Is the fish demon kind?
Is this question important? Isn't it more important to stop his evil deeds? Even if you believe that the fish demon is good, what you have to do is not to stop him and complete the exorcism that ordinary people should do. Can do something for the people, so that they will not die under evil deeds.
Exorcism is so simple!
Xuanzang entered Gao Laozhuang with this question!
After the experience of the fish demon, Xuanzang had serious doubts about his behavior and was determined to change his behavior! So what we see is that Xuanzang, who entered Gaolaozhuang and saw through all illusions, did not take out musical instruments and nursery rhymes to try to influence monsters, but did not hesitate to punch directly. Of course, the movements are not skilled. In contrast, ghosts in human skin are dull, and there is a change in boxing.
Are ghosts not cruel and harmful? The second jab was sharper than the first jab, which was caused by Xuanzang. Visible violence attracts others.
Abandoning the original exorcism method and switching to fists is a change of Xuanzang. What he practices is to do things like an ordinary exorcist, which means that the exorcism concept he told Master has been shaken.
Experience changes people, not because people choose mistakes, but because they think they are right. It may be helpful, but the initial loss is inevitable!
Gao Laozhuang's plot design is not so much unreal as unreal inside and outside. When people regret what they have seen, they often think that what they have seen before is a confusing illusion. I don't know what truth and illusion have in common, but they are different in appearance. This can be seen from a prop, that is, the roast pig in the huge fireplace.
Why are props designed to be wrapped in pigs instead of being directly transformed into roast pigs? If you first see a roast pig, and then you find that it is actually a person, that is the difference between true and false. But what I saw was the pig's body, and when I turned around, I saw the person hiding in the pig's stomach. This is the difference between appearance and appearance.
Just like a pig dressed as a performer, its movements are like singing on the stage, reflecting its appearance, and its appearance is different. What is a play? Action. The role you play is related to the people under the clothes. You can fight Guan Gong today and Cao Cao tomorrow. This is duplicity, like a pig demon, with human skin on the surface and a pig demon inside.
This means that I and my behavior can be different, which means the difference between appearance and appearance.
From this, we can understand why the ghosts in Gaolaozhuang are all wrapped in sand. There is a saying in Buddhist language that the human body is just a piece of skin, which contains a lot of filth and stinks like shit.
Who is skin? Why are they hurt by pigs? The illustration of this film shows a couple going down the mountain. The woman loves her brother's face and elopes with him. As for my brother's face, of course, this is obviously because she has lived in the mountains for a long time and has limited knowledge. Not only that, the film also tells all kinds of duplicity in Gao Lao Zhuang from their perspective, from burning pigs to candlesticks, but they are completely confused by what they see. When the woman saw the pig's appearance, she immediately moved. The other party was still attached to her beloved brother and abandoned it.
"It's delicious!"
Women's words reveal an old concept, "eat drink man woman is a man's great desire". It is full of color, fragrance and taste, and is usually used to describe food. When I saw a man, I expressed my appreciation for food, which showed that behind my eyes is not my heart, but my desire, which is based on food and color. In other words, the body is not filled with the heart, but with restless desires.
The harm of desire seems to be people's active pursuit, but its essence is passive. It moves and expands with stimulation, making people dance with it, and it is difficult to give up.
As the saying goes, there is a saying called "the butter is not ripe", which describes that sweetness is what women like to eat. From this point of view, this senior has a rough face and messy hair on his cheeks. It is no exaggeration to say that he is ugly like a pig, at least he is not a handsome man. But in words and deeds, I have a heart for a woman, but it is absurd to think that a woman loves his face and can't see his heart, which can be said to be ignorant of beauty and ugliness. Therefore, when a woman sees a pig's oily face, she can't see that it is an ugly pig demon.
Why do you want to ask him several times in a row, which means let him talk? Words are hearts, words are hearts, and words are expressions of hearts. I didn't know I was killed in this situation.
From this, we can know how the human skin sandbags in Gaolaozhuang came from. Everyone is obsessed with appearances and desires. Fascinated by desire, naturally convinced by things, losing the inner owner, behavior suddenly leaves the truth of self, and under the skin, there is only sand.
There is nothing wrong with appreciating beautiful things and having a kind heart. This is everyone's instinct to feel beauty. But indulging in this feeling, constantly abusing yourself, taking this as the heart and expressing desire, that is self-pity! Therefore, the sandbags in Gaolaozhuang were injured by themselves rather than pigs.
Why is the world not what it seems? Because what you love is appearance. It is easy to be glib, but difficult to implement. Just like the devil fish before, it is called devil fish only because its appearance is easily misunderstood. This is a kind of point.
The two brothers and sisters entered Gaolaozhuang during the day and Xuanzang entered at night. In particular, the film gives a comparison of the sky shots when entering. Under the day, everything moves and wants to make noise; Only at night, everything is quiet, all desires have subsided, and people are going back to the province. Mencius' so-called existence of night air is precisely the revelation of conscience and the clearest heart. Therefore, from the outside to the inside, what Xuanzang knows, sees and hears are illusory watches.
As I said before, Xuanzang can save the baby because of his sincerity. I have a clear heart, so I won't be deceived by appearances, and I will go straight to the root. But can Xuanzang not be superficial? Facing the ferocious and ugly face of the pig demon, Xuanzang could not suck out the yuan god of the pig demon mouth to mouth. Seeing the beauty's figure, he also had a nosebleed. Obviously, seeing through is not the same as doing it.
There is often a simple question in the world. Love a person, can you really care about your appearance? This is human reluctance and distortion. In fact, loving a person and aesthetics are two different things. The taste of the public is to test sincerity by not caring about appearance. To put it bluntly, it is to suppress aesthetics with so-called true love.
Xuanzang has the heart to exorcise demons for the public, and he is fearless of life and death, but he dare not talk to the ugly pig demon for fear of nausea. It's incredible at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, this is the wonderful thing! People who are not afraid of death are not necessarily afraid of pain, and they are not necessarily afraid of honor and disgrace.
So far, we can know what the appearance is.
It's self, it's all self-righteous condensed self!
Whether it is a woman who longs for a handsome face or Xuanzang who hates the ferocious and ugly pig demon, it is self-presentation. Different from the original mind, this part of the self is the part that represents the body and is its own limitation. Including a person's own preferences, habits, personality and temper, knowledge and way of thinking. It is often difficult to be worthy of sincerity.
If the misunderstanding and resentment between the Fish Demon and the villagers before is only an accidental situation caused by pressure, it is self-righteous from self-denial. Then the pig demon in Gao Laozhuang pushed this situation to the extreme, talking about the self accumulated by everyone in the past experience and years.
Just like when everyone has children, every child is similar. But when you grow up, it will be very different, because everyone has some self-care ability in adulthood. What's wrong with this? There is only one, that is, words and deeds are not the same, and in popular words, it is to forget the original heart!
What is forgetting the initial heart? This is like waiting for someone for an hour, except for any problems, that is, caring and worrying about each other; After waiting for two hours, I was impatient and worried that the other party would never get the news; After waiting for three hours, I got angry. When the other party appears, it will be a dog's blood, and a good cultivation will inevitably attract a complaint.
At first, weren't you worried?
Xuanzang has a heart and a self!
What's the difference between the original mind and the self? The initial heart is the starting point, and the ego is the pursuit of the goal. In Xuanzang's view, it is the heart to bear the sufferings of the people and the purpose to exorcise evil spirits. If exorcism is the heart, then completing exorcism is the purpose. Therefore, the initial heart determines the beginning of everything, and the self is responsible for how to complete everything.
The confusion caused by the fish demon incident to Xuanzang is that saving people and exorcism have become two things. Saving people is just saving villagers, not exorcism. It saved everyone, including the devil. Because in the concept of exorcism taught by Master, although a demon is a demon, it is also good and human-made, and should be saved, so it cannot be simply killed with one knife. But Xuanzang couldn't awaken the truth, goodness and beauty of the demon, and at the same time saw other villagers in distress, so he wanted to solve the problem with a knife.
It's easier to save people than to exorcise demons. At this time, truth and self deviate, and he will think that Master has the wrong person!
Killing evil is like being caught breaking the law. How normal and reasonable this is in a society ruled by law. Is it necessary to influence every criminal? Who has such patience, who has such will, who has such energy and time and who has such ability?
This is undoubtedly a difficult road, and it will be considered childish with strong idealism. But what if the object is converted? That man is not a criminal, but his own relatives; Not even criminals, but naughty and disobedient daughters and sons who make trouble at home?
Is it to solve the problem quickly, or to face up to the problem and wait for an opportunity to guide people? For example, if your child has a problem, are you afraid of trouble, or do you hold back your emotions and take the opportunity to educate your child? What is lacking is patience? Or have you forgotten your original heart?
Confucius once said a passage: Confucius said: "Tao wants politics, and the people want punishment without shame;" Tao is virtue, courtesy, shame and dignity. "
Virtue is to understand the purpose to keep the heart; Ceremony is to connect the purpose to practice the initial heart. Master Xuanzang said that although the pig demon is ugly, it is a lover, and because of his wife's betrayal, he fell in love with women who adore handsome men all over the world. The pig just became a demon, abstracted from his original love and hate for his wife, and dominated himself. What's the connection between his wife and women in the world? From hating his wife to hating women all over the world, love and hate became obsession, and his behavior lost his true heart.
Not only the pig demon can't let go, but also Xuanzang can't let go. What the pig demon can't let go of is his love and hate for his wife. What can Xuanzang not let go? This is a kind heart. That is, he said, do something for the people. Why is there such an inner obsession? Because this is a purpose, and for this purpose, Xuanzang gave up master's idea, that is, gave up his own sincerity and used violence by hook or by crook.
How to understand Xuanzang's use of violence?
You will understand when you see Miss Duan. The violence of Miss Duan is the violence of Xuanzang. Because in a sense, Miss Duan is Xuanzang. Or more accurately, Xuanzang represents authenticity, while Miss Duan is the ID.
In this sense, Miss Duan is actually Xuanzang's self!
Many people may wonder why Miss Duan is Xuanzang. I have seen in the film reviews that Miss Duan is the embodiment of Guanyin, but in fact, the difference is too far. When will Miss Duan appear? The first time was after Xuanzang was beaten by a fish demon, and the second time was after Xuanzang fought with human skin sandbags in Gaolaozhuang.
Both times appeared suddenly, without process, and not only that. More interesting is a conversation. Xuanzang asked Miss Duan if she needed help, and Miss Duan said, Fuck off! Xuanzang represents his sincerity, but there is nothing he can do. Miss Duan, on the other hand, has her own means to exorcise demons by violence. Once you choose to use violence, Renshan will of course fuck off, otherwise how can you swing your fist? The design of this image can be seen from a scene where Miss Duan tore up a sandbag.
So far, there are two details that prove Miss Duan's identity. One is a fat girl who bounced the fish demon ashore in Liusha River. The fat girl is not Miss Duan, but she is the first voice to hint that she will appear. When everyone was weak, the fat girl pushed the thin man away and appeared, which was the expression of Xuanzang's heart. A powerful woman appeared, pushing away her emaciated self.
Why is Xuanzang's violent self a female image? Because this kind of violence comes from love and kindness. Why is Miss Duan's appearance dirty and rude? Because this is Xuanzang's original cognition of violence.
Secondly, after Xuanzang rescued the little girl in Liusha River, he returned to the wall where Master was. He said, "I can actually save more people, but I can't …" Then he fell in the corner and began to cry.
As the saying goes, monks don't tell lies, and Xuanzang is strict in keeping precepts, so he is not a liar. So that is to say, this sentence is true. Can he really save more people? What will be the premise?
It's simple. Use violence early, and let Miss Duan appear early. But there was nothing he could do, not that Miss Duan could not appear earlier, but that he could not convince himself to go against the exorcism concept taught by Master. It was not until her life was threatened that Miss Duan was forced to appear!
Xuanzang's crying reflected his pain. If he has tried his best to save people, even if he regrets it, it will not be painful. Only when you know that you have the ability, but don't do it, will you show such pain afterwards, because endless guilt and regret afflict him.
Stick to your good ideas or choose violence? To be or not to be: that's the question! Just like Zhou Jian, Gu's two sons prevented his downfall, and then he lived in seclusion in shouyangshan. What is their insistence?
"I don't know what's wrong with violence!"
The villagers in the fishing village are victims, aren't they fish monsters? Isn't it a pig demon? Since Xuanzang intends to save people, why only save the villagers and not the fish demon? This is not to say that saving villagers is not noble. The key lies in Xuanzang himself. He is a disciple of Mahayana Buddhism!
What is Mahayana Buddhism? Not to save the villagers, nor to save the fish demon, but to see the karma between the villagers and the fish demon, which can guide both sides to get rid of this revenge. This is Mahayana! Ride is to carry, for example, the load of a car or a boat, and get out of the sea!
It is hard for most people to see this. What they care about is the immediate love and hate, and what they pursue and practice is themselves. Just like Miss Duan's expression of Xuanzang, a husband and a warm family have children together. This is what she longs for, and it is the little love in Xuanzang's mouth. Where there is self, there is a part of it. Private is not a bad word in ancient times, indicating the part of self that should be kept.
The disadvantage of privacy is that it is only private.
The pig demon was not subdued by Miss Duan's means, because the pig demon, like Miss Duan, started from the self. Fish demon comes from outside influence, can exercise self-restraint, and can observe precepts. But how to solve it from the insistence of self itself?
Miss Duan is Xuanzang's insistence!
As a movie, a character can bear multiple images and expressions. Miss Duan can be another self of Xuanzang, or a woman, so the problem from realizing one self to how to face little love is self-satisfaction.
The difference between big love and small love is that one is to love others and the other is to love oneself. Why should we abandon our ideas and solve problems with violence? Because my emotions can't stand it, my feelings need to be satisfied. Just as you know that guiding children is the right way, why do you use corporal punishment? Because I'm angry.
Master appeared again and broke Xuanzang's mistake with a goose leg. His words are duplicity, or his words are inconsistent. Xuanzang's duplicity is not hypocrisy, but confusion, otherwise there would be no Miss Duan who represents violence. He firmly believed in the idea of Mahayana Buddhism, but in the face of all kinds of chaos, he took the means that ran counter to Mahayana Buddhism. So why do you say that Miss Duan looks black and dirty? Because it reflects Xuanzang's inner attitude towards violence.
The essence of duplicity is self-contradiction. Xuanzang broke the rules when he saw that Master was not good at eating goose legs. This means that his exorcism concept is just a rule that needs to be adhered to. He didn't really understand that it was not nursery rhymes that awakened truth, goodness and beauty, but his own truth, goodness and beauty contained in nursery rhymes.
Master said he didn't have goose legs in his heart, so it didn't hurt to eat them. This is to tell Xuanzang that as long as the truth, goodness and beauty in his heart are not lost, why should he mind what means he uses to exorcise demons? Why should we care about the image we present? Martin? Luther once said that in order to achieve the highest morality, by hook or by crook. Since the purpose is exorcism, then do whatever it takes. Like Miss Duan's musical instrument-indefinite flying ring. Unstable flying rings change a lot, have different shapes and are unscrupulous.
But this is a very dangerous sentence! If you don't understand, raise the banner of morality and do all the bad things. Look at so many people in the world who use religion and claim to listen to God's words and do evil.
So there's still half a sentence behind the master. I want to eat in my heart, but I say I won't eat. This is the problem. This is the way. This sentence can be said that Xuanzang liked Miss Duan, but refused to admit it. By extension, Xuanzang chose violence but refused to admit it; It is also Xuanzang's inner need for self-satisfaction, but he chose to pursue all beings.
Means is not a problem, but not seeing what you have done. Violence is not a problem. It is a problem to cover up the nature of violence with morality and purpose. It is the most basic and clear that no means will change its nature because of its purpose.
Master means to accept yourself first and face yourself positively!
Why did Xuanzang refuse Miss Duan, or even run away, because in his view, it was a little love and selfishness. He doesn't allow himself to be selfish, to care about himself, to be so emotional and violent. This is a typical religious spirit of self-purification.
Actually, I don't know how to take care of myself. How can we care for all beings? Because the ego itself is one of all beings. In fact, it doesn't matter whether you like Miss Duan or choose violence. The point is not to deceive yourself.
There is no standard for kindness, but we choose to satisfy others. Originally, we didn't look like ourselves, but we chose to become like others.
Master is bald, but he chose to wear a wig, which is the choice he made with the world. In addition to being funny as a comedy, it also embodies Xuanzang's demonstration, and truly achieves the harmony between true colors and presentation methods.
In the original journey to the west, it was in Gaolaozhuang that it became a pig and became a pig. In addition to the place name, there is another meaning of Gao Lao Zhuang, that is, Lao Zhuang is high, always Lao Zi, and Zhuang is Zhuangzi. Laozi and Zhuangzi are miracles of nature. We can distinguish between name and reality and be loyal to the Tao.