If Yang Jinshan calmly accepts his physical defects and does not inhumanely abuse and torture his wife again and again; if Yang Jinshan is not so stingy with his "nephew" Yang Tianbai, and is more generous (excessive and inferior are evil) , it will not let Yang Tianbai not talk about marriage at the age of forty, maybe the later tragedy will not happen. The director's portrayal of Yang Jinshan's character is almost full of evil. When we look at Yang as an audience, we hardly find any kindness in this person. As for the adoption of Yang Tianqing many years ago, I don't know if it was because of pity for his loneliness, or because of an extra labor without money. I hope it's the former. Because in this way, the shaping of the characters will be more three-dimensional and full, and the exploration of human nature will be more reasonable.
Judou is clearly the embodiment of tragedy. He was bought, abused, and in order to survive, he had an affair with Yang Tianqing and gave birth to Yang Tianbai. You see in her the real misfortune of an unhappy woman of the old society. She sacrificed her morals to survive. This reflects her values: life>morality. In the end, Judou did not end well either. Her man fell into the water and died, the child destroyed his man, and she died in a fire. I thought about it, if it is a foreign work, it may show the element of "confession", and in "confession" there will be redemption or rebirth. This work does not, this work only achieves presentation, and the tragedy is reincarnated from generation to generation, and it lacks the perspective of transcendence. So depressing! I finally found the reason! In suffering, if there is no transcendence, it will only evolve into reincarnation, and there will be no "true hope"!
Yang Tianqing, this man, is obviously rather cowardly. He lacks courage, so he can't protect his woman. This also seems to represent part of the Chinese male group. Looking at this person is kind, honest and honest, but at the same time is weak and lacks responsibility. Bravery does not necessarily mean confrontation, but it should take responsibility, bear the consequences of the "sin" that it has committed, and do something to atone for it, such as protecting its own women and children and setting up a small family. This also reflects that Chinese culture lacks a sense of "guilt", but Chinese culture has a culture of "shame". Whether it is Judou, Yang Tianqing, or Yang Tianbai, they all have a strong sense of shame. I thought of David, and David did a great job. He grieved and repented for his sins, but when the child he and Uriah's wife had illicitly borne died, he was released, and he treated his wife and later child Solomon well. He is responsible for his wife and children. It is precisely because there is a transcendent existence that David and the House of David have truly experienced the arrival of grace, not total destruction.
Good works are all about moral tension. Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" is, so is Xu Dishan's "Spring Peach", and so is "Chrysanthemum Dou". In order for this world to exist, there must be God who uses morality as the criterion to use his arm. We all believe that God rewards the good and punishes the evil, and we also believe that it is a universal norm that good people will end well. We will have confusion about "theism", which reflects our belief and expectation on morality from another aspect.
So from the perspective of ending and intention, the film is a success. Because immorality eventually leads to destruction. There is a bean friend who has a good point of view. He said that "Yang Tianbai" represents the role of moral judge. I agree.
However, the incarnation of this moral judge in the film is cold-blooded. He is totally different from our God. Our God is transcendent. He always leads us to a village where there is nowhere to go. He will remind us to persevere when we encounter moral dilemmas and not easily sin; He will guide us to sincerely grieve and repent when we stumble and sin, renew our lives through our repentance, give us a way out, and give us a way to live our lives. Come turn and bless.
This is my thinking.
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