The rape and murder of her mother by cruel British soldiers made the young girl Joan of Arc get the inspiration of protecting her home and country from her god. In the early days of the war (before the liberation of Orleans), she and her God relied on what Cheng Zhuli called the method of learning from things. She can get God's revelation from prayer, from dreams, and even from battle, and turn it into one victory after another, somewhere between a precise plan and abrupt chance. However, in the city of Orleans, she witnessed the tragic bloodshed and finally caused her to have the greatest shake and crisis of her faith. In this interview, her God's message to her contradicted her deep-seated hatred of the British. So her eyes began to hesitate, her voice began to tremble, her determination to fight the enemy to the end and the great victory of Orleans made her turn to the depths of her heart to seek spiritual beliefs that could not bring. This is close to Yangming's heart study in the Ming Dynasty, the difference is that she buried part of her conscience in the dark, so as to achieve her ambition to repay her family and country's deep hatred.
Joan of Arc was eventually sacrificed by the political exchange. However, it also provided her with a new sublimation of her conscience when she was judged and executed, so that she could once again find her faith in her childhood from her inner self-examination. At the end of the film, Joan's body was incinerated by the fire, and the flames also incinerated her hands that were once stained red with blood.
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