Tsui Hark is a legend in Hong Kong cinema. Legends have the talent for legends. The talent of this film director is often shown in the occasional pat on the shoulder of politics, in addition to the incomparable entertainment. East Invincible is "perverted". Because he killed himself. But don't laugh. No one is any better. The political imagery in "Invincible East" is everywhere, but it is full of entertainment. It also points out the essence of politics. Politics is just a lot of games with rules. Jin Yong's original spirit was to turn "The Swordsman" into a political novel. In fact, he is the only one who can take Jin Yong's original work out of its complexity and take its essence. Not only did it capture the pride in the novel, but it also really dared to point out the political charm in it. But Jin Yong himself did not admit the movie, he admitted that he was friends with Tsui Hark. Among them, Xuanyi is another account. Therefore, the novel and the movie are considered to be full of merit, and together they create a great fable.
Don't expect a movie to be hype and mystery. But this one-themed film and novel full of demonic spirit, the hideaway used, can be called the most appropriate. The triple realm, the floating world is fully present.
The first layer: the origin of
"Wencheng Wude, Zebei people" "thousands of generations, unify the rivers and lakes". Linghu Chong took a group of juniors and juniors to quit the arena. The story all happened in this process. Originally, what he longed for was nothing more than the pleasures of wine and meat, and the rivers and lakes of pleasure and enmity. Later, many mysterious things happened. It was not until he was taught by the leaders of the two major sects in Jianghu that his mind opened. I began to think about justice, and peace in the world. But he is a lucky person, but he can't be an ideal person at all. The lightness of his ideals made him naturally resist heavy ideals. The things of the day after tomorrow are inspired by the two heads of Wudang and Shaolin. He is a pawn of his ambitious and scheming master. Later, he was able to resolve the catastrophe and went away happily.
The existence of Linghu Chong is the symbol of most people. People have always been like this. How many people are like the protagonist in the movie "The Matrix", who have a big dream for twenty or thirty years, and even have a big dream after the end of their life. I still remember the elegant youth back then, pure and terrifying. This simplicity is entirely controlled by the vast external world. One day, I suddenly realized that this world is not the world I knew at all. The previously established standards and formats were all wrong. Feeling like a virus, it turns out that you are naturally wrong, wrong, wrong. Since it is wrong, if you don't reform, you will be corrected or eliminated. The fate of the virus is arranged in this way. Linghu Chong's escape, to use the old concept, was spontaneous, not conscious.
But in the end, it can be solved. Without the repression of the past, how could he escape today. Without today's escape, how can there be tomorrow's happiness and freedom? The philosophical significance of the Matrix trilogy may be dismissed in front of the Fang family, but that is the most basic foundation. All enlightenment and resistance, all the fate of awakening, come from this. Childishness is not scary, what is scary is "fear after". Who knows why he was so lucky back then, to be able to wake up from the dream? What about those who haven't woken up? Because of this fact, how many people pay the price of their lives, lonely, exiled, claustrophobic... But even so, the joy of escaping is the most inestimable joy in the world. From the burden of suffering, one can discover the value of sublimation and self-affirmation. We do not sing about suffering, but we can sing about our commitment to suffering, but we should emphasize the reduction of suffering and the purpose of eliminating suffering.
Two years ago, there was a famous online novel "The Legend of Wukong". One sentence in it was a temptation for all those who stayed in the Linghu Chong stage. Yes, no one is qualified to have that moral height to encourage others to sacrifice. However, how can we resist the ideal call? I would like to quote here again and again the rousing idealistic manifesto of the novel "Wukong Biography": "You know what? We live in a world that they are watching now. Sometimes they use us to say what they want to say, you If you know this, you can use the soul they created for you to speak to them, everything in this world can be changed at will, if you want to not be changed, you must first know what you are."
There are golden cicadas in the story, and the avenues are deep. Words are what he said. In order to resolve the incomprehension in my heart, I gamble with my master, where the supreme Dafa resides, the Tathagata. Use his thousands of years of practice to bet on the outcome! Jin Chanzi sternly said to the hermit type guy and to the countless disciples of the Tathagata: "People only liberate themselves, but they can't be counted as achievements. On the way, I saw that all sentient beings have a longing in their hearts, and they can't let go of love, hate and obsession. Suffering also follows, and happiness follows, but it is always a word for desire. My Buddha advises people to clear their minds and forget their desires, so that they can be born from emptiness, and they teach them to go away from emptiness, but they teach those who come and go where they come. In the world, like fallen leaves are falling toward the earth, endlessly growing, there is no need to guide, there may be other true meanings. I have thought of a lot of things, but the Master's Fa can not solve my doubts in my heart, this time I return to Lingshan, not only to praise I also want to ask Master to solve the confusion in my heart." The Fa of others can't cover one's own eyes.
"What is the Tathagata?" "It's the truth." "In the beginning of Hongmeng, there was no surname, and it broke the stubbornness and must be Wukong." Jin Chanzi looked up to the sky and smiled: "I am the Tathagata, what is there to be afraid of?" In this world, Those who vainly think that they can save the world and their reasoning are so afraid of "the Tathagata". The Tathagata who sat on the high platform and enjoyed the fireworks for thousands of years was not the real Tathagata originally. Therefore, the Buddha's teachings are scattered, and Kassapa does not speak and smile. The Jin Chanzi jumped up and criticized Kasyapa, "You understand what he means, you laugh for your enlightenment, but forget about the thousands of people in the world who can't laugh!" After all, you What you choose is what you are responsible for. Only then can I understand the mood of those who can remove their ribs as torches on the road at night to illuminate the way forward. The share of "An unbearable, unmoving like the earth. Quiet and deep, like a treasure" ("The Ten Wheels Sutra of the Earth Store") is not something that can be easily obtained. Yes, the rib and torch are removed by oneself, the road is chosen by oneself, the hope is given by oneself, and there is no turning back, only forward.
However, what I never expected was that there is actually a third way in this world. Kasyapa said nothing, and Linghu Chong was the third way. Linghu Chong was ignorant and just got by, but Kasyapa couldn't tolerate it. Kasyapa and others laughed for their own understanding and wisdom, forgetting the thousands of people in the world who cannot laugh. Like an unchangeable fate in a hacker. The computer program arranges the control, arranges the counter-control, arranges the counter-control of the counter-control. The philosophy of society has negation, and there is negation of negation, but there are many people who forget the negation of "negation of negation". There are capitulates, there are traitors, there are centrists, and there are heroes. Although the situation is treacherous, everything is still a chess game in a format. After Linghu Chong completely understood the role of his master, he fainted out of fear. This faint, from a psychological point of view, that is, self-defense, he couldn't bear such a discovery, and until the end, he chose not to touch the truth as much as possible.
The second level: Fate Extinction
"There are people who have grievances, and there are grievances and grievances. People are jianghu, how can you quit."
Quitting the jianghu is a dream, not talking about politics, but also a dream for literati and scholars. But it was embarrassing and panicking. Be careful of "sleep with head, get up without head", this is a solid proof for countless people in the former Soviet Union who were involved in thinking. The lamentation of other rabbits and foxes is one thing. Intellectuals are the undefeated concubines of the East. "Everyone is the fate of the world, so why ask more." As a concubine, I thought that I was following a hero (her leader could have become the unparalleled hero of the Miao people), but who knows, it is the undefeated Dongfang. Dedicating "Oriental Mountains and Rivers" wholeheartedly, in exchange for the infamy like everyone in the world, finally sacrificed his humble body to fulfill the master's wish, until he committed suicide to reward the undefeated favor of the East.
The whole terrible thing about Eastern Invincibility is that after he has gained power, he loses interest in power. If she or he wants to entrust the power to the villain, he will entrust it to the villain. You treat the world as a treasure, but he treats his favorite man as a treasure. In the novel, the king's world is in his hands, and he can play at will, nothing more than that. Tong Baixiong, Dongfang Invincible's loyal subordinate, thought that as long as he found Dongfang Invincible and asked for instructions in person, he would get justice. As long as he knew the truth, he would not allow the academic affairs to deteriorate. , Tong Baixiong realized that there is no difference. There are some things Dongfang Invincible knows at all, but whether you know it or not is the same, Dongfang Invincible will let Yang Lianting do the same.
Same thing in the movie. The hegemony that has been planned for many years, you can give up the love for yourself at one time. Entrusting the world to one person can never be a good thing. Martial arts is power, and cultivating martial arts is the ever-expanding power, letting me go is for killing people, and Dongfang Invincibility is for men. All the way stuff.
In the novel, there is a search for detachment outside of power, but in the film there is an added layer of real reality. The great evil of the hero is as genuine as it is, and it can also move people's hearts, so that you have appeasement beyond the disgust. Those who have been victimized are naturally unforgettable. It's easy to fall down, but how can it be so easy? You are in love with the gentle words on his side, but on his side he is ruthless. If you are really an ignorant concubine, that's fine, but if someone who is unfortunate enough to read and write, and even wants to repay, then you have to split. Even the monarch himself, when winning over people's hearts, has more emotional radiation and shows a little sincerity, which will make him feel more polite and corporal, feel good, and feel that he is a wise monarch through the ages. It also makes Li Xian's object "corporal" grateful, and can be attached to the dragon's tail, soaring into history, and it will become a tacit understanding of everyone.
But what about going a step further?
The great Confucians of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the personal reputation and the desertion of their descendants, the Manchu emperors are extremely insightful. One-handed and one-handed vigilance, but the great Confucians don’t know what their worth is? Their stance and historical memory are precisely what sets them apart. Their pain has become a weight to gain profits. Once they surrender easily, it will be meaningless. The loyal ministers of one dynasty are the models of loyal ministers of the next dynasty.
Although you yourself are favored, what is it that you forget the dire straits of the world? The classics of wearing hair and being taught, whether it is Confucius and Mencius or Ma En, and the situation where it is impossible to be honest and obedient, have become the eternal boxing competition of dual personalities. Even if your heroic arrogance back then was nothing but a matter of talking and laughing, what you are most afraid of is such means. Either a gentleman, or a villain, or half a gentleman and a half villain. Choose your own path and accept the fate of a path. Human nature is here, it is the end of the calculation. It is also the real scary part of "the mind of the Tao is only the weak, and the people's heart is only dangerous". It is worthy of sympathy and understanding for people of learning to feel chills in their vests after reading "Swordsman". In fact, this river and lake is replaced by politics, and it is not the real answer. Where there are people, there is politics, and where there is politics, there is power. People are politics, how can you escape?
Is it blindly pretending to be innocent, or fighting? Power and power, freedom and non-freedom, turned out to be a tug of war. "Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind." At this time, the internal examination of morality is probably the only supporting force. Compared with the power of oppression, what a weak "under" can do is to use their own strength to save one point is one point.
In October 2003, the bookstore in Hunan published an article entitled "Three Questions in Huang Yanpei's Later Years" after "The Cave Pair" is simply the best proof. "Huang is the general representative of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River, or at least the general spokesperson." Therefore, "political struggle requires political opponents, and a political friend means a powerful opponent with large capital." Mr. Huang, a democrat, can play a role in it. To a special role, such as conveying words to the class represented by Huang at that time. Huang also received corresponding attention. The use of it is amazing, and the "cultural tradition" of "traditional culture" (Mr. Li Shenzhi's statement) has been handed down from generation to generation, and it is even more amazing. But we have to admit that if Huang consciously uses his "qualification" to benefit the people, he is worthy of his cave pair. It's a pity that the incomparable magnetic field of the core idea attracted him like a grain of iron sand, and he could no longer be glorious.
The third layer: fate
"The heroes of the world come out of my generation, and as soon as they enter the arena, the years will remind them. In the chat and laughter of grand plans and dominance, it is impossible to win a life of drunkenness." Therefore, the side interpretation of "Swordsman" and the movie version can be regarded as the end and peak of martial arts. Although both have an unsatisfactory ending. But it's all fictional after all. Although he told the truth for a long time, in the end, he couldn't help but light his tail. At this point, the world will be destroyed. The awake dream is replaced by a drunk dream. In "The Lu Ding Ji", it is purely a joke. Drunkenness is the fourth way. When no one can be deceived, I want to forget. Jin Yong said: "There is another type of people who have no hope for reform and do not want to join forces with those in power. Their choice is to withdraw from the vortex of struggle and stay on their own." I read a funny saying before, "The advantage of having a romantic relationship is that it will not become the ruling class." Because she is too beautiful, politics can't use her." Quitting the arena and seeking a drunk is just trying to forget with the help of romantic love. The idealist who once gave up halfway, the soul will come back to torment. Those who once took the lead and did not look back, left the world and the mourning is still like a tide. It turned out that it wasn't real, it was fake.
Passive resistance is a misnomer. No matter what strategy, resistance is resistance. Rarely confused, but also a bit of resistance. "Everyone do their best, and each one's destiny". That is nice.
In fact, it's not that I deliberately pick words to grasp the righteousness of the small words. It is really that the righteousness is pervasive and has long been lurking in any place you can see. Being able to get drunk is still a literati dream. This 1992 movie is there. Although there are millions of people in the world's rivers and lakes, who will go?
Do you admit it or not?
Because of this, I truly believe that everything has an end and a beginning. Wait until the scenery is seen through, and the water is always flowing, it is still me, you who read this article, see it. What you do is the value.
Text / Shen Jiake
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