The Invincible East series tells the perfect blend of China, martial arts and history.

Everardo 2022-01-26 08:46:43

I wrote an article about the pinnacle of the Eastern Undefeated martial arts before, which talked about who the Eastern Invincible is touting.

In fact, it is a one-sided conjecture based on my research. The main idea of ​​Xiaoao trilogy is to talk about China.

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One-sided sunrise east

Xiaoao Jianghu was originally directed by Hu Jinquan. The original idea was to explain the power struggle of the Ming Dynasty and to think about the characteristics of China's politics. The idea of ​​this film is to think about the political characteristics of China itself with the background of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Dongchang Changgong Gu Jinfu and Yue Buqun discussed power. The official word is two words, how to say it is the court of the power holder, who dominates the life and death of people in the arena.

At the same time, the first film of Xiaoao Jianghu also incorporates a lot of traditional Chinese culture, such as the dramatic singing of Dongchang Changgong reading the imperial decree.

The first sunflower collection in Xiaoao Jianghu is actually the prototype of the sunflower, which means the sun of the sunflower.

Kuiqing is a cultural phenomenon in ancient China. The ancients used Kuiqing as a subject and Japan as a monarch, implying the loyalty of the subjects to the emperor, and Kuiqing itself is a symbol of obedience to power. At the same time, Kuiqing also has a meaning. That is, a single-minded inquiry into the truth. This cultural vocabulary comes from Huainanzi in the Han Dynasty.

Many powerful emperors in Chinese history used Kuiqing, such as Li Shimin's poem, the red wheel does not stay temporarily, and the heart of the sun is swaying. It can be seen that there are quite rich cultural implications behind it. As for the second book, The Undefeated of the World, The Undefeated, won the first Sunflower Collection. In fact, only Dongfang Undefeated is the true owner of the Sunflower Collection. Throughout the ages, Kui Qing is often associated with the sun, and the name Dongfang Invincible means sunrise in the east. Of course, only she can successfully refine the sunflower collection.

In addition, the sunrise in the east is actually the emperor out of the shock. Hong Xingzu, a doctor of literature in the Song Dynasty, once said that the sunrise in the east is like the emperor out of the shock. In ancient Chinese historical books, the sun is often compared to the monarch, the moon to the minister, and the natural emperor. Like the sun, and Zhen refers to the east in the Book of Changes, so Di Chuquan can be interpreted as the sunrise in the east.

The so-called sun and moon religion is an illusion of the Chinese power form. In the twelve chapters of the ancient emperor's costumes, the sun and the moon are on the left and right shoulders, which means that the emperor and the sun and the moon shine together. The undefeated east is the sun rising in the east, of course. The true leader of the Sun and Moon Sect and the holder of Kwai Qing. In addition, the sunflower introduced in the Ming Dynasty was actually called Zhangju by the people of the Ming Dynasty. This Zhangju was like the native sunflower, hollyhock, and okra, so it was changed into a sunflower by Wen Zhenheng of the Ming Dynasty and became a sunflower. Also became a member of the sunflower sun.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the intention of changing the service of the servants to sunflower clothes, because sunflowers are needed, and the first movie of Xiaoao was also in the third year of Hongwu.

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Sunflower Costumes in the Three Years of Hongwu
East Asian orthodox imperial robe, with the sun and moon on both shoulders

In modern times, Dongfanghong used this meaning to worship idols, making people mistakenly believe that Sunflower Sun was bound to it, but it was a big mistake.

The sunrise in the east is an allegory of the rise of things and outstanding emperors in ancient times. It can be traced back to Zhuangzi. In Zhuangzi's Tianzifang chapter, Zhuangzi mentioned that "sunrise in the east and set in the west pole, all things are comparable", meaning things All have to experience the growth of the sunrise in the east and the demise of the west pole.

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In modern times, the east is red and the sun is rising, which actually combines this meaning. In addition, the Ming Dynasty and Japan, the blue sky and white sun of the Kuomintang, also have the meaning of sunrise in the east. From the east of Yao, it is Zhu Ming, which is the meaning of Zhu Ming in ancient books, and Sun Yat-sen said that the sunrise in the east is the most star, and China is a great country in the Far East.

blue sky, day, sunrise, oriental meaning

In the second part, the reason why Dongfang Invincible will say that the Miao people are rebellious and rational and the country is so charming, one alludes to the political concept of modern China, which is to resist oppression and pursue national independence, and the more beautiful country is to improve the pattern of Eastern thinking, and incidentally Erase the malicious ugliness of the original. Jin Yong's smile on all corners of the world was inspired by the ten years of the Cultural Revolution, so it has a layer of malicious mapping to the East, but Jin Yong admitted in the postscript that the mapping is not an in-depth work, so he emphasized the need to describe China's three thousand years of political laws. In fact, the modern Oriental refers to It is China. Of course, The Swordsman written by Jin Yong is very rubbish. Hu Jinquan and other big directors just took a fancy to its name and creativity, and all the content must be reworked and innovated.

Jin Yong's "Lu Ding Ji Hong Antong" is a malicious reflection of Mao, but this role was also changed in the movie Lu Ding Ji, and the Dragon Sect even became a positive one, but Jin Yong was not angry. The influence is also much higher than this type of role.

Because Dongfang Invincible has more meaning than this role, and that is the meaning of China itself.

In fact, Ming Pao first started out by reporting negative news about China.

As for the third part of the undefeated east, it is translated into a comeback, and the English name is the east is red. Combined with the plot of the Spanish invasion of the Ming Dynasty on behalf of Western civilization, it actually refers to the reformed Eastern China. Only by daring to confront the West can we really enter the world stage. means.

On the whole, the Xiaoao Jianghu trilogy is a great innovation in the history of Chinese films. It did not follow the original work at all. The power struggle between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes turned into a struggle between ethnic groups, and finally became a struggle for hegemony between Eastern and Western civilizations, which shows the pattern of thinking. Very high, this trilogy was not made specifically to map a certain character, even Jin Yong's original work emphasizes that the mapping is only superficial.

Finally, I would like to add that the undefeated Wencheng Wude in the East, who unifies the thoughts of the rivers and lakes, is actually the unified thought of the Qin emperor.

The original novel directly named this set of ideas linked to Emperor Qin

Therefore, in the second part, Dongfang Invincible wants to be the emperor, which is natural and reasonable. She was originally a metaphor for the supreme ruling power in China, and her concubine dedicated the Eastern Mountains and Rivers to her, which is even more expressive.

In addition, in my article on the Invincible Mapping Mao in the East, the information is relatively one-sided, and the works of mapping are very superficial. Only by thinking about cultural and practical issues can such works be long-term.

The Chinese alias is Aurora, and Master Huilin of the Tang Dynasty explained that the east is the earthquake, and the sunrise is the dan.

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Extended Reading
  • Curtis 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    It strengthens the grievances and grievances of the Jianghu children in the political fable, and at the same time, the irony is not reduced at all, and proposes the binary opposition between the temple and the rivers and lakes, the active and the inactive. In the place where the world's situation and clouds gather, the emperor's tyranny is only a matter of concern; however, he has no choice but to be secluded. Aliens are also confidants. At that time, when the heart gallops, play the piano and sing together.

  • Chelsea 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    Lin Qingxia's version of Dongfang Invincible is actually the most contrary to the original work, but it is an unsurpassable existence. Tsui Hark has given this character a rich interpretation language, which makes this character who does not have a lot of roles in the film stand out from the crowd. It doesn't matter if the setting is shocking, the screenwriter is the key (in fact, many classics are shocking to set the story, and Yu's mother does not have the ability). However, the later "Rising Wind and Cloud" is slightly redundant.

Swordsman II quotes

  • Asia the Invincible: Ling, it is due to my love for you which is why I am not fighting at my full strength but yet you try your very best to hurt me?

  • Ling: There can be no love between us, only hatred