Anthropometry in Ancient China Based on the Physiognomy Book of Divine Fortuneteller Ma Yi
- DOI
- 10.2991/sschd-16.2016.14How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- anthropometry; physiognomy; ancient China
- Abstract
Divine Fortuneteller Ma Yi, the physiognomy book in ancient China, is abundant with vivid records of morphological description and sketches of ancient Chinese. The chosen content about anthropometry from the book is illustrated and interpreted, along with the analyses of the landmarks of measurement, facial features, face shapes, regional differences of human body in this ancient book. It is found that the landmarks for facial measurement and facial shapes resemble those in modern anthropometry and anthropometry difference of region, age and gender were also mentioned in this ancient book. Especially, the classification of body types and palm prints, based on observation and induction, is more comprehensive and subtle than modern anthropometry.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Bo Shi AU - Chao Wu PY - 2015/12 DA - 2015/12 TI - Anthropometry in Ancient China Based on the Physiognomy Book of Divine Fortuneteller Ma Yi BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development PB - Atlantis Press SP - 70 EP - 75 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/sschd-16.2016.14 DO - 10.2991/sschd-16.2016.14 ID - Shi2015/12 ER -