I always think of "Chrysanthemum and the Knife", one is rational analysis, the other is emotional curiosity. Regardless of the order, in this film, you can see the characteristics of Americans, curious. For whatever purpose, they have an exuberant curiosity about an unfamiliar culture, always observing, analyzing, participating, and experiencing, even if, from an outsider's perspective, it's a little weird. As a bystander, with an increased perspective, it is inevitable that you will think that you are naturally fair and objective, and making rash judgments is the norm. Think about it, as long as you are human, how can you have any absolutely objective understanding. Once you watch it, you have already participated, and once you intervene, it has already changed. In order to ensure the accuracy of the measurement results, precise instruments are needed. In order to ensure the accuracy of the instruments, more accurate instruments need to be introduced. Therefore, the so-called objective evaluation, if not subject to conditions, can only be self-appreciation. .
Because the people in the play, the two ethnic groups, have a deep entanglement with us, and the three lives and three generations can't be sorted out, and the love-hate entanglement is not enough to describe. Sometimes their feelings are empathetic, sometimes unfamiliar, even disgusting. But it is worth learning. If you don’t understand it, ask, research, analyze, and forcibly understand the attitude. At least, after writing a book and making a movie, they will talk about whether the honor they pursue, the Tao, is not worth it, and they live in confusion or detachment.
The captain may represent an ordinary person. As a soldier, a machine of state violence, he pursues honor. His entanglement lies in the contradiction between honor and the slaughter of women, which is the seed of anti-war. If war is necessary, then there is nothing but honor for masturbation. For the sake of honor, die bravely, and then you will gain peace of mind and live, but it is more like torture, you can only sleep with a little alcohol anesthesia.
Such an ordinary person who came to Japan in the reform era and faced the situation presented in the movie, as a war trauma patient, had more confusion. Respected teacher of the Emperor, leader of the rebel army, a samurai. The minister who speaks fluent English and wears a suit, is a greasy and fat man who is going around the world in pursuit of prosperity. Fat Man said: The era of samurai is over. The leader said: Think of your ancestors. The emperor finally said: Don't forget who we are and where we come from.
How can a captain find honor in civil wars in other countries? How can he be calm without any regrets?
There is no right or wrong, no honor. The death of the leader, the glory, shocked the enemy and moved the emperor; Fatty was a step closer to brokering the contract, at least training a new army, and clearing the old obstacles. We know that the road in the future is still according to his vision. The emperor swept away the old-fashioned forces, beat the inflated Westernized forces, and obtained a stable development situation. We also know that this three-way game will never end, and there will be a series of life and death in the future. For their research, the book, The Chrysanthemum and the Knife, was formed
The captain gained inner peace. During his recovery, he discovered that in this place without God, they believed that peace came from the Tao, and the Tao was even in the breath, in the slaughter of his indifference. Are you familiar with it? The fifth patriarch Hongren of the "Tanjing" ordered all the disciples to write verses and entrusted them with mantles and robes, saying: People who see nature must see what they say. If this is the case, the wheel sword can also be seen when it goes into battle.
The leader before the battle asked him: What about the three hundred warriors at the end? He replied: All died. You shouldn't die here. He smiled and said: go all out.
Go all out to do what you want to do with peace of mind and a smile on your face.
There will be no last warrior, no just war, no eternal prosperity.
Cherry blossoms wither, seek benevolence, benevolence, righteousness, peace of mind, Namo Amitabha...
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