The Chinese put particular stress on qizhi-one's aura or demeanor-believing that people are by nature endowed differently, and that their differing gifts will be evident in their outer appearance as a result of their qizhi. They thus hold that you can see people's inner character from their outer appearance, and vice versa. Those of great inner merit stand out like cranes among chickens.
中國人又特別講究「氣質」，認為人天生氣質的不同，得到的秉賦也不同，氣質更會顯現於外在形貌，因此可以由人外面的樣子看出裡面的內容，所謂互為表裡，有才氣的人，外表一定也鶴立雞群。