How Mien Shiang can help you in your every day life -- The origin of Mien Shiang -- How I came to learn and love Mien Shiang -- Mien Shiang : a holistic practice for mind, body, spirit -- How to use this book -- The elements of Mien Shiang -- What is a face? -- Recognition -- Communication -- The five taoist principles of Mien Shiang -- The principle of harmony -- The principle of entirety -- The principle of QI -- The principle of Yin and Yang -- Using Yin and Yang to read the face -- The principle of the five elements -- Using the five elements and their associations to read the face -- What determines our five element constitutional type -- Five element balancing act -- Five element personality tests -- Five element personality quiz -- Five element test -- Characteristics and traits of the five element personalities -- Five element emotional traits -- The defining emotion -- The gifts and challenges of the emotions -- The QI for each of the five element body types -- The wood personality -- The fire personality -- The earth personality -- The metal personality -- The water personality -- How we read faces -- What do we read on the face? -- Each feature has its own identifiable characteristics -- Interpreting the features characteristics -- Face shapes -- The eight common face shapes -- Inherited and acquired facial traits -- Our inherited facial traits -- Our acquired facial markings -- How to interpret the gifts and challenges of the traits -- Using your gifts and challenges -- The specific age areas of the face -- Gender and the age areas of the face -- The early-age markings are on the ears -- The two sides of the face -- Unmatching sides -- Determining the Yin and Yang sides of the face -- Some exceptions -- Reading the individual features -- Analyzing each feature for specific traits -- Determining the size of the features