The Dao of Heaven cannot be violated
. Wang has said several times that the rules cannot be violated. This is the Dao of Heaven. There are not too many story tidbits to dilute this claim, although it is a bit boring, but this theme is carried out consistently, which is also Zhang Yimou's cleverness and wisdom. Although I am more sympathetic to the queen and the prince from a personal point of view, considering the overall situation of the country, none of them are really suitable, and none of them can take on the responsibility of ruling the country and the world. Can be helpless and sacrifice. On this point, Zhang Yimou talked about the same as "Heroes", although several knights wanted to avenge their personal revenge, but before the national situation, these living heroes can only fall in front of the ruthless and unified great cause of King Qin. Perhaps it is this shared power and ruthlessness that makes people vote for the queen and the prince more emotionally, but when others mess with the rules, they mess with the way of heaven.
Loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness
"Loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness" is the essence of Chinese ethics, which is also reflected in Zhang Yimou's portrayal. There is a very special fragment, that is, the king and the queen wrote the four characters "loyalty, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness" together. In order to express this, Zhang Yimou used the negative story of "disloyalty, unfilial piety, impoliteness, and injustice". These four different negative characters can be found in the story, but they all focus on one person. This is the queen. Because the queen's "disloyalty, filial piety, rudeness, and injustice" alone led to her smuggling with the prince, the return of the prince, and the mutiny of the minister. The way of heaven cannot be violated, the queen can only be defeated.
Wang is the most benevolent person.
Many people have seen this film, and they all feel that Wang is too cold, too ruthless, and even a little perverted (the queen is slowly poisoned with drugs), the queen is pitiful, and Prince Jie is a warm-hearted man, but I I think the king is the most kind, the queen is the most sinister, and Prince Jie is a simple-minded warrior.
The kindness of the king can be reflected in his love for the prince, his longing for his ex-wife, his tolerance for the queen for three years, and his sadness after the eldest prince was stabbed to death by a prince. But he is a king after all, and he can't put his joys, sorrows and joys on his face like the common people. More often, he can only sacrifice his own interests for the sake of the country and the interests of the overall situation. If it was you, can you endure it for three years when your wife commits adultery with someone else, let alone your own son? What can you do when your lover looks at you indifferently? But he is the king, and when the queen can't return her heart, he can't think of divorce as a big deal for the common people, because it is related to the peace and stability of the country and the life and death of more common people. Maybe this is the only way to do it. This should be the most merciful to the queen.
And what about the queen? When he violated the way of heaven and "loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness" first, he was still jealous of Prince Xiang and Xiaochan's normal love, and wanted to entangle Prince Xiang by his own means; while still deceiving Prince Jie, only Talking about his innocence and misfortune, let him rebel; for his own benefit, he formed a private party among ministers, trying to use mutiny to get what he wanted. This is sinister enough, no need to question it.
What about Prince Jay? Possessing good skills, he was used by the queen with a simple mind. He only saw the superficial things, and didn't ask the inside story at all. Maybe he didn't even know why the king did this to the queen? What did the queen really oppose the king for? And in terms of character, at most, he can only be a righteous young man, but he is not enough to be a prince with the strategy and magnanimity to rule the world. He only has the courage of a man. Settle the world? Think about it, he is the most pitiful person, he died without knowing why, just a warrior.
The affection of the emperor's family is not the small life of our ordinary people. It is difficult for us to understand, and it is even more difficult to consider the issues they consider. The reason why Zhang Yimou is famous at home and abroad is that he is often able to make great works. There must be his reasoning. His storytelling ability and grasp of big truths, I only understand this time.
The above is just my opinion on "The Golden Armor of the City".
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