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How did the ancient westerners describe the orientals? Is it true?/You don't say. /You don't say.
15 14 years, the Portuguese discovered the China people: "They are skilled craftsmen, comparable to us, but ugly, with small eyes ... they are pagans, although some people say that they share the same beliefs or some of them." These are the words in Hudson's book Europe and China.

Cruz, a Portuguese missionary who has lived in Guangzhou for several months, thinks that although China people generally have poor looks, small eyes, flat faces and flat noses, it is unnecessary, but there are also many people with delicate facial features.

1575, a Spanish delegation headed by Dalla went to Fujian. After staying in China for several months, he thought, "Daming people were cute when they were young, but they became ugly when they grew up. The beard is not dense and the eyes are small. . . "

"Men and women in this country are in good physique, well-proportioned, beautiful and slightly taller; Most of them have wide faces, small eyes, flat noses and sparse beards, but some people have big eyes, many beards and even faces. " Notes of Matteo Ricci China

Mendoza described the men and women in China in this way in his book "History of the Great Chinese Empire". They are all in good shape, with appropriate proportion and slightly higher share. Most of them have wide faces, small eyes, flat noses and no beards, but a few have thick eyes and beards.

—— Excerpted from Plastic Surgery Network

"Korean cosmetic surgery is not only a patent for women, but also for men. In order to give a clear impression and increase male charm, male college graduates mainly do eye and nose plastic surgery. Koreans generally have small eyes and sometimes look sleepy, so many people are doing muscle surgery above the eyelids while doing double eyelid surgery to make their eyes bigger. "

-Excerpted from Hitler's female secretary's posthumous work "He is my chief"

—— Excerpted from "double eyelid surgery" Forum of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery.

Westerners' description of oriental eyes;

"Although some people think that the single eyelid is unique to Asians and there is no need to change it, most people don't think that the single eyelid is Cosmetic Contact Lenses. Some western anthropologists who have been to Asia have described people with single eyelids, among which the French praised them as "people who can't open their eyes"; Russians describe it as "people whose eyebrows and eyes can't move"; Germans say "people with eyes hanging" and so on. It seems that these comments are nothing to praise. We Asians also think that double eyelids are better than single eyelids. "

-Excerpted from Baidu Encyclopedia

About Mongols

"The main characteristics of Mongolians are yellow skin, slender eyes, small eyes (small eyes), obvious inner canthus folds (also known as Mongolian folds, that is, the upper eyelid covers the lower eyelid at the inner corner of the eye), and developed outer eye folds."