I went to see this film with low expectations. For more than two hours, I watched it quietly with the audience in the venue. As Hu Mei said, "Confucius is a film that will surely make you remember many stories". But Confucius brought me more than just stories and plots. What he left behind was an image, a spirit, and together with his disciples behind him, perhaps most of them were weak scholars. But what you feel must be a sea of thousands of troops, leading an era.
In the film, Confucius was born in a declining aristocratic family in Lu, a small vassal state at that time, and he was worried about the social chaos, hoping to influence the historical process of the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period with his thoughts and wisdom beyond the times. However, just like the early experiences of other sages in history, the time of Confucius had not yet arrived. Although Zeng Shiguan was an official in Lu country and brought dignity and strong hope to Lu country with his courage and wisdom, his political ideas were shattered before reality. Later, Confucius led his disciples to run around the world for fourteen years for their ideals, spreading their thoughts and trying to fight against the whole era. Unfortunately, he was so overbearing in this world that he could not stand for it. He was besieged by the disorderly army for several times and was in a desperate situation. He was also involved in the vortex of political conspiracy, and even misunderstood by the world ... He returned to his motherland, Lu, in his later years, but he did not hide, and he made unremitting efforts to educate his disciples and organize documents.
The scene in which Confucius urged that the living be forbidden to sacrifice was very wonderful. I don't know if it was like this at that time, but the whole scene is very similar to the ancient Roman Senate or the British Parliament now. Hehe, the most classic way to treat a villain like Gongshan is to deal with him as he deals with you, "Give me a message", which shows Confucius' calmness and wisdom, and is even more humorous.
In addition, the fairyland-like dialogue between Laozi and Confucius can also be found in history. There is a record in the history books that Confucius asked Laozi for knowledge, and the screenwriter in the film asked Confucius to recall the dialogue between him and Laozi for the needs of the plot. This plot is not inappropriate, but it can show the similarities and differences between Confucianism and Taoism from their dialogue.
Yan Hui, Zilu and Ran Qiu have different personalities, but they love their teachers as life, and follow the spirit of etiquette and benevolence as life. Zi Lu helped defend the country, and Ran Qiu returned to Lu to serve. The most touching thing is Yan Hui, and Yan Hui is Confucius' favorite disciple, who is weak in appearance, witty, flexible and determined. In the scene of his death, many people gave negative comments: melodramatic, false and funny. But I was moved. I believe that at the moment when Yan Hui repeatedly dived into the water to save bamboo slips regardless of his life, many viewers also shed tears. I also believe that when Confucius kept holding the dead Yan Hui and refused to let go, it shocked thousands of people.
What impressed me deeply was the death of Yan Hui, a disciple of Confucius. Yan Hui was one of Confucius' most proud disciples. Yan Hui gave up his life to save the master's letters, which moved me very much. In Yan Hui's eyes, Confucius' letters are more important than his own life. Think about it carefully. It is precisely because there are countless Yan Hui later that we can understand the spirit of Confucius now. When I saw Confucius crying with Yan Hui's body in his arms, his disciples advised him that it had been three hours, and it was too late. But the master still held it, and the scene was really tragic. There is also the death of Zilu. Zilu was actually a brave and foolhardy man, but he always remembered the teachings of the master, and until the moment of his death, he still remembered what the master said: "A gentleman is dressed in his clothes." When the master learned that Zilu had died, he lost a disciple like a son, but he didn't let the tears flow. He was still very pleased, and he was glad that his disciples had been benevolent although they didn't get what they wanted.
from the movie Confucius, I feel that we should learn from Confucius' rigorous attitude of studying knowledge and the learning spirit of "being quick and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions", and uphold Confucius' motto that "a man's life is straight, and a man who has lost his life is also lucky to be spared", study hard, improve his quality, and become a learned, upright, aboveboard and useful person to the country.
thoughts on Confucius' films
The years of Confucius were interspersed in such troubled times, when countries were at war in the Spring and Autumn Period. He and his brothers and sons have been wandering around the world for more than ten years. What I have never given up is courtesy, righteousness and benevolence.
I went to see this film with low expectations. For more than two hours, I watched it quietly with the audience in the venue. As Hu Mei said, "Confucius is a film that will surely make you remember many stories". But Confucius brought me more than just stories and plots. What he left behind is an image, a spirit, and together with his younger brother-son, perhaps most of them are weak scholars. But what you feel must be a sea of thousands of troops, leading an era.
Confucius played by Chow Yun Fat is the main line and soul of the film. No matter where you are, your eyes are firm and calm from beginning to end, and the charm of courtesy and righteousness is like the reincarnation of Confucius.
Yan Hui, Zilu and Ran Qiu have different personalities, but they love their teachers as life, and follow the spirit of etiquette and benevolence as life. Zi Lu helped defend the country, and Ran Qiu returned to Lu to serve. The most touching thing is Yan Hui, and Yan Hui is Confucius' favorite brother-son. He is weak in appearance, witty, flexible and determined. In the scene of his death, many people gave negative comments: melodramatic, false and funny. But I was moved. I believe that at the moment when Yan Hui repeatedly dived into the water to save bamboo slips regardless of his life, many viewers also shed tears. I also believe that when Confucius kept holding the dead Yan Hui and refused to let go, it shocked thousands of people.
Zhou Xun performed Nanzi's charm. She was born to be a good actress, and her role can be lifelike to the bone. The role of Nanzi is not dispensable. The important role is that it exists, and you think it is dispensable. Once it does not exist, you will feel that a big piece is missing. Confucius was actually amazed and moved by Nanzi's beauty, but he finally cut off a feeling that was about to sublimate into ambiguity with a sentence "But some people are as good as lewd". Nanzi let the world see that Confucius is not a god, and Confucius is also an ordinary person. Although Nanzi made a simple appearance and laid out a few plots, it subtly reflected the choice between the nature and belief of the characters, which was really an interesting point. How could it be dispensable?
Confucius said: Future generations understand me and misunderstand me because of Lu.
it is not difficult to predict that Confucius, too, will leave different impressions in different people's hearts and plant different seeds in different people's hearts.
However, it is undeniable that Hu Mei was successful. He grasped the god of Confucius and the crux of that era, so that he would not be as obscure and boring as reading a history book. The overall feeling of this film is good, and the story and expression techniques are not wasted.
The media's worries now seem close, and Confucius will not be threatened by the box office because of Avatar. China's history won the hearts of the people, Confucius's courtesy and benevolence were highly respected, and Hu Mei's strength was also witnessed.
Zi has been released for a few days, and the audience's reaction has been divided into two factions. One group, led by experts and scholars, has supported it, while ordinary moviegoers have made great efforts to film it. They feel that this film is unremarkable. They thought it would be good to see Brother Fa kneeling and crying before, but after watching it, they found themselves fooled by Brother Fa. This result makes me both a little surprised and reasonable.
It's an accident, because the film Confucius is similar to the lectures given by Dan and Yi Zhongtian, and both want to convey the knowledge of traditional culture to everyone in a relaxed way. However, what Yu Dan and Yi Zhongtian received was enthusiastic pursuit from ordinary audiences and bursts of contempt from academic circles. Confucius, with the same nature, was treated in the opposite way. It is reasonable to say that I am a semi-professional. When I watched this film, I shed tears in several places. I can say that I was really moved by this film.
In one scene, Confucius died in Chen Cai, and the film designed a plot in which the master and the disciples shared a bowl of horse broth. This plot belongs to a common bridge in the film and is not very touching. However, when I saw all the teachers and students singing and dancing in the cold wind, I suddenly thought of the sentence "The gentleman is poor, and the villain is poor." I also thought of Confucius' evaluation of Yan Hui, "One can only eat and drink, and in a mean alley, people can't bear their worries, and they won't change their fun when they return." With this in mind, it suddenly dawned on me that this horse meat soup and the plot of master and apprentice dancing came from this sentence.
The second scene is Zilu's death by tying a tassel. There is a small flaw in the background narration of the film, which is not quite consistent with the records in Historical Records. In the movie, Zilu died in order to protect Wei from going out on business. In fact, before Zilu arrived, he went out on business and died in Lu, and Zilu went to ask for an explanation. But I didn't care about this little mistake, because this scene in the movie reminded me of the pain of Zilu's death. Confucius once said: "There is no survival to harm benevolence." This comment is enough to comfort Zilu's dead soul and make us see the heroic side of Confucian scholars.
The third place is Yan Hui's untimely death. In ancient books, the cause of Yan Hui's death is not clear, only that he died young. Therefore, the film took advantage of this historical blank and found a cause of death for Yan Hui, that is, he froze to death in the glacier to save the sage's bamboo book. In the movie, after Yan Hui's death, Confucius has been hugging his body tightly. I think that the famous sentence "Heaven is lost!" should appear at this time. The sky is lost! " Yes, but it didn't. Confucius never said a word, just sat there, puzzled and thoughtful. This scene reminds me of the sentence "Those who know me call me worried, and those who don't know me call me what I want" in the Book of Songs. (Mao Shi said "Mi Li" was the decline of Min Zongzhou, but the three poems said it was a mourning poem. ) Confucius loved Yan Hui even more than his son, because his son can only pass on his blood, but Yan Hui can spread his path. In the film, Yan Hui loves Confucius more than his own life. Modern people may not understand why a person has to fight for several bundles of bamboo slips. People from the literature major can deeply feel how difficult it is to inherit culture, and sometimes they rely on those bundles of bamboo slips to survive and die. As soon as Yan Hui died, Confucius felt that it was going to be heaven that lost me. But Confucius also said a famous saying: "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening." This sentence is actually somewhat contrary to his spirit of preaching to the world. Is it really "it's too late to die when you hear the news?" In fact, in Confucius' view, it should be "life without interest", and a gentleman preaches and dies.
The fourth place is Zi Jian Nan Zi, which is the biggest stunt in this film and the most controversial one.