Dialectical relationship between characters and real historical figures in the movie Confucius;
The story begins with Ji's death and his succession in the fifth year of Lu (505 BC), when Confucius was 46 years old. In the film, Confucius was promoted to general by local official Lu, hoping that he could change the situation of Lu's "no monarch and no minister". In fact, history is not like this. As soon as Ji Huanzi stepped onto the historical stage, he had a power struggle with Yang Hucheng, Miyayama Buji and other Ji family officials. Shi Zaihuan has a favorite named Zhong Lianghuai. The relationship between Zhong Lianghuai and yang hu is not good. After the contradiction developed irreconcilable, Yang Hucheng imprisoned Zhong Lianghuai and was furious. Yang simply did nothing, and even Ji was locked up. Fortunately, Ji's hero suffered no direct loss and was released after reaching a compromise with yang hu. Later, in the eighth year of Lu, yang hu, the retainer of Ji surname, and Gong Shanbu were shocked and launched a rebellion, and captured Ji surname. Deadly Ji came up with a trick to escape from yang hu's control. The following year, Yanghu was defeated in the uprising and fled to Qi. Under the social background of frequent internal civil strife in Ji's family, "Dr. Lu Zi and below are against the right path", and Confucius decided not to be an official. However, a meeting between Confucius and Yang Hucheng changed his mind. This matter can be found in The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo XVII: "Yang Huo wanted to see Confucius, but Confucius didn't see him, so he returned to Confucius Dolphin. When Confucius is dead, go and worship him. When he encountered various ways, he said, "Come on, give me your words. Yue: I am fascinated by my country and my wealth. Can you say that it is a benevolent person? " Say "No" "When you are good at it and you lose, can you still be called Zhihu?" Said: "No" "The sun and the moon have no light, and the years are not with me." Confucius said, "Promise. I will be an official. " Yang Huo is a tiger. Confucius hated yang hu since he was a child. When Confucius was young, Ji Jia had a word "scholar", which talked about the accepting nature of intellectuals. Confucius, who was in high spirits, went with pleasure and was stopped at the door by yang hu, saying that our family invited a scholar, not you. Confucius came back disappointed on a whim. From then on, he had a bad impression on Yanghu. This time, yang hu was speechless and decided to be an official.
The Yanghu Rebellion failed, and Gongshan didn't take over Fei Yi (Fei Yi was the fief of Jishi). Gong Shan was not prepared to rely on Fei Yi to rebel, but sent someone to contact Confucius. Miyayama Buji in the movie (I still can't figure out why Miyayama Buji in the movie was renamed Miyayama Buji. There is also the plot of uniting Confucius against the Third Ring Road. Confucius said, "No common goal, no common goal." Rebuffed Miyayama Buji's invitation. In fact, Confucius is very eager to take this opportunity to become an official. He said, "Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang are kings with their rich pickaxes. Although the cost of land is small now, it is similar to that of Zhou Wuwang, Zhou Wenwang. " However, this official mission was stopped by the quilt road. It was not until the ninth year of Lu (the first 50 1 year) that the politics of Lu gradually stabilized, and Confucius became an official in China. This year, Confucius was 50 years old, and it has been four years since Ji died.
Since Confucius was not an official when Ji died, the plot of rescuing Qi Sigong, a fugitive slave, in the film was even more invented by the screenwriter. Among the seventy-two sages of Confucius' disciples, there is no lacquer to think about. Some people think that Qi Sigong is a disciple of Confucius, Qi Diaokai, and he is called "why harm him if he is disabled and doesn't do his own thing?" It can be seen that his body is disabled, which is consistent with the loss of an arm in the movie. The fabrication here also has some basis. However, there is no historical evidence to prove that Qi Diaokai was an escaped slave of Ji, and there is no record of Confucius saving him. According to the Analects of Confucius, Confucius once said to him: "The tooth of the son can be an official, and the time will pass." He replied, "I can't believe it." Confucius was very happy to hear that he was unwilling to be an official. That's all. In addition, Confucius doesn't seem to oppose human martyrdom. Mencius mentioned that Confucius once said, "What about the initiator?" Was the first man who made clay figurines instead of living buried privately because he had no descendants? He expressed strong disgust at the substitution of pottery figurines for human sacrifices. According to the ancient system of human martyrdom, Mozi said: "The son of heaven killed dozens of people and few people; Generals and doctors killed martyrs, ranging from dozens to several. " It should be a common phenomenon in society at that time. Although the system of human martyrdom is contrary to benevolence, Confucius' obedience to Zhou Li is not necessarily strongly opposed. In addition, the prototype of the debate between Confucius and Gong Shan about who is going to be buried in the palace seems to come from The Book of Rites under Tan Gong. Chen Zikang objected to being buried alive: Chen died in Wei, and his wife and her family doctor sought to be buried. Then Chen Zikang rushed to tell him: "The master is ill, don't raise him in the underground, please be buried." Zi Kang said, "It is immoral to be buried as a martyr; Although, when recovering from illness, which is the wife or the slaughter? If I have it, then I want it; I want to do what my second son does if necessary. " So Guo Fu used it. Chen Zikang is also a disciple of Confucius, and there are such differences between master and apprentice on the issue of human sacrifice.
In the spring of the tenth year of Lu, Qilu joined forces in Jiagu. Qi did not tamper with the alliance, nor did it arrange an ambush. At that time, Confucius, the agent of the country, brought some security guards for safety reasons. Confucius made great contributions to the recovery of lost territory, but he never used a momentary slip of the tongue to force Qi to submit by the seemingly rogue means of "no kidding". In ancient times, there was a saying that "the son of heaven joked". "Historical Records of the Golden Family": Call the king and play, cut the tung leaves as a warning, saying: "If this is the seal." Wei Shi asked for a date to establish an uncle. Cheng Wang said, "I will play with him." Wei Shi said: "The son of heaven is not joking." This is the famous "Ye Feng Cave". In ancient times, there was a saying that "the emperor was joking", but there was no saying that "the monarch was joking". The monarch of the State of Qi is not an emperor, so naturally the standard of "no kidding" cannot be used. In fact, Qi, as the leader of the League at that time, had some problems in the arrangement of literary programs when he joined the League, and invited some outstanding goblins to perform, which is probably like inviting people like Xiao Shenyang to perform at the summit meeting between the two countries today, which is indecent. Seeing this, Confucius was furious and rushed to the meeting place, shouting, "Whoever confuses princes with husbands should die!" " "At that time, the relevant departments cut off the hands and feet of Degang Guo and Xiao Shenyang. After returning home, he knew that he was indefensible and returned three cities in Wenshang to Lu. The plot of "falling into the three capitals" in the film is similar to historical facts. The downfall of the three capitals was not due to the invasion of Qi, but the fortress of Mangyi, which was not guarded by heavy troops who captured Shi, although Shi was worried that if Mangyi was demolished, Qi's army would kill outside the north gate of Qufu without cover.
The film omitted a very important plot in Confucius' life: killing Shao Zhengmao. According to historical records, Shao Zhengmao is a "chaotic politician of Dr. Lu" and seems to be an image of a chaotic minister and a thief. However, in Xunzi, he was called "Lu Zhiwen". Confucius pointed out that Shao Zhengmao had five major sins: "First, he was bold and alarmist; second, he was eccentric; third, he confused the false with the true; fourth, he learned by rote; and fifth, he followed the wrong path. If one of these five things is on people, it is inevitable that a gentleman will punish them. The former residence is enough to gather crowds of followers, the speech is enough to decorate evil people, and the recitation is enough to be independent. This little man is too fierce and should be punished. " However, according to Liu Zi in the Northern Dynasties, "Shao Zhengmao was in Shandong, at the same time as Confucius. Confucius' disciples have three surpluses and three shortages, and Yan Yuan will not go, only knowing the importance of saints. "Explain that Shao Zhengmao should also be a scholar who runs his own school. He once competed with Confucius for students, and his peers were enemies. Therefore, after Confucius became Guo Xiang's agent, he was accused of being a villain and was killed. The film avoids the sensitive content of killing Shao Zhengmao and maintains a positive and complete image of Confucius.
Lu was cheated away by Qi, and Confucius began to travel around the world. When he left, Ji handed over the details of Hosta, although there was no textual research on it. However, the Outline of Xunzi said, "Hire people as jade, invite scholars as jade, call people as jade, and refuse people to quit." Although this detail is fabricated, it conforms to the historical background and character identity.
The story of Zi Jian Nan Zi is recorded in Historical Records and The Analects of Confucius, but most of them are vague. Historical Records of Confucius' Family carried Confucius to the country for the second time to travel around the world. This "beautiful and lustful" Nanzi lady sent a message to Confucius: "People with lofty ideals from all over the world who want to be brothers with my husband will meet my husband's wife. Our wife wants to see you, too. " Confucius didn't want to meet this woman with a bad reputation, but he declined to meet again and again. Mrs. Nanzi is inside the curtain, and Confucius is outside, giving gifts to each other. Confucius only heard the jingle. When Confucius came out, he said to the students, "I didn't want to see her at first, but now I answer her with courtesy." However, Luz, a student of Confucius, was very unhappy because Confucius met this man with a bad reputation. Confucius then swore to Luz, "I went to see Nanzi and let Wei Linggong accept our proposal through her. If I don't hold this goal, let God abandon me! After more than a month, one day, Wei Linggong drove out to patrol, accompanied by this Nanzi lady, and Confucius was arranged in the second car. From the point of view of modern people, this arrangement is understandable, but in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is quite shameful to share a car with your favorite princess in public. As Ban Jieyu said to Emperor Han Chengdi: "Looking at ancient paintings, all the sages were famous ministers. At the end of three generations, the Lord had a daughter. Now, if you want to be the same, aren't there similarities? "Confucius sighed with emotion:" I have never seen anyone love virtue like a woman! " "Confucius saw through Wei Linggong's incompetence and simply left the country. Nanzi's death is not recorded in Historical Records. In the film, there seems to be some basis for her assassination by political opponents. According to "The Fourteenth Year of Zuo Zhuan Ding Gong", Kuaikun, the prince of Wei Linggong, tried to assassinate Nanzi, but it was exposed and Kuaikun escaped.
Finally, talk about the deaths of Yan Hui and Lutz. Yan Hui's death is clearly recorded in Historical Records Confucius Family: "In the 14th spring of Lu Aigong ... Yan Yuan died. Confucius said,' Heaven mourned'! " Confucius was welcomed back as early as eight years in Lu. After returning home, Yan Hui's living conditions may not have changed much, and he continued to "eat only once and drink only once" in a humble alley. If you can't bear it, you will be worried. If you go back, you won't change your fun. "In the face of life, Confucius has repeatedly expressed his love for Yan Hui in front of others. After returning to Shandong, Yan Hui lived a poor and happy life for six years. On the way around the world, he died in a cold ice cave for a few bamboo slips. Is the screenwriter a little emotional? This drama is really touching, but the emotion of historical drama should first be pinned on respect for historical truth. If the audience knows that the real Yan Hui didn't fall into the water and freeze to death, but lived for a long time after returning to China, can the touching plot fabricated by the screenwriter still win the audience's sighs and tears? About the death of Luz, the introduction in the film basically conforms to the historical facts, especially the details of putting on the hat again when Luz died, which are clearly recorded in Biography of Historical Records and Zhong Ni. The only thing that doesn't conform to the historical facts is that his death occurred in fifteen years, that is, the year before Confucius died, and he didn't die on the eve of Confucius' return to Lu as shown in the movie. The death of Aytu Luz was a great blow to Confucius in his twilight years. Confucius heard the news of Lutz's death in the Book of Rites, and wept bitterly in the atrium. Hearing the messenger say that Luz was chopped into meat paste after his death, Confucius quickly ordered people to put away the meat paste at home and could not bear to see it again. Then Confucius fell ill, and the following year, in the sixteenth year of Lu Aigong, April was ugly, and Confucius died at the age of seventy-three.