In fact, I found that the film is full of some kind of metaphor

Serenity 2022-04-20 09:02:09

Laomouzi used a kind of Olympic pomp to explain some truths .

One:
what the king said is yours, if you don't give it to you, you can't grab it. So we don't keep complaining about this inequality and that inequality, everyone should be content.
2:
No matter whether the king poisoned his wife and beat his son to death, it was because the family looked more loyal, filial, polite, and harmonious. Of course, our society should also be harmonious.
Reason 3:
The people arranged by Wang are usually in the dark in the corners on the roof. Don't think that you are fooling around and no one will see you. One click will kill you, and everyone must be obedient.
Reason 4:
The king said that this is a good medicine. Even if you know it is poison, you should drink it happily, and drink it to the point where there is not a drop left. People say it's for your own good, why don't you do it?
Reason 5:
Sometimes there will be rebellions from below, just like Jay Chou said that it is not for your political power, but if you stab my mother with a knife, you will recognize it.
Reason 6:
Even if there is a bloody battle and the ground is full of mess, as long as you have enough power, enough eunuchs, enough waves, fresh chrysanthemums, and new carpets, you can completely decorate the peace in a very short time, and you can stand still. Sing praises on it! This reminds me a lot...
Reason 7:
It is also what Jay Chou said, everyone must remember that rebellion will definitely not win

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Curse of the Golden Flower quotes

  • Empress Phoenix: So you are leaving. Are you afraid?

    Crown Prince Wan: You are my mother, Your Majesty.

    Empress Phoenix: We have been intimate for three years. You, of all people should know who I am.

    Crown Prince Wan: I am first and foremost my father's son.

    Empress Phoenix: [grabs Wan, attempting to seduce him]

    Crown Prince Wan: [recoils from the Empress] Mother!

    Empress Phoenix: I am not your mother!

  • Prince Jai: [upon discovering the Black Fungus] Mother was taken ill yesterday. Was it because of this?

    Empress Phoenix: [nods head]

    Prince Jai: Why is Father doing this to you?

    Empress Phoenix: Jai, after the Chrysanthemum Festival, I shall tell you the whole truth.

    [turns away]

    Empress Phoenix: Each day, in front of your father, I have to feign ignorance. Every two hours, I swallow this poison without protest. Nobody knows what is happening. I shall die exactly as your father intends. A half-wit. But I refuse to submit without a fight. On the night of the Festival, I shall put an end to all this.

    Prince Jai: Do my brothers know?

    Empress Phoenix: No.

    Prince Jai: If I had not returned, would Mother have gone ahead?

    Empress Phoenix: Yes.

    Prince Jai: Then why did you tell me?

    Empress Phoenix: Because I want you to be Emperor.

    Prince Jai: Are you going to kill Father?

    Empress Phoenix: I shall force him to abdicate, but it is not my intention to kill him.

    Prince Jai: Mother, a son cannot stand in rebellion against his father! Whatever the circumstances, he is still my father and my Emperor.