If the brow lowers vehemently with the eyes open, it is not rage, but a state of mind independent of everything the senses or the heart can say.
This is firmness of mind, a state of the will independent of every outside influence. It may be attention, or anger, or many other things.
If the eye is concentric and the eyebrow in the normal state, it is slumber, fatigue.
If the eyebrow is eccentric and the eye concentric, it will represent not indifference only, but scorn, and after saying, "This thing is worthless," will add, "I protest against it, I close my eyes."
If both the eye and eyebrow are concentric, there is contention of mind. This is a mind which seeks but does not possess.
This explanation may be rendered more clear and easier to retain in mind by the following resumé:
| Concentric eyebrow | Eye. | { | Concentric. | Contention of mind. |
| Normal. | Bad humor. | |||
| Eccentric. | Firmness | |||
| Normal eyebrow | Eye. | { | Concentric. | Grief. |
| Normal. | Passiveness. | |||
| Eccentric. | Stupor. | |||
| Eccentric eyebrow | Eye. | { | Concentric. | Scorn. |
| Normal. | Disdain. | |||
| Eccentric. | Astonishment. |
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The nine expressions of the eye correspond to each of the nine movements of the head. Thus the eye may give nine types of affection, nine of pride, nine of sensualism, etc. This gives eighty-one expressions of the eye. Hence, knowing eighteen elements, we inevitably possess eighty-one.
The nine expressions of the eye may be verified by the criterion.