If you want to evaluate the first person to comment on modern storytelling, Mr. Shan Tianfang is definitely second to none, although each has its own eyes, but on the whole, he has the most fans. In that era when radio was prevalent, it was basically possible to make Shan Tianfang's storytelling account for 8 percent, and the remaining 8 percent was given to other storytelling artists.
As die-hard fans of Shan Lao, we have listened to his commentaries from elementary school to university, and the more we listen, the more problems we find. Of course, after all, storytelling is not a so-called high-end, rigorous art, but some problems still make people feel unpleasant.
There is a very serious problem with Shan Lao's storytelling, that is, it is too glorified of certain characters. "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" tells the story of the previous generation of Baimei heroes, in which the main characters are the five rats and the royal cat Zhanzhao, in order to show the height of Zhanzhao, Shan Lao adapted the image of Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang has a bad temper and is arrogant, this is a fact, but he is embarrassed everywhere, and the latter wants to give in everywhere, and even kneels down for Bai Yutang. This kind of character setting is too much to beautify Zhanzhao, and it is too exaggerated to scandalize Bai Yutang. And although Bai Yutang's martial arts are very high, he can't beat Zhanzhao every time. Bai Yutang can't beat Zhanzhao, and it's always difficult for Zhanzhao, what is this Baiyutang called?
Tong Haichuan in "The Biography of Tong Lin" is also a simple and stupid character, every time he is provoked by others, he has to make a move but always shows mercy to his subordinates, despite this, Tong Lin still beats the other party half to death, but he doesn't mean it every time. Basically, if the opponent doesn't force Tong Lin into a corner, it is impossible for Tong Lin to make a move, how can a strong man in his 30s be so cowardly?
You must know that Tong Haichuan is a character who wants to "open the world and create his own family", how can such a forbearant person create Wujimen? And Wang Yuebo's commentary gives the truth, in fact, "The Biography of Tong Lin" is excerpted from "Yongzheng Swordsman", although Tong Lin in the original book is very loyal, but his temper is very stubborn, he likes to fight bravely, if it weren't for the master and the master to protect him in secret, Tong Haichuan would have died a long time ago.
And this kind of character with some shortcomings is the real soul of the character, think about it, you know, a 30-year-old young man has a level of martial arts that others can't reach in a lifetime, and he has to do a career, how can it be that kind of slave appearance? So "The Legend of Tong Lin" is anticlimactic when he talks about it, because he can't make it up.
In "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", Zhu Yuanzhang ruled the country under the banner of Tianxingdao, and after winning the country, Zhu Yuanzhang completely became a different person. Of course, this is not a problem of Shan Lao, but almost all the founding emperors have killed heroes, but the excessive beautification of Zhu Yuanzhang's son Yanwang Zhu Di is a bit exaggerated.
In addition to being very talented, Shan Lao's descriptions of Zhu Di are subversive. Zhu Yuanzhang began to become incompetent after entering old age, specializing in killing Zhongliang, and was controlled by Queen Ma, and finally passed the throne to the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen. In fact, Queen Ma is a very virtuous and virtuous queen in history, and she is not a bad woman who brings disaster to the country and the people in Shan Lao's mouth at all.
No way, the Chinese have a Xi that whenever there is a loss of the country, they must find someone to be the scapegoat, and women are always the first choice. It is certainly true that Zhu Di was suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang, but it is by no means the said that Zhu Di could not bear it and rebelled. In fact, Zhu Di has always had the ambition to be the emperor, and it has nothing to do with whether he is excluded or not, so in essence, Zhu Di's crusade against his nephew is outright rebellion and rebellion, and he is not the so-called "righteous teacher" at all.
If these ancient stories belong to romance, and we don't need to be too truthful, then modern storytelling should try to avoid these problems, especially the stories of the last century, because many listeners will take storytelling as true. Some people say that people who listen to storytelling as real have a problem with their brains, and this is seriously problematic, unless the storyteller's expression is not convincing, how can the audience not be brought in?
Shan Lao's strongest beautification of characters is Zhang Xueliang, he has a commentary called "Zhang Xueliang, the Hero of the Ages", this commentary is difficult to say whether it is good or bad, because he is following "Heroes in Troubled Times", "Heroes in Troubled Times" is a rare masterpiece of Shan Lao, and it can be seen that the old man has put a lot of effort into this commentary. But the book guts of "Heroes in Troubled Times" is Zhang Zuolin, which has nothing to do with Zhang Xueliang, and when it comes to Zhang Zuolin, the bombing of Huanggutun is officially over.
And "Zhang Xueliang, a Hero of the Ages" starts from the bombing of Zhang Zuolin, so many people naturally think that this is the same commentary, but if it is Shan Lao's own fans, they know that the two commentaries are not at the same level at all. Obviously, the recording and compilation of "Zhang Xueliang" was very hasty, and its purpose was more explicit, that is, to praise General Zhang Xueliang, while "Heroes in Troubled Times" only objectively tells the life story of a generation of heroes Zhang Zuolin, although there is also a certain degree of beautification, but it is still within the controllable range.
When it came to "Zhang Xueliang, the Hero of the Ages", Shan Lao completely subverted the image of the young marshal. First of all, his image was greatly beautified, saying that the young marshal was handsome and chic, and the jade tree was in the wind. This also makes sense, after all, everyone's aesthetics are different, and we can't evaluate the people of the last century according to contemporary aesthetics, let alone a general. Zhang Xueliang is indeed known as the "Four Beautiful Men of the Republic of China", after all, people are powerful and powerful, and it is normal to say that he is a beautiful man.
But Shan Lao said in the book that Zhang Xueliang was "one meter eight" big, which is too exaggerated. Zhang Xueliang cannot be 1.8 meters tall from any records and photos, and it is impossible to exceed 175cm in the sky, and the probability is 170-172cm. It is not without photos of him and Chiang Kai-shek in the same frame, the two are about the same height, but Chiang Kai-shek is at most 172cm, and Zhang Zuolin's height is at most 162cm, some people say that he is less than 160cm, and it is probably not as tall as Pan Changjiang, how could such a short father give birth to such a tall son? And there were not many 180cm big men at that time.
So there is no need for Shan Lao to beautify the image of the young marshal, this is too explicit. And he completely put the responsibility for non-resistance on Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Zhang Xueliang especially wanted to resist but could not disobey the order, nor could he destroy the righteousness of his buddies. Zhang Xueliang is definitely a perfect male god in the mouth of Shan Lao, and he is loyal and unparalleled, but in fact, he later kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek and engaged in the Xi'an Incident.
Although Zhang Xueliang changed his banner and changed his banner, the Northeast Army still obeyed Zhang Xueliang's orders, and as a feudal official, how could he put the common people of the three eastern provinces in dire straits because of the commander-in-chief's "non-resistance"? This is completely illogical! Moreover, Zhang Xueliang himself never said that the reason for not resisting was Chiang Kai-shek, so Shan Lao's adaptation of history was too serious and seriously beautified Zhang Xueliang.