals one after another with a bow and an arrow.The Han army was greatly encouraged for a while, and Liu Bang was also inspired, and the bad luck of the past few days was swept away.

When Xiang Yu saw such a man, he didn't send anyone else to go. He dressed himself neatly and came to the front of the battle with his halberd in hand.At this time, Lou Fan was complacent amidst the shouts and cheers of the Han army, when he suddenly saw someone in the enemy's formation coming out to die, so he calmly and skillfully set up his bow to shoot, and after aiming, he realized that it was Xiang Yu himself, " Glaring at him," he glared at him and rushed over like a wolf.Seeing this, Lou Fan said, "Don't dare to look with your eyes, dare not shoot with your hands", his heart shuddered, his hands also started to tremble, he didn't care that the arrow was already on the string, he hurriedly turned his horse's head, and ran back to the city in a hurry.Liu Bang wondered why he was running so well, so he sent someone to ask, and Lou Fan replied, "That's Xiang Yu."

As described in Gu Long's novel, a ruthless killer, you can feel the murderous aura from him ten meters away.Xiang Yu didn't make a move yet, he just took one more look at Lou Fan in the crowd, Lou Fan was terrified and couldn't forget Xiang Yu's face anymore.It can be seen that Xiang Yu's gaze is powerful, and the cold light shot out of the double pupil is by no means inferior to the painting halberd in his hand.Lou Fan was frightened by this, and when he thought of Xiang Yu again, he would definitely be erratic like "in the sky, in front of his eyes". This is nothing, the best time was after Xiang Yu broke through Gaixia.At that time, there were only twenty-eight warriors on Xiang Yu's side. He knew that there was no way he could get out this time, so he put it to death, so he felt a lot of pride and rushed into the crowd to kill himself.During the fight, there was a cavalry general in the Han army, Chiquanhou, who came straight towards Xiang Yu with a sword.With just one glance, Marquis Chiquan "frightened everyone and tried to escape (avoid) for several miles", he was so frightened that he ran for several miles before he finally settled down.

At the last moment of his life, as the waves of the Wujiang River rolled and wailed, Xiang Yu led twenty-eight warriors into Liu Bang's army, exerting the power of his double pupils to the extreme, and his long halberd followed him Those fierce, powerful and sharp gazes danced, invincible wherever they went... Xiang Yu's gaze, to a certain extent, indeed fulfilled his domineering.People fear Xiang Yu not only because of his natural supernatural power, but also because of his bravery in killing enemies on the battlefield, and his unreasonable and unpredictable bad temper.His distinctive eyes can give people a powerful deterrent.Because domineering comes from within, and it is shown through the eyes, it will naturally make people feel frightened.There is some reason for Tai Shigong to put Xiang Yu's domineering and cruelty together with the physiological phenomenon of double pupils, and express the emotion of "He Xing's violence".

In the destiny of man, there is another kind of vision.Because some people's success exceeds people's expectations, they are given many legends and add a lot of mystery to their lives.These visions will be said to be the inevitability of fate in the future, adding magical power to their respective fates, and this power will in turn affect their fate.In Liu Bang's life, he never got rid of the vision.The bizarreness of these visions can only be described as miraculous.But no matter how absurd these visions are, it did have a great impact on Liu Bang himself, and it also had a great effect. Liu Bang's vision can be traced back to when Liu Bang was born.It is said that Liu Bang's mother Liu Yu once rested by the lake and fell asleep.I don't know why I rested by the lake, I guess I went to the fields to do farm work and I was tired.As a result, people rest their brains without resting, "Dream and God Encounter", drifting away to that illusory realm, and met the romantic and suave fairy brother.At this time, the sky is "thunder and dark", and the wind and rain are about to come, which is in harmony with the situation in the dream.At this moment, Liu Bang's father came here, probably because he saw that it was going to rain and hurriedly called Liu Bang's mother home, or thought she was lazy and slippery, so he came to give her a shoe sole.As a result, in a trance, "I saw a dragon on it", a giant dragon was hovering over Liu Yu's body, so I didn't dare to pull the sole of the shoe up.After returning home, Liu Yu "was pregnant and gave birth to Gaozu".This is how the great Liu Bang was born, and thus began his legendary life. This is of course a deduction, and now no one will believe it. At most, it will be the end of the high hat of magic realism. Hollywood blockbusters rarely dare to imagine this kind of absurd drama of human and animal love.But it doesn't explain the problem if people don't believe it now, the key is that people in ancient times believed it.Liu Bang's legendary birth was generally considered at the time to be a sign of an emperor.In this way, this absurdity is given a realistic meaning. There is nothing special about the children born of humans and dragons. When Liu Bang grew up, "Long Zhun with a dragon face and a beautiful beard", although he was a man of talent and mighty dragon, he was still a mortal after all. This kind of handsome guy is everywhere. Throw it in the crowd and you can't find it.The only suspicious thing is that there are "seventy-two sunspots on the left thigh". The sunspots are probably black moles or black warts, which are foreign bodies on the skin, not sunspots.It’s nothing to have this, who doesn’t have many of them.The key is the location and quantity of their growth, all on the left leg, and there are as many as seventy-two.This is a bit new, and now I have to go to the hospital to use a laser to light it up, which probably costs a lot of money, and after the light is done, this buddy's left leg is basically scrapped. Liu Bang also had two similar visions related to dragons.Once, when Liu Bang was the head of the pavilion in Surabaya, he went to two taverns, Wu Ling and Wang Yu, to drink on credit when he had nothing to do. He often got drunk and owed a lot of money. There are often dragons" (I don't know which eye saw it), so I "strange it", and the drink bill was completely waived.I said this before. Another time it was not a dragon but a snake.Liu Bang let the migrants go, and was going to become a bandit. More than a dozen were willing to follow him, so everyone had a drink together and prepared to go on the road.I think it's because of his bad luck, or because he hasn't drunk for a long time, and his mouth is greedy. In short, Liu Bang drank too much this time.So a group of people walked along the lake. Because it was night and the ground looked uneven, they sent a person to open the way ahead.After a while, I saw this man running back in a panic, saying that there was a big snake blocking the way ahead, so let's go back the same way.Liu Bang is now regarded as the boss by everyone, shouldering the responsibility, coupled with the effect of alcohol, he is courageous, and said loudly: "A strong man is doing it, He Wei!" We should all be robbers, and we are afraid of this.So he rushed forward, drew his sword and cut the snake in two, and then moved on impassionedly.After walking for a while, Liu Bang got drunk and was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the spot.The people behind went to the place where Liu Bang was slashing the snake with his sword, but found an old lady crying on the ground, so they asked why.The old lady said: Someone killed my son, so I cried.Then they asked him why his son was killed.The old lady said: My son is the child of the White Emperor, who turned into a snake and blocked the way of the Red Emperor's son, and was killed by the Red Emperor's son.Seeing that the old lady was talking too much, everyone wanted to beat her up to wake her up, but before she could do anything, the old lady disappeared because she suddenly disappeared.Everyone was surprised. They caught up with Liu Bang and told him about it. After hearing this, Liu Bang was secretly happy, and it was more comfortable than drinking a good drink.The effect of this incident is: from now on, "all followers are increasingly afraid of him", and these people are even more in awe of Liu Bang. Liu Bang himself actually cared about these visions.Qin Shihuang often said that "there is an emperor's spirit in the southeast", so he often traveled east to dilute this unreasonable "emperor's spirit" with his real body as the emperor.I don’t know how this word spread to the people. After Liu Bang heard about it, he thought that he was the man with the spirit of the emperor, so he chose the place where the grass fell “between the mountains and rocks in Mount and Dang”. The first person. Although the location is set, but the mountains are steep, the mountain roads are rugged, and the forest and grass are lush, it is definitely not easy for outsiders to find the specific location.Moreover, in order to prevent the encirclement and suppression by the government, the footholds will be changed frequently, otherwise, wouldn't it be accurate for every encirclement!As a result, Liu Bang's wife Lu Zhi went to visit Liu Bang, and she was able to find it every time. Liu Bang was very surprised and asked her what special functions she had.This is equivalent to being recognized by road signs, which is very evil. Liu Bang was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and the happiness in his heart was added.The impact of this incident is: "The children of Peizhong may have heard of it, and there are many who want to be attached." More and more people nearby want to join Liu Bang, and Liu Bang's team is getting bigger and bigger. Xiang Yu's double pupils can actually be regarded as a vision.It is not clear that Xiang Yu's double pupil is physiologically possible, but it does not make sense medically, and it may be a deduction.And Liu Bang's vision related to dragons and snakes is an absolute vision, and he would not believe it even if he was killed.But the same vision, we can also see the difference between the two. Xiang Yu's vision is reflected in himself, giving people a sensory impact, making people intimidated, and making people afraid to approach; while Liu Bang's vision is even more There are more external things (except for the densely packed seventy-two black moles on his legs), and it is these external things that cast a layer of mystery on Liu Bang himself. We can take a step back, even if we know that this is the deduction of later generations, an illusion created for a certain purpose, it is also a generalization of the temperament and life of the two: for Xiang Yu, it is to further highlight his personal ability, Let the form of "musheng double pupil" add some weight and mystery to his bravery and domineering; while for Liu Bang, it is a romantic explanation for his final success: people are born to dominate international. What needs to be explained is that these mysterious interpretations about Liu Bang may not have been created after Liu Bang became emperor. If so, at most it can only prove that it is reasonable for Liu Bang to sit in the world. exert any effect.And in the process of pulling the team to conquer the world, he needs some exaggeration of mysterious events in order to expand his influence.This is much more effective and practical than setting the record straight after becoming an emperor. The ancients believed in ghosts and gods, and often used them to talk about things. These visions of Liu Bang, Chen Sheng and Wu Guangqi cut the silk script of "King Chen Sheng" from the belly of a fish before the incident, and Wu Guang hid in the woods like a fox screaming "big ghosts". "Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng" is actually a truth, they are all man-made, but they all give people the illusion of God's will.According to my own understanding, this is all to gather people's hearts.Otherwise, everyone has the same nose and two eyes, so why should everyone listen to you and follow you to the death?Liu Bang advertised himself so miraculously that the people below would feel relieved to follow him.Rest assured is not to rest assured with Liu Bang himself, but to rest assured with Liu Bang, who has the help of God and the help of gods.These visions are spread, and more and more people are attached to him. This is the greatest effect.On the other hand, because of the increase in power, the probability of achieving hegemony will also increase, and the possibility of this kind of myth and legend becoming a reality will also increase. Xiang Yu's vision of double pupils may just be a feeling of people.With Xiang Yu's arrogance, not to mention seeing Xiang Yu in person, even hearing the name would be frightened. Isn't Lou Fan an example?Whether anyone dares to look directly at Xiang Yu unscrupulously is a question.Not to mention that Xiang Yu got angry, even if he glanced at him from the corner of his eye, he was majestic and murderous, so frightening that people were dazzled, and they mistakenly thought that he had two pupils and it was unknown.All in all, Xiang Yu's eyes and gaze are definitely different from ordinary people.Exaggerating it out of fear will make the title of Overlord of Western Chu more domineering and more well-deserved.In fact, Xiang Yu in life may not be so terrible. In another way, if these visions are intentional by themselves, then the two are also fundamentally different: Liu Bang's purpose is very strong, he uses ghosts and gods to create momentum, creates something out of nothing, and finally achieves the purpose of possession. A posture of gathering and tolerance; while Xiang Yu is too selfish (I am not talking about his double pupils, which cannot be changed, I am talking about the aura he shows), he just wants to make people afraid of him, let people Fear arises, and what is assumed is a posture of repulsion and rejection.