On what basis does Holmes judge a person's occupation?

Clothing is an extension of "self". A foreign lecturer at a university in Kansai, Japan, once caused controversy by asking female students in the class not to wear jeans to class. Of course, female students are very strongly opposed. In recent years, perhaps because the design concept of attaching importance to individual expression in the clothing industry has penetrated into the minds of ordinary people, the styles of clothing are really ever-changing. In the past, the principle of wearing clothes was "suitable for one's social status or nature of work". People with higher social status usually wear more expensive clothes, while some occupations have their own special uniforms. For example, in the past, workers wore jackets with different colors and patterns according to their ages. Young people's clothes are mostly bright and gorgeous, while older people wear dark and simple clothes. Therefore, clothing can be said to represent a person's position and occupation in society. At the same time, we can also see a person's inner state from the color and style of clothes. But in recent years, the situation has changed. Nowadays, people seldom take social status and occupation as the main considerations when dressing up. For example, I know the editor-in-chief of a publishing company. He always wears a gorgeous jacket. People who don't know him may mistakenly think that he is the chairman of the film and television company. So now you can't judge a person's occupation by his clothes. This situation proves that modern people's psychology of wearing clothes is that they don't want others to see their professional and economic ability from their clothes, but hope to give full play to their personality as much as possible in wearing them; On the other hand, it is easier to see a person's inner self from his clothes now than before. A) daily observation and certification

Try to seize every opportunity to observe in daily life, but observe what?

I remember seeing a friend write the following points here, which I personally think is desirable.

1) hand, this is the same as many fortune tellers have to look at their hands first. Some details in their hands can show the possible occupation and background of this person. Conan Doyle also pointed out several points: the cocoon between nails, thumb and forefinger. When it comes to nails, it is usually the length of nails and the residue in nails. For example, if you find white powder under your nails, you can boldly assume that this person is engaged in educational work, and the white powder is residual chalk dust. Of course, generally speaking, educators in old schools also leave some white powder on their pants. Another example is nails. For example, when I went to the Australian Immigration Bureau to renew my contract yesterday, I took the opportunity to carefully observe the visa officer. I noticed that most of the fingers in his right hand and left hand have nails, but the nails in his right middle finger and left index finger are quite clean, so it can be judged that this person has the habit of biting nails. But in Australia, people who have the habit of biting their nails generally do reception work, and their reception work is generally labor-intensive.

2) Appearance, such as face, waist, buttocks and feet. Shi Lang, the "sea thunderbolt" in Kangxi period, once put forward that "northerners are good horses, so their asses are big; And we southerners love water, what are the characteristics? When the soles of your feet are big, stand firm on the deck and won't faint. "

3) Wear clothes, such as "sleeves, boots, knees of pants, shirt cuffs" mentioned by Conan Doyle. Usually, we can judge this person's possible occupation from his cleanliness or dirtiness and wrinkles. Here, we can turn Conan Doyle's boots into shoes. In the same way.

4) Manners, that is, having one's own way of speaking and temperament, are innate and cannot be changed by us. For example, in "Blood", I said that I have a military temperament, but I really can only understand what a military temperament is, but I can't explain it. :)

Of course, observation alone is not enough. If possible, you can track the record through the camera or other means (imperceptible and conditional), and it is best to confirm the identity of the other party.

B) usually accumulate. To judge a person's occupation, the most important thing is not only observation, but also memory and arrangement. It is essential to organize what you have seen, heard and learned into a clue for memory.

There is no relationship between A and B, but a process of repeated accumulation and alternation in daily life.

I hope everyone can infer the existence of the Atlantic Ocean from a drop of water and the whole life chain from a small link in life by cultivating their keen insight and accurate judgment, as Conan Doyle said.

The following are all possible characteristics of some occupations, mainly including habitual dress (that is, except those who change clothes to participate in some special activities), habitual movements and physical characteristics. What is more illusory here is basically not considered first:) In addition, what is said here is a common phenomenon, and special circumstances are not excluded.

Teachers in the old school (except PE teachers): there is white powder residue in the fingernails, and there is also white powder in the folds of sleeves and trouser legs. It is likely that people are long-winded.

Chef: The face skin is poor, the figure is slightly fat, and the wrist is generally strong. Hard hands may have slight burns on the back of their arms, and their hair may smell of oil smoke.

Receptionist (the situation in China is unclear and complicated, and some prosperous areas abroad, mainly foreign receptionists in government departments or tourism industry): I have the habit of biting my nails and my hips are wide.

Old-fashioned train driver: The sole of the right foot will wear much more than the left foot, and the skin on the face will be poor.

Taxi drivers: Taxi drivers for many years generally have different degrees of stomach diseases and spinal diseases.

Truck driver: Spinal diseases are more prominent, hips are wider, and there will be different degrees of obesity according to different places. The skin on the face is not good, and there are calluses on the inside of the thumb and index finger on the hand.

Surgeon, there is an inclined indentation on the inside of the upper index finger. There is a saying that surgical suture is often used.

Carpenter: When you smoke, you have the habit of holding the cigarette in your mouth for a long time, so generally speaking, the cigarette butts are kept short and full of saliva.

Masonry: When smoking, you have the habit of holding cigarette butts in your mouth for a long time, so generally speaking, cigarette butts are kept short and full of saliva.

Office workers who often use pens: the knuckles of the index finger and middle finger have protrusions.

Soldiers usually eat fast, walk fast, are introverted, are not good at talking, and tend to obey.

When shaking hands, I feel that the other person's fingers are particularly slender and powerful, which means that he may have considerable artistic talent, such as writing good words or drawing and playing the piano.

Swimmers, both men and women, seem to have particularly wide shoulders and an inverted triangle. The same athlete, who plays Australian football, has less broad shoulders and less symmetrical figure; The leg muscles that play football are particularly developed; Gymnasts are basically not very tall; Table tennis players have hunchbacks. ...

If you are engaged in musical instruments, you should play plucked instruments with thick fingers, such as guzheng and harp. Because some songs need some strength to play. Playing keyboard instruments with slender fingers and long span (especially thumb and forefinger), some tunes need to press the keys with an octave span at the same time. As for those who play stringed instruments, such as erhu and violin, the left index finger, middle finger and ring finger will have cocoons on their fingertips and will be worn on the strings; Especially for violinists, it is said that the occupational disease of violinists is that their heads are tilted to the left, because they have to clip the piano body. I am not sure about this. I heard it from the hearsay.