With the exploration and deepening of human beings in the cultural and material fields, the world's interpretation of God and God has gradually become clear. From the early ignorant superstition to the current profound cognition, scholars in the Eastern and Western worlds can now In some respects, a potential consensus has been reached: the value of God is more focused on the unknown areas at the top of the cultural circle; the value of God is more focused on the spread and inheritance of known culture. Precisely because of this, in the past 200 years, the God of the Western world has gradually been materialized into a real individual, recognized by the world from a new perspective, and in the mysterious East, this trend of thought has also been reproduced: the Confucianism represented by Confucius Culture, as the bible of the eastern world, as the spiritual dogma for the indoctrination of 1.4 billion Chinese, has also been rebuilt, sharpened, strengthened in a new framework. Although Yahweh’s life experience cannot be equal to Kong Zhongni, who can be written clearly in historical records, Confucianism, as the “spiritual guide” of the eastern world, is sufficient in many functions such as political education, humanistic enlightenment, and value orientation. key role.
As a landmark building representing the top category of oriental culture, Confucius is quite profound in the cleansing of culture, art, morality, values, and national consciousness. It is this kind of "profoundness" that makes the world, including the ruling class in feudal society, worship Confucius almost to the extreme. Whether it is a watch for all ages or a wooden duo in the sky, Confucianism, which has been continuously inherited, refined and even mythologically inherited by Chinese civilization, is more like an insurmountable piece of glass for the Chinese in the 21st century, that is, it preserves the most pure Chinese The trait also blocks the possibility of this trait trying to evolve and try to break through.
A 2007 film, This Man From Earth. A "science fiction movie" without any computer special effects, no grand war scenes, or even a few outdoor shots, firmly tied the attention of countless Eastern and Western audiences at that time. The film interprets the objective existence of God with a "high-precision" historical timeline + the historical sci-fi perspective of "God's soul and body".
The film has an 8.1 rating on IMDB. What is more important than ratings and praise is the common recognition of the religious community and the atheist common people. And this common recognition is almost impossible to achieve under normal circumstances. Religious people represent the orthodox messenger status between God and the world, and the religious world has always expressed neutrality and rejection of the term science fiction. In such a film, the almost seamless historical events and locations; the completely interlocking timeline; all absolutely fatal questioning views and impeccable answers make the oriental audience watching this film also feel a little coolness behind it. It even made people in the religious world feel new to this film, and even had the idea of going back and re-reading the Bible that they had seen countless times.
The intersection of culture, religion and history is Confucius in the Eastern world. If it is a movie of the same name, I am afraid that this movie is enough to be beaten by countless people in the conception stage. Movies are time-bound, cost-bound, and subject-bound. And the realization of "Confucius" has to face the separation of material selection: is it a life history? Is it a value point? Is it an educational career? Or is it a repeat of an important event woven together by fragments? No matter which point of view is taken from the above points, "Confucius" is difficult to be recognized by audiences who value other aspects. After all, no matter what angle the audience is, it is enough to form a faction, and there are a large number of believers in the real society. Therefore, it is difficult to avoid a new round of verbal criticism when the film is released. And the popularity brought by this kind of verbal criticism is only the beneficiary of Confucius and his "disciples", not the film itself~ The reason is not so deep and difficult to understand---the value of the film as a cultural carrier is quite delicate, When it faces the disputes of various schools and factions with profound humanistic and historical accumulation, the value of "fuse" is far greater than the value of "appreciation". After all, "Confucius", composed of some stars and some scripts, is not enough to cover up the profound influence of Confucianism on China and the world, and then attract the audience to enjoy it: the debate has already begun, and the values It has already been established, do we still need to delve into the fuse of the debate?
Perhaps, "Confucius" itself is not wrong, there is something wrong, it should be the schedule. That is, the "master watch for all generations", why bother to "pay New Year's greetings"? Wouldn't it be better to put it on the National Day schedule after students start school? Aside from the highlights of "Nanzi" by ordinary audiences, the film itself is acceptable as an educational theme.
"Confucius" is simply speechless...
In fact, people's attitude towards Confucius depends entirely on various historical perspectives, and it has nothing to do with the movie "Confucius", and the film itself cannot escape the limitations of historical perspectives. , you don't have to call it true. Therefore, the discussion around "Confucius" is actually not very meaningful. It's just that the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth.
There is a side of narcissism and imagination in Chinese culture. If history is the product of speculation by future generations, and can be dressed up like a child, then a saint like Confucius has become a thousand-year-old demon, capable of changing into many forms. Come out...for example, Yu Dan, a psychiatrist who looks beautiful in disguise in recent years, explained it with gorgeous words to massage the empty and tired minds of modern people. There must be different opinions about what Confucius looks like in the eyes of countless cultural scholars.
I also understand Confucius. Back then, when he organized student discussions on the topic of the highest political ideal, Confucius praised Zeng Dian, believing that the real peace and prosperity is to make ordinary people's lives full of freedom. The old man has an element of advocating freedom in his bones, so he can be forgiven for being unlovable for his lifelong passion for officialdom.
So, seeing him respectfully kneeling and bowing to the king in the movie immediately felt uncomfortable - this was not the source of Confucius' spirit, and stories about Confucius should never start from this moment. If it starts like this, it is to shield Confucius from the human side - a shield with political intentions and a very narrow view of history.
Sure enough, in the process of the face being continuously used by the royal family, there are more and more salute scenes, reluctantly and repeatedly pondering through the camera, the theme of cultural obedience to politics is clearly revealed, and the director's attitude towards servility is also on the paper.
Under the author's super stubborn main theme thinking, Confucius has always been tall and lofty with the consistent moral model image in domestic main theme movies, generous and benevolent, courageous and resourceful, gentle and courteous, like a public servant... The most unbearable thing is that there are Confucius quotations from time to time. It came out to be sour, as if Confucius would live as long as the "Analects of Confucius" was moved out. Don't you know that the way of shaping the quotations of Gaojia has completely gone to the back of human nature, making the Confucius in "Confucius" even more conceptual and boring than the image in the textbook.
Damn, is this another highly political "Hero"? !
The Confucius I can accept is probably a child who likes to look up at the night sky first, and then becomes a young hooligan proletarian to rebel against the world again and again - without this process, the image of a perfect person must be for someone Forged for a missionary purpose. People are the product of history, and people can also create history, so the great men created by a great era should have the courage to go against the current. And the movie "Confucius" is simply caught in the mentality of the Chinese literati's concubine, unable to extricate themselves, and the distorted and self-abusing brushwork makes people feel depressed.
Therefore, facing the brutal "scientific" and "political" character positioning of the movie, I suddenly fell into deep nostalgia for Berutolucci's "The Last Emperor". Why does a foreigner understand Chinese culture deeply? Is it really a bystander?
It would be extremely sad if culture and ideas did not become something worth pursuing and comprehending with heart and soul, but instead became a tool for utilitarian short-term behavior. It can only be said that another great man theme has been harmed by "Chinese characteristics". But since it's been filmed like this, please give it a children's book-like name like "The Story of Confucius" or something? Called "Confucius"? Purely deceiving the public!
The most pitiful, of course, is the little brother.
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