When you think of the "List of Gods", who do you think of?
For many viewers who like to watch Hong Kong dramas, the most classic childhood is Chen Haomin's version of "List of Gods".
In the play, "Yin Shiniang" played by Yuan Qiongdan can be described as the most memorable existence of the audience.
The drama of Yin Shiniang's godson in the rain, the taste of "hitting the child's body, hurting in the mother's heart", I believe everyone has felt the same.
As an important figure in the "List of Fengshen Gods", Li Jing is also a character object worth discussing.
In the popular screen anime movie "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending", Li Jing's image is very distinct.
There is no rejection of Nezha, but to communicate and teach him, and the image of being silent and silent but constantly paying silently is profound.
How many people's hearts have been touched by the phrase "he is my son" said to save his son's life?
Back to the main topic, in 2001, TVB broadcast Chen Haomin's version of the "List of Fengshen Gods", this version of "Li Jing", but there is a certain controversy.
20 years later, re-brushing the TVB classic divine drama "Fengshen List", I still can't forget this foolish and loyal "scumbag".
What exactly is the controversy over his image? Let's talk about him.
01 Facing the family
The opening chapter of TVB's "List of Fengshen Gods" is the most wonderful moment of Fengshen Shen, and then the story slowly begins.
Nezha's previous life was the fairy boy Huo De Xingjun, because he met Li Jing, who took deer antler velvet for Emperor Yi, the two had a dispute, and Huo De Xingjun was also injured, and eventually reincarnated.
As a result, Yin Shiniang was three years and six months pregnant and gave birth to Nezha.
This also means that Nezha and Li Jing are destined to have an "enemy feud."
In the face of Nezha's human design, Li Jing did not have much hope for this child, but instead did cruel things to Nezha after receiving orders from the court.
After that, Li Jing originally wanted to solve Nezha, but in the end, under the persuasion and consultation of Yin Shiniang, he chose to exile Nezha.
With a mother, sister, wife and three children, Li Jing's family can be described as relatively happy.
However, in the face of the suppression of the King of Chaotang, Li Jing also had to marry Liu Pipa, the lord of the Ghost Fang Kingdom, as a concubine.
The addition of Liu Pipa, so that the Li family became stormy, one after another "main room fight small three" drama, was born.
What the audience did not expect was that Yin Shiniang, who was wholehearted for the family, finally chose to oppose Li Jing for her son.
And Li Jing also gave people a feeling of "nest bag" because of his foolish loyalty and belief in Liu Pipa.
In the middle of the plot, Li Jing was also controlled by Liu Pipa everywhere, as if he could not lift his head.
After Nezha was reborn, Li Jing often took advantage of Liu Pipa's inattention to sneak up to see Yin Shiniang and Nezha's mother and son.
It can be seen from this that even if Li Jing is separated from Yin Shiniang, he still has a longing for this "ex-wife".
Why is Li Jing called "scumbag"? It was because he gave up Yin Shiniang, the best wife in the world, but let the third party Liu Pipa ascend to the throne.
The reason why Yin Shiniang is excellent is not only because of her good martial arts, but also because she takes good care of her family and takes care of her husband's face outside.
Even if her martial arts were high, in front of her husband and everyone, Yin Shiniang gave Li Jing enough face.
But because of "Nezha", Li Jing eventually separated from Yin Shiniang, giving people a feeling of "marrying a concubine and not having a wife".
It is no wonder that netizens call him the "scum of the century".
In terms of family, Li Jing was regarded as a "scumbag", but in the face of his home country and the ignorance of the imperial court, Li Jing's continuous obedience was somewhat "foolish and loyal".
02 Foolishness
Regarding the content discussion of Chen Haomin's version of the "List of Fengshen Gods", we can always see a topic, that is, "Li Jing yuzhong".
In what ways is Li Jingyuzhong embodied?
In the face of the imperial court, the ignorance of the king of Lu that Li Jing had to obey was foolish loyalty.
From the birth of Nezha, Li Jing believed that Nezha was a demon, because Yin Shiniang gave birth to a meat ball.
And because Nezha and Li Jing were enemies in their previous lives, the two can basically be said to have an incompatible relationship.
After Nezha had traveled thousands of miles to offer a peach for Li Jing's birthday, the two of them were able to release their former suspicions.
However, because Emperor Yi had a nightmare and dreamed that Nezha had destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he found Li Jing and asked Li Jing to kill Nezha to show his loyalty.
Li Jing also had a hands-on mind for Nezha and obeyed Emperor Yi's arrangement to show his loyalty.
If it were not for Yin Shiniang's persuasion, I am afraid that Nezha would have already received a box lunch, and how could he follow up on the destruction of the merchants and the cutting of the silk.
In the face of the King of Lu's forced Liu Pipa to give Li Jing a concubine, Li Jing did not agree at first, but under the consideration of Yin Shiniang's overall situation, Li Jing let Liu Pipa start.
From this point alone, Li Jing's demands on the imperial court and the king of Lu could only be constantly obeyed.
It is cowardice and foolishness.
After taking the three arrows, he also shot these three arrows, allowing Nezha to hit the move.
In the face of the king, he was foolish and loyal.
Facing Liu Pipa, he foolishly obeyed.
It is no wonder that the role of "Li Jing" will usher in more doubts, all because of these things he has done, which is really difficult to recognize.
03 Li Jing's ending
Even if separated from Yin Shiniang, Li Jing in the later period often went to find Yin Shiniang and his son Nezha.
Li Jing, who chose to turn against him, worked together with his wife and son to defeat Emperor Xia.
Here there is also the drama of Li Jing's confession, he is speechless in the face of Yin Shiniang and Nezha's guilt, and finally shows the conscience that a good person should have.
Yin Shiniang and Nezha persuaded Li Jing to cry, and the family of three can be said to have touched many people.
And Li Jing's final ending, is also crowned as a god, the family are promoted to gods, is a reunion ending, in line with TVB's common comedy reunion routine.
This ending is acceptable to the audience.
The setting of Li Jing's role is relatively rich, and there are major changes in the early and late stages, but this transformation does not have too much sense of violation.
Li Jing's guilt is not whitewashing.
04 Theme
As a TV series broadcast by TVB in 2001, "Fengshen List" has influenced generations of people.
The series takes characters such as Nezha, Daji, and Yang Jian as the main line, and characters such as Li Jing and Yin Shiniang as auxiliary lines.
But whether it is the main line or the auxiliary line, each character has a corresponding background and character setting, and these characters are very rich.
Yin Shiniang, as the "drama eye" of this play, has touched many audiences with her crying drama.
Although Li Jing gave people the feeling of "scumbag" and "foolish loyalty", the shame reversal in the later period successfully created a wonderful role with flesh and blood.
Overall, the 2001 version of the "List of Fengshen Gods" is still good.
In terms of theme settings, although "Fengshen List" is mainly based on ancient costumes and mythological elements, the series has to take more of the route of family, love and friendship.
Although many years have passed, this version of the "Fengshen List" is still a high score, which shows that its strength cannot be underestimated.