"Guan Xiang" is a Korean costume film starring Song Kang-ho and Lee Jeong-jae, released in 2013. The film tells the story of the reclusive guanshi master Kim Nai-kyung who descends the mountain, walks smoothly with his miraculous visual ability, and is involved in the power struggle of the dynasty and the court, and finally ends in tragedy.
"Guan Xiang" recreates a real historical story from the perspective of a virtual viewer, and the film is full of legend and witty jokes.
The so-called "looking at the face" is to judge his fate, personality, life span, etc. by looking at his face. During the Silla era, guanxiang was introduced to Korea from China. The film shows a variety of magical uses of guanxiang, including plastic surgery (watermelon seeds on the face) to change popularity, and the arrest of prisoners, the recruitment of talents, and the identification of corrupt officials.
It is not only about the face, but also on the rich social experience and the profound grasp of the sophistication of human feelings. There is a similar example in the "Chronicle of History", that is, the story of Tao Zhugong:
Zhu Gongzhong killed people and imprisoned Yu Chu. Zhu Gongyue: "Kill people and die, and the office is also." However, I have heard of the son of a thousand gold, and did not die in the city. "Tell his young son to look at him." It is filled with a thousand overflows of gold, placed in a brown vessel, carrying a cart of oxen, and sending its few sons. Zhu Gong's male stubbornly asked for it, but Zhu Gong did not listen. The eldest man said: "The family has the eldest son, known as the governor of the family." This brother is guilty, the adult does not send, but sends the younger brother, it is I who is not Shaw. "Want to commit suicide. His mother said: "If you send a few children now, you may not be able to give birth to a neutron." And the eldest man who died first, why not? Zhu Gong had no choice but to send his eldest son; it was a letter, and the widow of ShanZhuang sheng said: "Then enter the Jin Yu Zhuang Sheng, listen to his deeds, and be cautious and do not argue with each other." ”
Zhu Gongchangnan actually took his brother to death. As a result, his mother and the Yi people mourned, but Zhu Gong smiled and said, "I know that I will kill my brother." ...... What I did the day before was to send a young son, but it was because he could give up his wealth, but the elder could not, so he killed his brother, and the reason for the matter was also reasonable. Those who have no feet to mourn, I will hope day and night that his death will come.
Tao Zhugong's profound understanding of human feelings and sophistication directly predicted the development of things, but because his family did not understand, the eldest son was forced to die, and finally reluctantly accepted the fate. When I was in middle school, when I read this story, I felt very shocked, shocked by Tao Zhugong's magical ability, and even more shocked by the inability to change fate.
In "Guan Xiang", Kim Nai Kyung is used by the powerful people in the power struggle because of his excellent visual ability, which is the beginning of the tragedy. The sadness of the witness is that he can infer the fate of others through his observation, but he cannot change his fate. In the end, he lost power, his son died, and his brother-in-law was dumb and could only live in seclusion again.
Guan Guan Jin Naijing: I only saw people's faces, but I didn't see the wheel of the times.
Similar to the guanxiangshi, in today's society, market analysts can analyze the direction of the market, and financial planners can help others manage their finances, but it is difficult for them to make money themselves.