The core of the whole drama, in my opinion, is the blooming of human desires. Lust, love, hatred, curiosity, freshness, and excitement are all found in Yu Jiaolong. Some people say that she symbolizes the human self, in a certain sense, yes. That is, the conflict between the human id and social norms.
I like Yu Jiaolong, even though she jumped in the end, even though she killed Li Mubai and the blue-eyed fox, she at least made her own choice and naturally paid the price for it. If she is a tragedy, Li Mubai Is it a tragedy, is Yu Xiulian a tragedy? Perhaps the director just wants to say that we are all helpless, but the important thing is the process of going through. In drama, the result is often nonexistent.
The Qingming Sword symbolizes the power of human desire, the original heart, the self, Li Mubai said that it kills without blood, and the desire to come to people does kill without blood, especially the love and emotion of people.
Li Mubai pursued the inaction of Taoism, hoping to gain Taoism and real freedom, but in fact, even if he let go, he didn't get anything in the end. In fact, he realized this problem as soon as he appeared on the stage. "I seem to have fallen into a deep silence, surrounded by a profound sadness." Self, this is also a general concept, but if it is the same with feelings, in the end, I will indeed be somewhat empty. I feel that Li Mubai still has a faint burning desire in his heart, whether it is for Yu Xiulian or Jianghu, otherwise he will not be so fluctuated when he hears the news of the blue-eyed fox and sees Yu Jiaolong, and the philosophy of Taoism is also To comply with people's desires, but she insists on suppressing it, how can she obtain the Tao?
Yu Xiulian is tougher and more mature than Li Mubai, at least in my opinion. Her feelings have been completely socialized, so she is well-rounded in all aspects of the world, exquisite in all aspects, and has a high status in the security bureau. But when she first saw Yu Jiaolong's parting, she choked up when she saw Yu Jiaolong's back. She wondered if she regretted that although she was a woman, she was able to express her feelings, but her emotions could not belong. Her emotions are not too delicate. Although there is an accidental feeling in this place, she cannot understand Yu Jiaolong's heart. She just protects her morally, just like protecting an ignorant child, but she never agrees with this. The pursuit of the child, until after Li Mubai's death, she said "must be sincere to yourself", which is actually a denial of her previous attitude towards life. Thinking about Yu Xiulian's face when Li Mubai said, "I thought we had already agreed," she knew that her heart and Li Mubai were not so connected, at least there was some estrangement, but the life experience of the two people was not the same. The connection between two people in the world is created, which is also a kind of feeling, and this kind of feeling is far longer than the enthusiasm of the moment. With a little touch, I think Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai's personalities are a bit like Li An's wife and himself. They think a lot and think a lot.
As for Yu Jiaolong, she is smart and precocious. She knew how to hide her heart when she was a child. I don't know if her words of "hiding and not revealing, just because you are sad" are true or false. I feel it is false, because an 8-year-old child How could she know that her sister-in-law couldn't understand those words, even if she was talented, she wouldn't be like this. It was obvious that she was selfish. Let's think about a passage in Soldier's Assault, "Precocious people are usually late bloomers, and proud people are very impatient." This statement is suitable for company commander Gao, but it is even more suitable for Yu Jiaolong. Think about the wizards around us. One aspect is particularly prominent, but the precocious people are just not enlightened in some aspects, especially in dealing with others and dealing with emotions, they can't always compromise smoothly. Agassi, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Eileen Chang, Federer, and even Ang Lee are like this. If he is familiar with them, how can there still be so many inexplicable feelings. And this kind of precociousness is actually more of a skill, especially skills that require spirituality, such as singing and dancing, movies, sports, and business people are rarely such immature, because doing business is a matter of mutual exchange. , from emotion to material knowledge, so entrepreneurs are all-rounded in life, able to distinguish between primary and secondary contradictions, such as Yu Xiulian. As for Yu Jiaolong, he had no worries about material life since he was a child. He is also an only child and is pampered. In addition to practicing calligraphy, he is practicing swordsmanship, or playing chess, calligraphy and painting. In fact, it is a very idealized and romantic life. The stimulation given to her by the blue-eyed fox is like another world. She has grown up in the desert since she was a child, so she is more rebellious in personality and even more contradictory in her thinking. All this has long been a double-sided jade dragon. She despised the people in the world who "talked the monk's words when they came to the temple", as if she saw through the world that "friends are all fake". In fact, she was looking at the world from the perspective of children. A good thing, no one has sincerity, they are all pretending to each other. In fact, she idealized the book full of poems she read, thinking that everything should be as it was at the beginning, and whoever has the highest ability should get everything. Which of the emperors and generals in the book did not turn against each other in the end, "How can the old rivers and lakes see their true heart". When she found out that Luo Xiaohu had been placed in Wudang Mountain by Li Mubai, she felt that she was being used, and that her relationship with Xiaohu was used by Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian as a threat to her apprenticeship. It turns into resentment, turning one’s face when speaking, is actually a child’s innocence towards feelings, but this is obviously not feasible in the material world. Excessive love and hatred will turn into a raging fire, burn yourself to death, and burn yourself. Killing others, now people don't all say, "It's good to be separated and good to be separated, don't do things.
Li Mubai understood her because Li Mubai's inner desire was still there. Li Mubai also envied her, just like I like children who are very expressive and obsessed now, because I was suppressed when I was a child, so I like them, just like the desire that I lost in my heart.
When Li Mubai saw her the first time, he gave her a way back. After the section of the ancient temple, "the sharpness cannot be guaranteed for a long time", the implicit smile shows his appreciation for this junior, not only in swordsmanship, but also in character and spirituality. Wudang's martial arts can also be seen from the martial arts design of the entire play, which is different from Yu Xiulian's down-to-earth and real. Wudang is so elegant and ethereal, so Wudang people should have some spirituality in their bones. Yu Xiulian can't understand this, but Li Mubai can. He can see the spiritual energy in this young lady's heart at a glance. This can only be said to be the same. .
He wanted to subdue Yu Jiaolong, but although Yu Jiaolong admired him, he was unwilling to be controlled. Regarding Yu Xiulian and Yu Jiaolong competing for Li Mubai, I don't think it's very reliable. Li Mubai really loves Yu Xiulian. That is time-tested, trusting love. He admired, envied, and liked Yu Jiaolong, maybe a little touched the hidden desire in his heart, but it didn't develop to that point. As for Yu Xiulian's anger towards Yu Jiaolong, "The little peace we have has ruined you, you are not reconciled", "She is the daughter of the official family", "It's none of our business", it can be seen that, Yu Xiulian just hopes to have a peaceful life with Li Mubai as soon as possible. She has completed the responsibility of protecting the sword, and she does not want to make troubles. This is also the characteristics of a mature and sophisticated woman. She focuses on her family, and she lives with closeness and distance, and her whole body is harmed. Sophisticated. But Li Mubai is not. He still wants to help the younger generation, and his heart is still in the rivers and lakes. Even, he wants to tame Yu Jiaolong, which is also a hidden desire in his heart. There is a sense of excitement in training juniors. It is like training a subordinate. It is difficult to say whether he is happy or not. It is difficult to distinguish this emotion. There is no doubt that male conquest exists. As for Yu Xiulian, it is impossible to say that she has no feeling for the relationship between Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong, but she is more dissatisfied with Li Mubai's ramifications and angry at Yu Jiaolong's mischief, but when Yu Jiaolong came to her When she still accepted her, it shows her
cultivation.
The love between Luo Xiaohu and Yu Jiaolong is real, but only at that moment, and for a human, only that moment is enough. Yu Jiaolong committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. She finally didn't understand that feelings come and go. Freedom, sometimes to enjoy, sometimes to be calm, that's enough. Li Mubai's passing made her feel extremely guilty. The gap between ideal and reality made her unable to see the future, and her past feelings were blurred. She was confused, so she jumped off. This is my understanding.
There is no right or wrong, no should, but only reflects life, the joys and sorrows, the changes of fusion and human nature. Therefore, neither the choreographer and the director will deliberately try to explain something rigidly. Those rigidly trying to make sense are those political model plays, not real art.
As for the blue-eyed fox, she is happy and grieving, and her life is exciting, but her only kiss became her only grudge in the end. Did she really face herself? She is more of a desire or an evil desire. Her hatred for Yu Jiaolong is very extreme, and this extreme can also be seen in Yu Jiaolong, so Yu Jiaolong is swaying, "I'm afraid this girl will be in the future. Become a poisonous dragon", Li Mubai saw through her at a glance, and in the end, Yu Jiaolong did not become a poisonous dragon, but he himself entered heaven.
Li Mubai's conquest of Yu Jiaolong finally paid the price of his life. The blue-eyed fox's hatred for Yu Jiaolong made Yu Jiaolong wake up to his willful behavior and he must be forgiven. In the end, Yu Jiaolong knelt down and she knelt down. It was Li Mubai. At that time, she was conquered. Conquered by reason, by a kind of sacrifice. She finally knew that some things were irreversible, and that was the emotional bond between people.
As for the actor's acting skills, it goes without saying that Chow Yun-fat can see a lot of layers in one look. Michelle Yeoh is fine to me. In the middle and upper class, Zhang Ziyi is a bit of her true character. She feels very young, immature, uncarved, and the scene of the gang fight. That kind of arrogance is really too blatant, but because her role is more playful, she is already a little childish, so there is a very fresh atmosphere among so many old actors, which may be what Ang Lee said, "Newcomers rely on The kind of thing that you try to show." After Zhang Ziyi played Yu Jiaolong, her character was greatly liberated, her id was released, her arrogance was full of arrogance, and it was a coincidence that her luck was not very good, but her intelligence and tenacity also helped her a lot.
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