1, Qiu Qianling's ultimate question
As the Legend of the Archery Hero draws to a close, the crowd besieges Qiu Qianling and denounces his crimes.
Qiu Qianling did not repent, but proudly said: Have you not done anything bad? Any of you who have never killed a person or committed an evil deed in your life, please come up and do it!
The crowd bowed their heads in shame.
I was very impressed by this section. Because it does have the power to touch the heart.
When martial arts novels are written in this realm, they are no longer telling stories, but have great religious implications.
In fact, this passage was born out of the Bible:
The disciples captured a prostitute and said she had committed adultery and was sentenced to death by stone. Jesus said that any of you who are sinless can execute her. The disciples reflected on themselves, each one guilty, and put down the stone in his hand.
Everyone is guilty, and before judging others, ask yourself— I'm not a catholic, so that's how I understand it, regardless of the doctrinal supplication of this story.
2, Hong Qigong's righteousness is awe-inspiring and my uneasiness
But Jin Yong's rewriting here leads to another problem: "Everyone is guilty", this proposition can be used for self-examination, but sinners take it to defend themselves, as if it is not right.
How did Jin Yong solve this problem?
When everyone was ashamed and speechless, Hong Qigong stood up and said, I can kill you! I have killed two hundred and thirty-one people in my lifetime, and all of them are evildoers, if they are not corrupt officials, local tyrants, or evil people, or they are great traitors and evils, and people who are unlucky and unlucky. I've never wrongly killed a good guy.
The words were awe-inspiring, and everyone admired them, and even Qiu Qianling couldn't help but be angry.
To tell the truth, Yushan also felt very shocked at that time - but it was a little uneasy.
Examining the life of Hong Qigong in the "Legend of the Eagle Shooter", he seems to be qualified to say this. Whether it is public or private, in short, it is bright and upright, and there is really no problem.
But what if, I mean if, he's not a morally perfect guy – not as perfect as we see him? Can a person's moral evaluation of himself be so accurate?
Hong Qigong may be reliable, if there is another Hong Bagong and Hong Jiugong also say so.
This was my first unease.
The deeper level of reassurance is that Hong Qigong said that he had never killed a person by mistake, but who should judge the right and wrong in this world? And who gave the chivalry the power to judge and execute?
The right and wrong of the sheep and the right and wrong of the wolf are certainly different, which one can naturally become the standard? If we judge a wolf, we may think that we are based on morality, but if we think about it, this moral wolf may not agree, and in fact, the sheep may not all agree. So we do not judge wolves according to morality, but because we have more violence than wolves.
What I mean is that Qiu Qiangong said that whoever is morally perfect has the right to judge me; Hong Qigong thinks that he can judge him by virtue of morality, but this is not the case, and Hong Qigong relies on violence that is more powerful than Qiu Qiangong.
The premise of HongQi's formula is to recognize the logic that some people in this world have the right to make moral judgments about right and wrong, and then judge others. Who has these powers? - People with powerful violence.
If he is strong enough, then isn't this right or wrong still left to him to be infinitely explained?
I can trust Hong Qigong, but I can't believe this logic: by virtue of moral perfection, I can judge whether others are guilty.
This is basically the same thing as "etiquette eats people". Equally terrifying.
In the north and south of the river, a large book roared across the river, but in the end, I found that I was still trapped in the oldest mud pit.
Looking at today's network public opinion, there is more than one layer of doubt in addition to people's fear: Is there really so many morally perfect Hong Qigong in the world?
3, the humanitarianism of cologne
In Jin Yong's martial arts world, "people" have no foothold - except for "Laughing Proud of the Jianghu".
Chivalry is actually a very old thing, and from here there is no humanitarianism. Therefore, although Yushan likes Jin Yong's novels, he still refuses to hear that some people are enthusiastic about his ideological nature. I like Jin Yong and like these two points: First, the history of juvenile growth, Jin Yong's novels, can almost be summarized into these five words, which are often written in the new literary and artistic motif; second, vivid and typical character images.
I remember the years when I watched Gu Long- mainly in high school, and there were more people around me who liked Gu Long than I liked Jin Yong.
At that time, there was a discussion about where the cologne was good. Gu Long's storytelling is obviously inferior to Jin Yong's, most of them are tiger-headed and tailed, the first half is gripping, and the second half is hairy. Jin Yong can patiently turn out a new realm layer by layer, the peak is "Tianlong Babu", the feeling of reading is like climbing a mountain, you think this is the highest peak, but just turned over the mountain, oh, it is another one, towering into the sky.
What is the charm of cologne? Some say it's language.
Later, when Wang Shuo criticized Jin Yong for not innovating in language, Yushan thought it didn't matter. Language, whether old or new, as long as it is played around, played to the point of proficiency, it is beautiful.
Jin Yong's weakness still lies in the obsolescence of ideology. There is really nothing new, basically with his previous generation of popular writers and zhulou owners and so on is a tune.
What attracted us to the ancient dragon, I didn't think about it at the time, and then I didn't look at it, and in retrospect, I vaguely felt a little: humanitarianism.
The value and dignity of man are more or less remembered, chivalry, morality, home country, these words are still hot, but it seems that life can no longer be unquestionably rolled, and man and humanity have finally become the main words.
Because the realm of thought is refreshed, there are new characters.
The traditional chivalrous genre like Hong Qigong has disappeared, and standing in the center of the stage are images that have never appeared in Some Chinese novels.
For example, Chu Liuxiang is basically a detective story, he has martial arts in the world, and the principle is to resolutely not kill people.
Although this character is almost a replica of 007, it is still a new image.
There is also a new aesthetic mood, and after the final victory over the crime, there will no longer be a Jin Yong-style trial, but a new world.
For example, after Chu Liuxiang foiled the plot of the mysterious monk Wuhua, he praised Wuhua for being very personable.
Wuhua said two words:
First, if I win, I will be more personable, but unfortunately there is no chance to confirm;
Second, they are the kind of people who don't want to touch a finger of mine.
Say it, cut yourself, Shen Jiang.
Probably so, after all, I haven't seen it for decades.
The impression was still very deep, as deep as the impression of the previous justice trial.
When I have time, I want to turn over the cologne again. There seems to be a set of "Happy Heroes" in the book box - heroes we have never lacked, how many happy ones?
Source: Dragonfly Anime Culture
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