Allowance - Allowance

Japanese: 許負 - きょふ
Allowance - Allowance

…For this reason, the Han court placed great importance on physiognomy scholars, and physiognomy flourished to the point that they were called the schools of immortals. Xu Fu of the Western Han Dynasty, Guo Linzong of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Guan Luo (Guan Luo) were famous, and in particular Xu Fu's Ren Ling Shi Jian determined the physiognomy of the eyes, nose, mouth, and other parts of the body. In addition, Guan Luo, whose divine skills are conveyed in the Wei Shu of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, not only read the physiognomy of the young Yan Chao before his premature death, but also taught him how to use the Big Dipper and the South Dipper to prolong his life, as described in the Records of the Gods of Search. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "permission" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このため漢の宮廷は観相士を重用し,人相学は隆盛を極めて仙家と呼ばれた。前漢の許負,後漢の郭林宗,管輅(かんらく)などが有名で,とくに許負の《人倫識鑑》は目,鼻,口などの部分の相を確定した。また《三国志》魏書がその神技を伝える管輅には,少年顔超の夭逝を観相したばかりか,北斗星と南斗星にとりいって延命をはかる方策まで教えた話が《捜神記》にある。…

※「許負」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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