The traditional Greek tragedy "The King of Oedipus" poses two major problems to mankind: Is a person free or restrained? Second, if intellectuality can bring tragedy, to what extent can it be that it is not harmful? At the end of Bruce Lee's "The Raptors Crossing the River", looking at Bruce Lee's fading back, the line "In this world where there are guns and cannons, wherever Tang Long goes, you need a lucky star" line can not help but make me Think of "The King of Oedipus", think of the speculation it gives the audience.
Isn't it? If you compare it to this, Bruce Lee's "The Raptors Crossing the River" does give us this question: Are the warriors free or restrained? If martial arts will bring tragedy, then what should be the degree of martial arts? In such an era of advanced technology and sophisticated weapons, what is the essence of martial arts, and where is the pursuit of martial artists?
In the film, Bruce Lee portrays Tang Long as a thoughtful warrior. His narration to the hotel guy "boxing is to be able to command one's body to convey one's will in intense sports." This is Bruce Lee's philosophical thinking on martial arts. Compared with Jet Li's interpretation of "the warrior is self-improvement" in "Fearless", Bruce Lee's is more western.

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