(1) Retreat and advance
From the beginning to the end, what Linghuchong was striving for was nothing but the word "retreat"; it was in stark contrast to the word "advance" that Dongfang Invincible, Ren Woxing and others aspired to.
We don't know where his retreating intentions came from, and why he was so decisive, we can only speculate from his few words. Maybe he saw through the falsehood, the so-called "the world's situation is beyond my generation" - the world has nothing to do, all because of the world's greedy competition; "As soon as you enter the world, time will remind you" - once you join the WTO, the years will not only make people old, but also It makes people's hearts unbearable; "Imperial figure and hegemony are chatting and laughing" - the hegemony that has been striving for a lifetime is only a few words in a wine shop; "I can't beat a drunk life" - it is better to seek your own happiness. really. Maybe he is free and easy by nature. After experiencing too many conspiracies and tricks, he is finally tired of trickery to the extreme. The so-called "since it is so unpredictable, then there is no need to test it" - life is too short, it should be fun in time, how can I waste time on You are in the midst of intrigue. Linghu Chong was so resolute in his quest for retreat, that there was even another taste of "advancement" in it. For example, for Ren Yingying's sake, he took the initiative to sneak into the undefeated inner room of the East to find Ren Wuxing, and confronted Ren Wuxing face to face. Invitation, face-to-face refusal of the coercion of Ren Wexing to use Ren Yingying's marriage. The film shows the contradiction of "advance" and "retreat" in several characters with extremely distinct personalities, so that the two sides of the contradictory subject are naturally opposed to each other, thus reflecting the unity of the contradictory subject; from this In a sense, the film is not simply "repression, advance, retreat", but while ridiculing the "Undefeated East" and "Let Me Go" who are greedy for power and do everything they can, calmly throws another question. : If "forward" is wrong, then "backward" must be right?
(2) There is no way back
What's more, no matter advance or retreat, where is it so easy?
"As long as there are people, there will be ideas; if there are ideas, there will be rivers and lakes. People are rivers and lakes, how can you quit?" Ren Woxing's question can be said to be deafening, but unfortunately Linghu Chong didn't listen at that time. "Justice is not in the hearts of the people, right or wrong is about strength." In the final analysis, the big and the small are nothing more than bullying the small, the strong bullying the weak, the natural selection of things, and the survival of the fittest. What is strength? If you learn the vicious star-sucking Dafa, I will learn the more sinister Sunflower Collection; if you deceive your master, destroy your ancestors, commit crimes, and persecute your elder brother, I will be ruthless and use your daughter's feelings without hesitation; To kill people like hemp to clean up the door; if you are rotten, I will be worse; if you are ruthless, I will be more ruthless. What morality, what shame, what loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness, all fell to the ground, and then stepped on 10,000 feet—this is the law of the rivers and lakes, this is the law between people, and only by adapting to the law and in Only those who are at ease in the meantime can survive in this arena and truly "advance and retreat freely".
Yes, I said "advance and retreat", "advance" requires this strength, and "retreat" also requires.
The "Linghu Chong" people don't understand this truth. They think that as long as they put down the butcher's knife, they will not only become a Buddha on the spot, but all the devils around them will also disappear automatically. From now on, only birds and flowers are left in the world, and they will drink and sing Yang Liuchun.
"That sword is the life of a martial artist. How can you waste it so much?" Xiang Wentian, who has been used to seeing the sinister Jianghu all his life, saw through the naivety of these young Taoist monks' ideas of retreating and the difficulty in realizing them, and couldn't help but kindly remind him; Seeing that these people were in a hurry in the face of Dongfang's undefeated attack, they couldn't help but scolded, "How can you do something big in such a panic." Finally, Xiang Zuo's words became a prophecy: these Taoist priests who used swords to chop firewood and cook while still in the rivers and lakes ended up with corpses scattered all over the place and tragically died in the wilderness.
When they had the sword in their hands, they only felt pain; when they took the initiative to throw the sword away, they finally felt nothing.
Putting down the butcher's knife, he failed to become a Buddha, but instead became a handful of loess under the miserable wind and rain. The moment he engraved his name on the tombstone, Linghu Chong finally understood that since he stepped into the rivers and lakes, there was no clean way to retreat.
(3) There is no door to enter
The paradox is that in the final battle at Heimuya, Ren Woxing, Ren Yingying, Xiang Wentian, and Yue Lingshan tried their best, but they were only beaten. It was Linghu Chong who lost his mind. Jian Zha's sword is a sword injury, but also a love injury (I have to admire, although the madness in Jet Li's eyes is enough to move, but in front of Sister Qingxia's thousand-turn affectionate waves A lot weaker, Brigitte Lin really deserves to be Brigitte Lin); and it wasn't anyone else who killed the soldiers, tore down the city wall, and destroyed the Heimuya enthronement ceremony. I think there seems to be a screenwriter's careful thinking buried in it. In the end, Dongfang Invincible lost, and Linghu Chong failed to take revenge. They both lost to their hearts when their own strength prevailed. The cold jungle law of the rivers and lakes still failed in front of people's hearts. The last step forward is finally Couldn't get past it.
What's more interesting is that although people's hearts are like water, the most unreliable thing in the rivers and lakes is people's people's hearts, and it is the people's people's hearts that need to be guarded most in order to "move forward". It’s all about people’s hearts: For Linghu Chong, if he didn’t have Dongfang Invincible’s deep affection, he would never have stabbed the other side to avenge his brothers and sisters; He could not escape Ren Wuxing's claws; for Ren Wuxing, if there were no daughter Ren Yingying's perseverance and Xiang Wentian's loyalty, if there was no Linghu Chong's deep love for Yingying and his chivalrous courage, he might have to die in prison; Without Dongfang Invincible's infatuation with Linghu Chong, he was merciful to Linghu Chong, and he was seriously injured. As for Dongfang Invincible, if he hadn't used the deep-rooted and even dignified love of Shishi girl for him, he couldn't hold Linghu Chong's heart, so that Linghu Chong was still madly at the moment of his life and death. Ask, which one is "Shi Shi" and "Eastern Invincible".
(4) Niubei Mountain that cannot go back
At the end of the story, Linghu Chong, who wanted to retire from Niubei Mountain, finally had to board a cargo ship to Dongying with the help of Ren Yingying. Taoists say that "the green ox goes west, and the purple air comes from the east"; Niubei Mountain is in the west, but he has to go far to the east.
Although it is said that "the place where my heart returns is my hometown", although it is said that at this moment, just like the beginning of the story, there is a little junior sister by my side, although it is said that after sailing the boat, you can completely stay away from the harassment of the rivers and lakes, but Linghu Chong, who has always longed for an unfettered and free life, His face was full of unwillingness, reluctance and reluctance, because the beautiful Yingying in front of her could not go with her, but would continue to be trapped in this wave of sinister and sinister rivers and lakes. And when he looked at the guqin that was finally left in the beauty's arms by accident, perhaps he had already begun to wait in his heart, or he was looking forward to the moment when the qin sounded again, so that the cut between the two would continue to be chaotic. The love that is about to end is awakened from the memory that will never be erased.
"I am worried about advancing, and I am also worried about retreating." If you have troubles in the rivers and lakes, what if you are in Niubei Mountain? After all, it was a dream that Linghu Chong couldn't achieve.
(PS: I missed my birthday unknowingly, only to realize that my 3rd year is approaching, and my life is in chaos, just as the poem says, "draw the sword and cut the water, the water will flow more", "draw the sword and look around at a loss", I have been looking forward to it all these years I can withdraw from my current life, but I have not yet achieved my wish. Maybe I should understand that retreating also requires strength, and where to retreat also requires luck.)
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