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Even from the current point of view, Confucius's life is a "cup", which is embarrassing. When Confucius was prosperous and powerful, he was not reused. He had to lead a group of disciples around, traveled around the world and was rejected everywhere. He finally decided to return to his hometown to write books, preach and teach, and no longer set foot in the political career. Confucius' life can be described as empty ambitions but unfulfilled. If it is true as the movie "Confucius" said, the monarchs of all countries will not accept Confucius' views. The only person who understands what the old master thinks and wants is actually Nanzi, who has a "bad reputation", so Confucius is really miserable. hehe.
In order to attract young audiences, the scene of "Zi meets Nanzi" took up a lot of time in the film. Nanzi's provocative eyes and slightly open lips on the screen are indeed like the film that "Zi meets Nanzi" is regarded as a gimmick. Many people I feel unhappy because of this, so let’s put its characterization on hold for the time being. Since Director Hu Mei took advantage of the director’s convenience to portray Nanzi as a woman politician who is as smart as Wu Zetian and Rice, I might as well use the topic to analyze the film. Why did Nanzi in the version of "Zi Jian Nanzi" do this, and why did the old master respond like this.
In the scene of the movie "Zi meets Nanzi", Nanzi's appearance starts with bare feet stepping on high clogs, the camera pans frivolously from bottom to top, followed by elaborate make-up and provocative words, "Listen to You often talk about benevolent people loving others, so in your word 'person', does not include a woman with a bad reputation like me?" "'My fair lady, a gentleman is a good man', what do you mean by Master?", this At that time, Nanzi was pressing step by step with his intelligence and beauty. Confucius showed retreat and uneasiness when facing Nanzi whose straight-line distance was no more than 5cm. Nanzi was very happy when the old master tried to answer questions calmly in the face of temptation. In her values, men are all the same, and what they pursue is only sex, fame, and fortune, which will never change. After several confrontations, Confucius did not deny that he also pursued sex, fame, and fortune, but the old master said, "I have never seen someone who is as good as lust!" But he showed his sincerity and rare conduct. The old master had the courage to admit his shortcomings, and at the same time He also expresses his life goals of pursuing "virtue" and "benevolence and righteousness". In order to achieve these goals, he is willing to restrain his behavior, thus showing strong willpower and dedication. This made Nanzi quickly understand the Master's state of mind, and replied, "The world may easily understand the Master's pain, but they may not be able to understand the realm that the Master realized in the pain." This sentence can be described as Director Hu's personal psychological perception, and also a modern Faithful evaluation of Confucius. When Nanzi and Confucius bowed to each other and said goodbye, Nanzi had no intention of provocation or temptation at the beginning, and replaced it with complete respect and farewell. ——Poor Confucius, the one who understands him best is such a woman!
Nanzi is not wrong, her values are applicable to most people, and it is still the same to this day. The reason why "Zi Jian Nanzi" was featured in the movie book, maybe because there is only one Confucius, who can achieve "good morality". There are not many people who are not "lecherous", which makes Confucius even more great, and of course it also warns us that we are still far from the moral cultivation and moral realm of the ancients 2,500 years ago!
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