As the saying goes, 'If the thumb is soft, the wealth will go far.' Is the ancient people's art of knowing people accurate?
Our traditional culture is ancient and rich. Many of the rich cultural heritages come from the long-term accumulated life experience of the ancients. Knowing people is one of the most common civilizational wisdoms of our ancestors. Folk knowledge of people is based on some theories of the "Book of Changes", combined with Buddhist and other philosophical ideas, combined with the cross-experience of Chinese medicine and folk ancestors, and has a folk culture of knowing people.
The art of our ancestors has a very important influence on our life and production. After thousands of years of civilization and the inheritance and development of our ancestors, the art of knowing people has penetrated into every aspect of our lives. Many skills of knowing people are even widely circulated among the people in the form of colloquial sayings.
There is a saying that if the thumb is soft, the wealth will go far. What does it mean?
In fact, the so-called soft thumb, wealth means that if a person's thumb is relatively soft, the thumb can be tilted at a greater angle, which indicates that this person is not good at managing family wealth, and family wealth usually does not accumulate too much.
Why did the ancestors say that?
That's because people with soft thumbs tended to lack a sense of autonomy in the eyes of our ancestors. It is easy to be influenced by the outside world, causing your own depression and restlessness! Therefore, people with soft thumbs often cannot withstand the temptation of life, and naturally they cannot save much money.
Ancestors had many other preoccupations with the thumb.
For example, lines on the second knuckle of the thumb foretell a person's wealth. Smooth or just one or two simple lines indicate that the wealth will not be too much.
From the shape of the thumb, Westerners can also explore a person's character.
For example, people with square thumbs have a stable personality and clear and orderly thinking; people with pointed fingertips are naturally sensitive and impulsive; people with conical thumbs are talented and attach great importance to their appearance and clothing;
However, in today's view, the method of knowing people, such as soft thumbs and distant wealth, is a more one-sided view. A soft thumb that can bend back a wide range must show that fortune goes far?
There is another folk saying that a nobleman's ten fingers are soft, not only for leisure and happiness. That is to say, rich people generally have soft hands. Moreover, our ancestors also said that the fingers are soft and dense, that is to say, the fingers are soft and seamless, which is a symbol of wealth accumulation.
The ancestor's statement contradicts the statement that the thumb is soft and the wealth is far away. Therefore, whether your fingers are soft or not has nothing to do with whether you are rich or not.
In the long river of history, the ancestors' knowledge of people has gradually integrated into our lives and is influenced by traditional culture. Today, folk knowledge like this has become a non-mainstream mass culture.
Whether it is a soft thumb, wealth goes far, or a noble soft finger, it is not only leisure and happiness, but in fact, it is the life test of the ancestors themselves through long-term life practice and summary. Although these claims lack objective proof and are just subjective and idealistic, they have been circulated for thousands of years and have a very profound impact on people.