Speaking of " Tianlong Babu ", what images come to your mind?
is he here, he is here, he came out with the stereo on his back?
is a little monk who "doesn't know how much" Kumozhi ?
Still living in his own world, Murong Fu who has been thinking about the great cause of recovery?
In my opinion, Tianlong Babu, which took only four years to write, is not only the longest writing time among all the works of Jin Yong, but also the pinnacle of both artistry and ideological depth.
Today, let's talk about "Dragon Babu" which is my favorite among Mr. Jin Yong's 15 martial arts works.
(1) Creation background
In 1963, Jin Yong started to create "Tianlong Babu", which was the fifth year of his founding of "Mingkan". The business situation was very bleak. As a last resort, Jin Yong worked hard day and night to write the book and serialized it successively. Works such as " The Legend of Condor Heroes " and " Sword of Heaven and Dragon Slayer " are used to maintain the survival of Ming Pao.
In 1962, a large number of people poured into Hong Kong, which brought a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for "Mingkan", which focuses on people's livelihood and social reporting, and its circulation increased significantly.
At the same time, this also allows Jin Yong to free up more time to carefully polish "Dragon Babu". In 1997, the TVB version of "Tian Long Ba Bu" was released, and the lyricist Lin Xi created the theme song "The Difficult Sutra" for this purpose.
(2) What did "Dragon Babu" say? When the TV series premiered
, I was only in my teens, and I couldn't understand the meaning of the lyrics. I just thought the melody was very nice. Along with the pictures in the play, I only thought that Huang Rihua played the role of . Qiao Feng is full of heroic spirit, and every character in the play is so distinctive.
grew up, watched "Dragon and Babu" again, and listened to the "Difficult to Read Sutra" again, and then I understood the pain and helplessness behind the lyrics because of the obsession with "greed, hatred, ignorance".
From a small point of view, "The Difficult Sutra" almost sums up the tragic life of Qiao Feng. I have read a highly praised comment before. I will quote it here and thank the original author.
He hates Hu people but is Hu people, protects Han people but enemies, kills enemies but loves them, commits evil people but is relatives, and makes righteous people is extraordinary, standing in the sky, but not allowed to be in heaven and earth, I can't understand this problem for a lifetime .
Judging from the whole drama, not only Qiao Feng, but almost all the characters in "Dragon and Babu" have a tragedy in their life, either because they are not in love, or have accumulated resentment, or have a bad fate. These pains run through. The whole "Dragon Babu" is the most cruel portrayal of life.
The name "Dragon Babu" itself is a Buddhist concept, it refers to eight inhuman Shinto monsters who listen to the Dharma and protect the Dharma when the Buddha preaches.
Jin Yong once explained the meaning of the title of the book. The eight kinds of spirits and monsters in Tianlong and Babu have their own unique personalities and magical powers. Although they are living beings outside the human world, they cannot get rid of the joys and sorrows of the world.
The eight Tianlongs do not correspond to the specific characters in the play one-to-one, but represent everyone. In their hearts, they all have the obsession of "greed, hatred, ignorance".
Buddhism believes that there are seven sufferings in life: birth, old age, illness, death, resentment meeting, love parting, and not being able to ask.
"Dragon Babu" is the most concentrated expression of this kind of unquestionable, everything is constantly changing, everything is difficult to achieve, and everything is deeply in the pain of creating people.
Those who want revenge can't get revenge, those who want to revive their country can't get revenge, and those who want to remarry can't get remarriage. You Tanzhi can't get A Zi , A Zi can't get Qiao Feng, Qiao Feng can't get Azhu , Azhu can't get father's love, Duan Wangye can't get a son, Duan Yu can't get Wang Yuyan, Wang Yuyan can't get his cousin, Murong Fu can't get Dayan Kingdom...
every Individuals or institutions do their best, or do their best, or go their own way, but in the end, they are all in vain, which is ridiculous and deplorable.
Many times, the tragedy is not that you made a mistake and fate punished you, but that you did nothing wrong, but fate often made fun of you.
The whole "Dragon Babu" is a tragedy of a small human being ruthlessly teased by a grand fate. This is really a life-long incomprehension.
(3) The tragic fate that everyone cannot escape
Who has the most tragic fate in "Dragon Babu"? There is no doubt that it is Qiao Feng, he is a hero among heroes, but a hero cannot escape the arrangement or tricks of fate, so Qiao Feng's story is a tragedy within a tragedy.
He is in his early thirties, " North Qiaofeng South Murong " is like thunder, famous in all corners of the world, outstanding in martial arts, treats people with kindness and justice, and leads the beggar gang is deeply loved, what a perfect life!
However, everything has changed since Xingzilin. Although everyone in the beggar gang has been discussing their life, the essence is that the four elders of the beggar gang, under the instigation of Quanguanqing , uncovered the secret of Qiao Feng's life experience together. , framing his wolf ambitions and plotting to kill the deputy gang leader Ma.
Qiao Feng, who has always considered himself a Song native, has lived for more than 30 years and found that he is the most hated Khitan .
In Qiao Feng's original understanding, he always felt that the Song people were kind, while the Khitans were brutal, burning, killing, and looting.
But when he saw Song Jun "hitting the grass valley", he realized that his previous view was actually a cognitive bias. The so-called grass valley refers to the harassment and looting of the civilians of the enemy country by soldiers. At Yanmen Pass, Qiao Feng saw two Song army officers proudly showing off the hundreds of cattle and sheep and a dozen women they had stolen this time. If you don't like it enough for everyone, make an appointment to grab some the next day.
Qiao Feng understood at this time, how can good and evil be simply distinguished by country and ethnic group? Good and evil are the externalized manifestations of heart and deeds, can it be summed up in one word?
Many people in "Tianlong Babu" have strong prejudices, and so does Qiao Feng. When he saw this scene, he finally realized that it was not his identity as a Khitan who made him fall into an unfortunate fate, but this The world's most powerful martial arts - secular prejudice.
wrote in the book, Qiao Feng said slowly: I have always only known that the Khitan people are vicious and cruel, and tortured the Han people, but today I saw with my own eyes the old and weak women and children of the Khitan killed by the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty ... I am a Khitan, and from now on In the future, we will no longer be ashamed of the Khitan people, nor proud of the Song Dynasty.
From this moment, Qiao Feng really became Xiao Feng .
Chen Shixiang and Xia Ji'an once summed up "Dragon Babu" in eight words - All sentient beings are sinful, and no one is unjust.
After talking about Xiao Feng, let's talk about his two good brothers.
Xuzhu has no father or mother, and converted to Buddhism wholeheartedly, and wanted to be a monk. In the end, he seemed to get everything: a gorgeous affair, beauty, power, fame, martial arts, and even found his parents, but within a day, both parents died, and he was farther and farther away from his original intention. In fact, this is not desirable.
Duan Yuzhai is kind-hearted. He didn't want to learn martial arts, but he practiced the sword of the Six Veins. She was infatuated with Wang Yuyan, but when she saw the jade statue again a few years later, her heart suddenly became cold. It turned out that Wang Yuyan was just a phantom of the "fairy sister" in her heart.
In addition to the three brothers Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu, and Duan Yu, the fate of other people in "Dragon Babu" is also full of injustice and sin.
Zhong Ling is innocent and lively and fell in love with Duan Yu, but he didn't expect that the love ended up being his brother.
Zhong Ling's father Zhong Wanqiu, who has been a pick-up man for decades, his wife empathized and gave birth to a child with someone else, and he fell in love with a person who would not go home. However,
pressed hard, waiting for an open door far more than Zhong Ling's mother, but also Dao Baifeng, Gan Baobao, Qin Hongmian, Ruan Xingzhu, Mrs. Wang, etc. These poor people He was delayed for a lifetime by , Duan Zhengchun, and , and even killed Qingqing, and even his daughter did not escape the trick of fate.
A young owner of Youtan, who lost his parents when he was young, and his fate was already miserable, but he fell in love with Azi again. He was tortured by her and completely lost himself. He was willing to give everything until he died, not even a spare tire.
Azi has been surrounded by others since he was a child, living in the bitter land of the Western Regions and the sea of stars.
Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tongmao fought for Wuyazi all their lives, until they died, they knew that Wuyazi liked the little junior sister, and the grievances and grievances will rest until death. Although shook hands and made peace, at the same time It is also a reconciliation with oneself, but after all, it is too late to regret it, and exhausting one's life is a falsehood.
Xuanci abbot and Ye Erniang , who were tortured for most of their lives because of their ill-fated relationship, one lived in repentance, the other became a wicked person with a twisted mind, and finally died on the same day in front of the son they just met.
, the self-proclaimed little monk, has been obsessed with martial arts for most of his life and stealthily learned the seventy-two stunts of Shaolin. Although he practiced peerless martial arts, he became obsessed with his obsession. In the end, he lost his martial arts and became a master monk of . .
and Duan Yanqing who is bent on revenge and ironic ending, Qian Gong Tan Po who is in a love triangle, and even the cute and silly Yue Lao San can't escape the shackles of the title...
All living beings are suffering, All sentient beings are evil, and their voices are impermanent, which is truly a tragedy.
Looking back at "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", I am still deeply shocked:
discusses ideas, including Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and profound wealth;
discusses characters, which has created dozens of characters, which are vivid;
discusses geography, from Yunnan Dali to the Northeast Liao Kingdom, Gusu City to the Western Regions;
on the nation, Han nationality, Khitan, Dali, Jurchen , Xianbei , and so on.
The vivid characters, the bizarre plots, and the profound thoughts are the best of Jin Yong's works.
In your opinion, which is the most peak of Mr. Jin Yong's many works? Do you, like me, feel that "Dragon Babu" is a tragedy? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.
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