Face refers to two separate but related concepts in Chinese social relations. One is mianzi (Chinese: 面子), and the other is lian (Traditional Chinese: 臉, Simplified Chinese: 脸), which are both used commonly in everyday speech rather than in formal writings. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Losing Face is the second episode in season 1 of the popular American crime drama CSI: Miami. ... Chinese social relations are social relations typified by a reciprocal social network. ...

Lian is the confidence of society in a person's moral character, while mianzi represents social perceptions of a person's prestige. For a person to maintain face is important with Chinese social relations because face translates into power and influence and affects goodwill. A loss of lian would result in a loss of trust within a social network, while a loss of mianzi would likely result in a loss of authority. To illustrate the difference, gossiping about someone stealing from a cash register would cause a loss of lian but not mianzi. Repeatedly interrupting one's boss as he is trying to speak may cause the boss a loss of mianzi but not lian. For other uses, see Prestige (disambiguation). ... GOodwill is really accouting term Goodwill is a concept used to refer to an individual or a businesss ability to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly... Not to be confused with social network services such as MySpace, etc. ... This article is about authority as a concept. ...

When trying to avoid conflict, Chinese in general will avoid causing another person to lose mianzi by not bringing up embarrassing facts in public. Conversely, when challenging authority and another person's standing within a community, Chinese will often attempt to cause a loss of lian or mianzi. A very public example of this occurred during the Tiananmen protests of 1989 when Wu'er Kaixi scolded Premier Li Peng for being late to a meeting with the demonstrators, resulting in Li's loss of mianzi because he was seen as either tardy or insincere about the meeting. The Unknown Rebel — This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester who single-handedly halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. ... Wúěr Kāixī (吾爾開希 Uyghur: Uerkesh Daolet) (1968-) is a famous Uyghur student leader in the Tiananmen protests of 1989. ... Li Peng (Simplified Chinese: 李鹏, Traditional Chinese: 李鵬, Wade-Giles: Li Peng) (b. ...

Notice that directly lying doesn't cause a loss of face. For example, if a reservation is cancelled by an airline, then they can lie that it is merely delayed. Inability to arrange the trip would cause a loss of face, while lying that it is delayed does not. So-called "polite lies" are perfectly acceptable, and even expected.

Similar concepts also exist in Korean, Malay, Laotian, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai cultures. See also embarrassment in Western cultures. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... LAOS redirects here. ... Embarrassment is an unpleasant emotional state experienced upon having a socially or professionally unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or revealed to others. ...

References

• Ho, David Yau-Fai (1976), "On the Concept of Face," American Journal of Sociology, 81 (4), 867–84.[1]

See also

• Face saving
• Guanxi
• Ganqing
• Goodwill
• Saving Face a film about the social concept of face