Man must not be religious, but he must be philosophical. The philosophy I speak of is the idea of systematic reflection on life. ——Feng Youlan, A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy
"Kung Fu Panda 3" continues the plot of the first two films, telling the story of the dragon hero Ah Bao, with the help of two fathers, masters and teams, uniting the panda villagers to defeat the villain Tianxu with evil power with "Qigong".
Stills from Kung Fu Panda 3
Revisiting this film with a strong Chinese style, I found that it is not only full of Chinese elements such as dragons, ink paintings, calligraphy, ancient temples, tai chi, and erhu, but also Chinese philosophical concepts such as "tai chi", "universe", "qi", and "unity of heaven and man". The film has a deep Chinese philosophical heart under the surface Chinese elements.
The master talks to the Dragon Hero
At the beginning of the film, Master Raccoon asks Ah Bao, "Who are you, and what is the duty of the Dragon Hero?" This is tantamount to asking Apostle an immutable philosophical question: Who are you, what are you going to do, and what are you doing this for? The film slowly brings the answer to the audience through Ah Bao's actions.
I came to understand that this is a philosophical film about the state of life.
In Chinese philosophical theory, "Neo-Confucianism" believes that in terms of personal growth, the best self is "Little Taiji"; in the realm of life, the biggest is the "realm of heaven and earth".
The results of our personal growth are generally shown through the state of life, so the best "little tai chi" generally corresponds to the highest "big state".
May we all be able to find our own "little tai chi" and step into the "big realm".
<h1>"Universe", "Qi", and "Tai Chi" in Chinese philosophy</h1>
From the ancient gossip and Zhou Yi to the various schools of Confucianism and Buddhism. In the long history of China's five-thousand-year civilization, there is a flash of wisdom everywhere.
The film epitomizes the updated "Neo-Confucianism" ideas of the Song Dynasty, and there are three main sources of Neo-Confucianism that absorb and synthesize some of the views of Confucianism:
One is Confucianism itself. In the movie, from the ancient panda villagers collectively healing the turtle to the final Ah Bao's choice to sacrifice himself to save everyone, all reflect the Confucian ideas of "serving the universe" and "benevolence";
Ah Bao chose to sacrifice himself
The second is part of the ideas of Buddhism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism. For example, at the beginning of the movie, Master Turtle exhorted Tianxu that "the more you take, the more you lose", which embodies the Taoist dialectical idea of "less is gained, more is confused";
The Turtle Master admonished Heavenly Fire
The third is the Taoist view of the universe of yin and yang scholars.
The "Neo-Confucian" views involved in the film are mainly as follows:
1. Cosmological Philosopher: Zhou Dunyi's Interpretation - "Taiji Diagram Theory"
The "universe" mentioned by philosophers is different from the "universe" in the sense of physics, which refers to the existence of all wholes, which is equivalent to the "great one" called by the ancient Chinese philosopher Huishi, which is "the greatest and the most extraordinary". Everyone, man and thing is in the universe. ——Feng Youlan, A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy
Zhou Dunyi was the first philosopher to talk about cosmology, and his "Taiji Tushu" explained his ideas such as "static and virtual movement" condensed in the Taiji diagram, which is consistent with the idea that in the movie, the turtle master believes that the calm heart is like a mirror, and then the idea of "main stillness".
2. Cosmological philosopher: Zhang Zai proposed the "parent of the universe"
Zhang Zai believes that "qi" is a primitive chaotic material, from which all kinds of things come out.
The "Qi" of the Turtle Master
In the movie, the spirits of mortals and spirits are special ways of gathering and dispersing "qi", and the heavenly fire takes away the qi of others, which is equivalent to destroying the basis of other people's existence. At the same time, because the qi of heaven and earth and the qi of people can be transformed into each other, the qi carried by tianxu will become stronger and stronger.
Zhang Zai believes that tai chi is "qi", and the contradictory movement of qi is called "taihe". This point of view is reflected in the movie, that is, at the beginning of the turtle master to meet the Heavenly Fire, he drew a tai chi diagram with his own cane and wrote a "qi" character.
Ah Bao draws his own "Tai Chi Diagram"
In the end, Ah Bao fought the Heavenly Flames, and when he returned to the mortal world, the Tai Chi diagram he drew was inseparable from "Qi".
Zhang Zai put forward the view that everything in the universe comes from the same "qi" in "Zhengmeng", and everyone is a child of the parents of the "universe". Master Turtle, Tianxu, Ah Bao, Master Raccoon, villagers of Panda Village and Valley, etc. are all children of the "universe".
3. Lu Wang School and Mind Science:
The Luwang school believes that the universe is a complete spiritual entity of its own, the mind legislates for the universe, and the human mind dominates the world.
At the beginning of the story, Master Tortoise and Tianxu fight in the spirit world, which can be seen as the dwelling place of the core "spirit light" of man. Most foreign books translate the "Lingming" in Wang Yangming's psychology as "spirit", which also corresponds to the translation in the movie.
According to the psychology of "the human mind dominates the world", so in the spiritual world, only people can change the world.
Corresponding to the movie, Ah Bao and Tianxu are fighting in the spirit world, and when Ah Bao's spirit is about to be taken away by Tianxu, the mortal people, that is, his father and the villagers in Panda Village, use their hearts to change the direction of the spirit world.
4. Cheng Zhu Lixue: The ultimate standard of the entire "universe" - Tai Chi
Cheng Zhu Lixue believes that the universe not only has "qi", but each "qi" also has its own "reason".
This "reason" is equivalent to the abstraction in Western philosophy, and this "qi" is equivalent to the corresponding "concrete".
"In the words of heaven and earth, there is tai chi in heaven and earth; in the words of all things, there is tai chi in all things." ——Zhu Xi's "Language Categories", volume 1
In Neo-Confucianism, the word "pole" denotes the highest archetype of things.
"Tai Chi" is the supreme and all-encompassing ultimate standard of the entire universe, and it is the generalization of all "truths".
The dossier left by the Turtle Master
Tai Chi can be seen everywhere in the movie. For example, when Master Raccoon looked for information about Tianxu in the library, the files he found were painted with Taiji icons.
The ultimate standard of the universe is "Tai Chi."
Each of us has our own "little universe", what is our "little tai chi" (that is, the highest state of life)?
<h1>Focusing on the size of the universe, the practice has expertise, and the realm has size</h1>
Feng Youlan once mentioned the four realms of life in "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy":
Man's various actions bring about various meanings of life; the sum of these meanings constitutes what I call the "realm of life." From the lowest point of view, these four classes are: a natural "natural realm", a "utilitarian realm" that emphasizes practical interests, a "moral realm" that "justifies its righteousness and does not seek its own interests", and a "heaven and earth realm" that transcends the world and is self-consistent with the encyclopedia.
Just like the pandas in the panda village in the movie, some people are good at kicking shuttlecocks, some people are good at swimming, some people are good at dancing ribbons. Each of us has different interests and expertise, but in the realm of life, each of us has an equal right to choose.
Take the initial state of the various characters in the movie as an example:
The "natural realm" where the "self" has not awakened
The realms of the piglets in the valley and the babies in the panda village in the movie all belong to the "natural realm".
Panda Village Baby Panda
They do not think about philosophical questions such as who they are and what the purpose of their lives is, but they naturally live according to their own instincts or social customs.
The "utilitarian realm" that does not violate morality
Most of the characters in the film initially belong to the "utilitarian realm" of practical interests that do not violate morality, and Ah Bao's two fathers who lie for love are examples.
Li Shan took Ah Bao back to Panda Village
At the Emerald Palace, Li Shan heard the stories of Master Tortoise and Tianxu, and learned that Tianxu was coming to capture his son, and he lied that he would "qigong" with the intention of taking his son out of danger.
Ah Bao's goose father is worried that Ah Bao's own father Li Shan has robbed Ah Bao of his love for him, and under the pretext of cooking for Ah Bao, hides in Ah Bao's cage.
The "utilitarian realm" that violates morality
As a good comrade-in-arms of the Turtle Master, Tianxu once fought alongside the Turtle Master and came to the Panda Village with a seriously injured turtle on his back.
The pandas used "Qigong" to cure the turtles
The pandas healed the turtle with "qigong" and taught it to the turtle qigong. Tianxu saw that "qi" could be plundered and used, and he wanted to take the qi of the world for himself.
According to the view of the "Lu Wang School", Tianxu used to be a good person, but later because his conscience was obscured by selfish desires, the inner spirit did not show it, and did not "give conscience". Therefore, you can't use "Qigong".
In the film, when Tianxu was in an ordinary state, the qi cards collected around his waist did not flash green light, but as long as he used qi in battle, the masters' cards in his waist flashed green light, proving that Tianxu could not do qigong at all, and he could not launch his own qi, so he grabbed qi everywhere.
Everything Tianxu did was "useful" to himself.
The sky is pounding
As we often say, "Tempering Qi", Tianxu has a fierce and ominous look. For the sake of self-interest, unscrupulous means belong to the "utilitarian realm" that violates morality.
The "Moral Realm" of Justice without Profit
Master Raccoon, Ah Bao, and the "Five Heroes of the Gestapo" and other people who eliminate harm for the people and defend the valley belong to this state of life.
Serving the "Realm of Heaven and Earth" of the Universe
As a Brief History of Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 23, The Renewed Confucianism: The Cosmologist, points out:
What the saints do is nothing more than what everyone should do. But because he understands the flow of everything in the universe, what he does has a new meaning.
As a saint in the movie, Master Tortoise meditated in the mountains for 30 years to finally obtain Qigong, he has reached the ideal state of "the unity of heaven and man", often by perceiving heaven and earth, predicting the future, understanding the flow of everything in the universe, and serving the universe with his own wisdom.
500 years ago, he had anticipated that Tianxu would kill again and plunder "Qi". He saw the "little taiji" on Ah Bao's body and chose him to take on the heavy responsibility of stopping Tianxu.
Before Tianxu sucked away his yuan qi, he passed on a message to Ah Bao's biological father Li Shan through the universe, with the intention of letting Li Shan bring Ah Bao back to Ah Bao, learn "Qigong", and lead the panda villagers to defeat Tianxu and save the universe.
As a child of the universe, should we pursue a similar state of life?
<h1>Have the courage to undertake their own mission and step into the "big realm" of serving the universe</h1>
The movie The palace on the mountain
The mountain road twists and turns, extending towards the peak; the size of the realm is different, and the eyes are on the whole world.
Mencius said, "All things are prepared for me." Reflexive and sincere, happy and generous. Forgiveness and forgiveness, and kindness. ”
Mencius believed that by achieving "sincerity" and "benevolence" in life, we can realize the integration of the individual and the universe and achieve the realm of "everything is ready for me".
The young Mao Zedong read Mencius and wrote this experience:
"One me, little me; cosmic me, big me; One me, the body me; the universe me, the spiritual me.
Philosophically, when each of us comes into this world, we have become a member of the whole society and the universe, and we have the love of the universe from a higher dimension.
Each of us is more important than we think, because we all have a corresponding mission, and only when we undertake our mission of serving the universe can we step into the great realm of life.
Ah Bao, who has the courage to take on his own mission
After Ah Bao was brought back to Panda Village by his father, Ah Bao learned to be a real panda.
Ah Bao returned to Panda Village
Because he could not teach "Qigong", Li Shan's father first took Ah Bao to practice some panda habits. Ah Bao gradually developed his potential in many aspects and gradually adapted to life in the village.
Ah Bao and Dad Li Shan
As soon as the scene of the movie changes, Tianxu breaks into the valley and destroys the Emerald Palace and the stone statue of the Turtle Master, except for the Hun Jiaohu, who is spared, and Tianxu rushes to the panda village where Ah Bao is located.
It wasn't until the arrival of the Hun Jiaohu that Li Shan confessed to his son that he would not "qigong" and brought him back because he loved him.
But Ah Bao felt that as a dragon hero, he shouldered the responsibility of defending the valley, and blamed his father for hindering his performance of his duties because of narrow love.
In the face of danger, many villagers fell into fear and prepared to escape, and Ah Bao chose to stay and face the heavens.
After discovering that the "No Need for An Iron Finger Buckle" was useless to the Celestial Fire from the Spirit World, Ah Bao chose to sacrifice himself and bring the Heavenly Fire back to the Spirit World in order to protect the people and the universe.
Ah Bao used Chinese dragons to paint Tai Chi
After being saved by everyone with "Qigong", Ah Bao realized his many roles and found his true self. He said he was a hero, a son, a teacher, a student.
He found his own "Tai Chi" and successfully stepped into the "great realm" of serving the universe.
Support Ah Baoyin love the brave two fathers
After Daddy Goose came to Panda Village, he slowly fell in love with the villagers of Panda Village, and even the red pandas who overturned their own bottles and cans looked like Ah Bao when he was a child.
He later realized that Ah Bao had received more love because of the appearance of his biological father.
Ah Bao's happiness is his wish, and now someone can make Ah Bao happier, isn't it a beautiful thing?
As an adoptive father, this is not a loss, but a gain.
Father Goose enlightened Li Shan
When there was a conflict between Li Shan and Ah Bao, he took the initiative to enlighten Li Shan, and if he truly loved Ah Bao, he would support him and be his strongest backing.
As Ah Bao's strongest backing, the two fathers helped him to do the work of the villagers, and Ah Bao, who was inspired and encouraged, taught everyone in Panda Village to be their truest self, and trained into an invincible team.
Ah Bao's father organized a battle team for Ah Bao
They all loved Ah Bao, and at the last moment, they led the villagers to use "Qigong" according to the picture scroll left by the Turtle Master, and the "collective Qigong" of Zhicheng Zeling saved Ah Bao and saved the entire universe at a critical moment.
The villagers used "qigong" to save Ah Bao
They have stepped into the "great realm" of serving the universe through love.
Find the real panda villagers of your own
Under the leadership of Ah Bao, each villager gave full play to his own advantages, was surprised to find a better self, and in the struggle with Tianxu, lived out his mission, and realized his contribution to the collective and the universe.
Ah Bao helped the villagers find their true selves
Therefore, it can be said that everyone present was infected by Ah Bao's spirit of active dedication and excavated the great love for others and the universe in their hearts. That shining light means that everyone has found their own "little tai chi" and stepped into the "big realm".
<h1>Become your true self and live your own "little tai chi"</h1>
The philosopher Zhu Xi believes that everyone or everything has its own "tai chi".
It is only because of the lack of certain conditions that its potential is not fully displayed, just like a pearl is submerged in turbid water.
So how to find your own "little tai chi"? There are several specific methods:
"To the Knowledge" and "to the Conscience"
The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in the people, in the ultimate good.
After knowing the qualities, knowing and then knowing the sincerity, sincerity and then the heart, the heart and then the body cultivation, the body cultivation and then the family Qi, the family Qi and then the country rule, the country rule and then the world is peaceful. - "Etiquette and University"
1. Knowledge of lattice objects
"Gewu Zhizhi" is derived from the "Li Ji · University", and the cultivation of the body, the qi family, the governance of the country, and the way of peace in the world are all premised on the premise of "Gewu Zhizhi".
Zhu Zi Quotes Yun: "The object is to be endless on the outside, and it is clear and endless to know that the inside is also clear." ”
"Knowledge of Objects": that is, the investigation and study of external things to expand their own understanding. This is not a purely physical and intellectual activity, but the process by which each person regains his or her true nature, bringing back the pearls that are immersed in turbid water to shine.
For example, there are many people who are emotionally confused now, and the reason is because many people do not understand what love is. What does it take to love someone? Only by really understanding this problem can we get out of the confusion.
In the words of Mr. Chen Lai, "Zhu Xi's theory of Zhizhi emphasizes the investigation of external things and the study and expansion of knowledge while attaching importance to people's moral cultivation." Therefore, Zhu Xi's theory of "GeWu Zhi Zhi" is a combination of seeking truth and seeking goodness.
Grid, to a certain extent, is like learning to drive, the car to drive well, you need to have a full understanding of the car, the more detailed the understanding of driving skills, the better.
If we also use this spirit to learn and deal with the work we are engaged in, it will be easier to make a difference in our field.
2. To the conscience
Wang Yangming said: "Those who are clearly enlightened and virtuous establish the body of the unity of heaven and earth and all things; those who are close to the people also use the unity of heaven and earth and all things."
Wang Yangming believes that "conscience" is the bright light in people's hearts, which can be said to be the "Matilda" in "University".
Personal spiritual cultivation is to live in accordance with one's own conscience and put into practice the knowledge from self-consciousness.
Only one person who "to conscience" can love the masses, love the country, and love the world.
This is the same reason that we often say, "to be a person in advance" and "to be a handsome man of virtue and talent". Remind us that we should pay attention to improving our own ideological and moral cultivation.
With respect
"Respect" means to concentrate on one's mind and have no distractions.
Physicist Newton once walked into the kitchen to cook eggs, but his mind was still deeply immersed in the research experiment he had just done. After boiling for a while, the eggs should be cooked thoroughly, who knew that he opened the lid of the pot and looked at it, and what was in the pot was not the egg, but his watch.
The poet Jia Dao immersed himself in poetry and reached the realm of self-forgetfulness. Once, he was walking on the street of Chang'an City, thinking as he walked whether it was better to "the monk pushed the moon under the door" or "the monk knocked on the door under the moon", because he was too concentrated, he actually crashed into Han Yu's honor guard. Han Yue, a literary scholar who learned of the origin of the matter, admired Jia Dao's input, not only did not blame him, but also thought with him for a long time, thinking that "it is good to use the word 'knock'!" ”
As a result, the word "scrutiny" also spread, and there was also a classic in the Tang poems: birds stay in the trees by the pond, and monks knock on the door under the moon.
When we are fully immersed in a certain activity and forget ourselves, it is easy for us to achieve our own "little tai chi".
Positive psychologist Mikhari Chiksen Mihalai in his book Flow
Flow is the state in which we devote ourselves to something, to the point of selflessness, and thus attain inner order and peace, and it is a blissful experience.
With a pure heart, you can see more beautiful scenery.
epiphany
Recall the "Kung Fu Panda" series of movies in Ah Bao's "epiphany", are based on the premise of "using respect", in the first part, he is through the Jade Palace all the way to wrestle, continuous learning, and finally have an epiphany to the secret of "nothing"; in the second part, he bravely faced the tragic experience of his childhood, only to master the "inner peace"; in the third part, in order to learn the panda's ancestral "qigong", he started from learning to be a real panda, and took on his responsibilities as a "dragon hero" without distraction.
The writer Gladwell once proposed the "law of ten thousand hours" in the book "The Alien", arguing that it takes ten thousand hours to become an expert in a certain field.
To a certain extent, this explains that only "familiarity" can give birth to "skill", and only "use respect" can "epiphany".
Service Universe
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open up peace for all the worlds." - Zhang Zai
"Neo-Confucianism" expounds the spiritual value and life significance of traditional Chinese scholars through the "Four Sentences of Hengqu", which serves the realm of life in the great universe and has been respected by literati and scholars of all generations.
"The unity of heaven and man" is not only the basic idea of traditional Chinese philosophy, but also the concept and attitude of Chinese life, which is rooted in the hearts of every Chinese.
For each of us, in ordinary life, we must not only pay attention to increasing our knowledge and skills, but also pay attention to broadening our minds, cultivating temperament, and pursuing a more meaningful, more valuable, and more interesting life, and improving the realm of life.
The value of life should be based on what he contributes, not on what he has achieved. — Albert Einstein
<h1>summary:</h1>
In Chinese philosophical theory, the "Neo-Confucianism" sect believes that in terms of personal growth, the best self is "Little Taiji"; in the realm of life, the biggest is the "realm of heaven and earth".
The "Neo-Confucianism" sect of Chinese philosophy believes that the ultimate criterion of the universe is "Tai Chi."
Feng Youlan once mentioned the four realms of life in "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy": "The Realm of Nature", "The Realm of Utilitarianism", "The Realm of Morality" and "The Realm of Heaven and Earth".
Each of us has different interests and expertise, but in the realm of life, each of us has an equal right to choose.
As children of the universe, we should have the courage to undertake our own mission, live out our "little Tai Chi", and step into the "big realm" of serving the universe.
Qualities and then knowledge to conscience, with respect and then epiphany, the pursuit of the realm of life that serves the universe.
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