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Wang Xiaobo mentioned this movie in an article in "My Spiritual Homeland". He said: In medieval Italy, there was a monastery and a banned book was hidden in the courtyard; many young monks risked their lives to go. Take a peek at this book; there is another old-fashioned one that poisons everyone who has read this book. The old man said that this banned book poisoned people's hearts, shaken people's beliefs, and undermined the church's rule on earth. For this reason, he not only killed people, but also set fire to burn this banned book and the entire monastery. . This is a horrible story, with a suspense from beginning to end-what book is this? As you can imagine, there must be something in this book that you want to know but dare not ask. At the end of the movie, the title of the book was revealed. It was like the heavy gold watch in "Low-level Novels", placed in your palm: it was the second book of Aristotle's long-lost "Poetics". This book only talks about one thing: what is humor.

What he wants to express is that modern China is like the West in the Middle Ages. There is no so-called humor at all, because it is constrained by various "noble", "great", and "sacred" ideas, and restricted by the concepts of religion and hierarchy. , So for us, what we see is more false and serious than true humor.

Under his guidance, I started to watch this movie. Under the gloomy background of the movie, I told a bizarre and weird story. When the movie was about to end, the old priest swallowed the poison on the book and paper. I shouted loudly: If people laugh, they will no longer be afraid of the power of the devil, and God will no longer be needed; laughter will destroy the authority of Jesus. The world I hope should be sacred and faithful, so I To eliminate people’s laughter.

What he fears is that laughter will dissolve fear, and people's fear is the cornerstone of the establishment of religion. If you no longer pin your hopes in the gods, but instead look at yourself, it will indeed shake the foundation of religion to a certain extent.

What I don't understand is that fear as an emotion is eternal? Can it still be eliminated? From the perspective of Buddhism, there is no me and no emotions in this world. I don't know much about this. But from this perspective, fear should be the product of illusion and ignorance, and fear can be chosen. Just like the recently released movie "Return to Earth", it was repeatedly mentioned that fear does not exist, it is just a choice you make, and you can completely overthrow it.

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