man's real name is desire

This film criticizes the feudal patriarchal society and is intrusive. A female student who went to college for half a year was forced to marry a master surnamed Chen because of her family's failure (father's business went bankrupt, lacked money for burial after death, and her mother forced her to marry her), thus she entered a strict and strict hierarchy, and everything revolved around the master. Closed power system. In this system, the master is the highest authority. In the name of "the old rules handed down from the ancestors", through various ceremonies such as lighting, extinguishing, and sealing the lights, as well as various treatments such as beating their feet and ordering food, the four wives are firmly held. in hand. Among the four wives, the eldest wife does not ask about world affairs, the second wife hides a knife in her smile, and the third wife is arrogant, but none of these three have the consciousness of "people". Fourth wife (female college student) is a latecomer, but an enlightened person. She realized that in the Chen family's deep house compound, everyone was "like a cat, a dog, a mouse, but not a human being." Compared with this, the third wife thought that people were just acting, and if they could deceive others, they could deceive others. If you can't lie to others, you can lie to yourself. But the consciousness of the fourth wife, not only did not bring her benefits, but accelerated her tragedy. The maid Yan'er was a small episode. Due to her status, she couldn't be a wife, but the master took advantage of her mentality and took advantage of her. Not only did she not refuse, but she felt that she had hope of righting her. In fact, the master would never straighten her. The master understands that if you control your desires, you control people. As long as a person has unsatisfied desires, he will seek someone who can satisfy his desires, and he can be at the mercy of that person.

Desire is the core of man. Humans and ghosts are only a breath away, and this breath is desire. Ceremony and treatment distinguish people, give you this treatment, and don’t give you this treatment, so that people who are not treated will be upset, jealous, try their best to curry favor with the highest power, and take a sigh of relief. In fact, it doesn't matter who the master spends the night with. The four wives are not greedy for someone to sleep with at night, but the various treatments related to sleeping ("lighting on the lamp"), the kind of people who are respectful, respectful, and around. The song means the feeling of flattering, flattering you, and carrying a sedan chair. The sole purpose of sleeping is to have children, and to have children is for better treatment.

China's method of personal control for thousands of years is nothing more than that. But the problem is that even though people are aware of the problem, they cannot escape this desire. Therefore, this film discusses not only the tragedy of the feudal patriarchal era, but the tragedy of all eras, the tragedy of people.

Even today, this is still the case. From government civil servants to restaurant waiters and chefs, people from all walks of life are still divided into five categories of clothing and food, and they are all confined to various rules, ranks, ceremonies, and treatment. People hate this distinction, but they can't live without it. Those who have not gained suffer, those who have gained suffer from losses. Because of this, everyone revolves around the highest power, intrigues, in order to be lucky. To judge the degree of autocracy in a society, the most important indicators are these rules, ranks, rituals, and treatment. The more numerous these indicators are, the more authoritarian they are. As for the doctrine, state system, and political system, that's all secondary.

There used to be a group of revolutionaries in China who tried to change this feudal patriarchal system of cannibalism. There was a revolutionary war in China, which formally abolished the feudal patriarchal system. But after the victory of the revolution, the variants of the feudal patriarchal system came out all over the place. So China has another cultural revolution, trying to get rid of the hearts and souls of people parasitized by the feudal patriarchal system. However, the Cultural Revolution was not easy and failed, and its leaders were notorious for it. Since then, China has turned back to its original path. Today, the feudal patriarchal system has been deeply rooted in people's bones. For a hundred years, the leaders who opposed the Cultural Revolution were victorious. From the perspective of a thousand years, the leaders of the Cultural Revolution made a brave attempt. Although its significance is only to prove a wrong path, it should not be underestimated. The leaders who opposed the Cultural Revolution ushered in victory, but how long this victory can last and whether it can escape the cannibalistic circle of feudal patriarchy is still a question to be proved by facts.

Today is the 95th anniversary of the "May Fourth" movement. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard.

Written on May 4th Youth Day in 2014, revised on August 26, 2015

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