There is no shortage of jokes and true feelings in this era.

The release of "Don't Ask West East" is as full of twists and turns as its plot, and Han Han's casual teasing makes people even more embarrassed after laughing:

This Tsinghua University film was finally released after six years of filming, and it was finally dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Peking University/KLOC.

However, a movie that was finished six years ago has gone from obscurity to a circle of friends in just a few days, showing amazing vitality.

Some people say that it is a youth film, and the brilliant youth of four generations and their struggle against fate show its vigorous vitality, just like the English name of the film: forever young.

Some people say it is a literary film. If Fanghua shows the individual's helpless struggle in the torrent of the times, then this film sets off the bright light of human nature with the sadness and distortion of the times.

Some people say it's a school celebration drama, which shows Tsinghua University's past lives and is full of masters. Warm and touching, perhaps the film also implies that Tsinghua's spirit is always young.

What kind of movie is this? Why does it have such tenacious vitality?

The answers given by many people are moving.

I was moved by the truth of Wu Linglan, the blooming of Shen Guangyao, my deep affection and Zhang's initial heart.

At the end of the film, almost everyone looked at the subtitles quietly.

However, if you are moved, I am afraid it is not the peak work. The mysterious superstar released in the same period is slightly better.

At the end of the film, my eyes are not wet and my thoughts are myriad.

I seem to see the bigger ambition behind the movie:

Let people learn to rethink.

Yes, there is no lack of emotion in this era, what is lacking is thinking.

The feeling of chicken soup can only bring temporary resonance, and thinking about life can make life return to reality, let thoughts take root and let the spirit be passed down from generation to generation.

What is "nothing"?

What the film seems to want to express is not to ask others, not to follow the crowd, and to listen to your inner voice.

Starting from Wu Linglan (Chen Chusheng), he listened to his inner voice, abandoned his reason and followed literature, became a liberal arts teacher, moved to the National Southwest Associated University, and met Shen Guangyao (Wang Leehom) in the war, and this spirit was passed down;

Because Shen Guangyao listened to his inner voice and served the country with his own body, during the training of the Air Force, he often dropped supplies for the refugees in the town and subsidized the children in the town, including Chen Peng (Huang Xiaoming), who later became a nuclear physicist;

Because he listened to his inner voice, he saved Wang (Zhang Ziyi) and educated Li Xiang in that era of collective madness. Li Xiang listened to his inner voice at the last moment of his life and saved a couple, that is, Zhang's parents.

When Zhang visited the grave with his parents, he heard the story of Li Xiang. Finally, he listened to his inner voice, refused the temptation and extended a helping hand to four new lives. The last paragraph of the film seems to be the inheritance of this spirit.

At this point, the film is full of literary feelings, family feelings and ideal feelings, but in my opinion, this is only a literal meaning, and the profound meaning of not asking about the spread of Western learning should be more than this bowl of affectionate chicken soup.

"Mo Wen West" comes from the third paragraph of Tsinghua school song:

What do you mean? Measure and knowledge first, then knowledge and skills; To set moral standards, put forward insights and run schools, we must go beyond the traditional framework of learning from the East and the West and be comprehensive.

In popular words:

What determines a person's achievement is not your talent, ability, knowledge, family background and wealth, but your mind, your vision and your values. ?

I remember Gao once said that a famous school is a heavy weapon of the country, and he once went to Tsinghua to give a speech. As a result, the students asked him whether he should go to state-owned enterprises or private enterprises after graduation. He felt that a student in Tsinghua was actually concerned about such a problem, and his words revealed his anxiety and disappointment for the new generation.

The stories of the four generations are touching, not only because they listened to their hearts, but also because they abandoned the shackles of secular thoughts and found "consciousness", which is the ordinary greatness of this era.

The story of four generations is actually about four choices in life.

Between practical science and favorite liberal arts, Wu Linglan chose liberal arts;

Between studying at home and the national disaster, Shen Guangyao chose the national disaster;

Between public opinion and kindness, Chen Peng chose kindness;

Between winning and losing and love, Zhang chose love.

The first three stories tell us that even in the era of war, disaster and individual, we still have the right to choose;

The last story tells us that even in the era of personal rise and freedom, we still face difficult choices.

Today, when we are faced with a choice, we talk too much about winning or losing, but forget right or wrong. As a classic line in "See you later" says:

A while ago, there was a story in the popular military alliance that Cao Cao chose his successor. He gave his two sons an examination question and ordered them to send flags to the army from different city gates, but they did not deliver them in time. But at the same time, he ordered that the soldiers guarding the city were not allowed to leave the city. As a result, at the suggestion of Yang Xiu, Cao Zhi killed the soldiers guarding the city and delivered the flag in time, while Cao Pi gave up at the suggestion of Sima Yi.

Of course, the real intention of the exam is to see who will do whatever it takes to win and who can stick to the bottom line even if he loses.

In the story, many people saw the cruelty of feudal political struggle, including the cruelty of Cao Cao, the radicalism of Yang Xiu and the wisdom of Sima Yi.

However, this story is actually a kind of wisdom of life choice.

The reason why "equipment knowledge" is put in the first place is because it is about right or wrong, not pros and cons, not winning or losing.

100 years ago, before committing suicide, scholar Liang Ji asked his son Liang Shuming, "Will the world be fine?" That is the anxiety of several generations, and modern people are more anxious about "will I become better?" Just two days ago, Mao, a post-80s entrepreneur, committed suicide because of a failed venture. The former died because of winning or losing. Maybe our generation really needs to reflect on what is good and what is true.

Following the heart is not arbitrary, not numb and practical, but "no regrets overflowing from the deep heart." May you and I put right and wrong before winning or losing in the face of life choices, and stick to the deep goodwill and bottom line.

At the beginning of the movie, Zhang's mother said: People are really bad now. This sounds too harsh to Zhang.

In real life, it is naive or hypocritical to talk about feelings, ideals and goodwill.

The difficulty of "not asking about the spread of western learning to the east" lies in the strength of the secular world. Even in today's free thinking, we often choose mainstream occupations, stable jobs and pragmatic marriages because of public opinion. For example, when I was in high school, I chose liberal arts. I don't know how many times I have been questioned, and how many people firmly believe that only those who can't learn will choose liberal arts.

In that era when everyone was pure and kind, Lei Feng's spirit was only noble. In this era of rationality and machiavellianism's prevalence, it is truly great to dare to adhere to the spirit of Lei Feng.

Yes, I don't know when it became shameful to think about the meaning of life. It is not poverty that limits our imagination, but the lack of meaning in life.

In ancient Greek mythology, Sisyphus was severely punished for offending the gods and asked him to push a boulder to the top of the mountain. Whenever he approaches the top of the mountain, the boulder will roll down the mountain again. He needs to do it repeatedly and endlessly-the gods believe that there is no more severe punishment than this ineffective and hopeless labor.

Many times, we think that the pursuit of inner choice is the pursuit of happiness, and happiness will lead to happiness, but the Harvard happiness course gives a psychological answer:

Happiness is a temporary pleasure, and its meaning is a long-term sense of value to others and society. If you want happiness, you can't give up thinking about the meaning of life. Only by thinking about life can you understand what is most important to you and what choices you should make to make your life happier.

The value of meaning lies in that when you are hit, you can "remember your own preciousness and resist malice", and when you are confused, you can "believe your own preciousness, love what you love, do what you should do, listen to your heart and ask nothing". Maybe after watching this movie and listening to Mao's words, I won't commit suicide.

These people stop thinking and pursuing the meaning of life, live a repetitive life every day, and their spirit dies in the secular trend.

On the contrary, many great people in our time are constantly thinking about the meaning of life and pursuing a meaningful life.

At the age of seventy-three, an old man was cheated of all his property by his agent, but he picked up his guitar again and sang, "Everything has cracks, that's where light comes in."

An equally 73-year-old man, once the tobacco king of China, just got out of prison and faced with the life dilemma of separation of his wife and children, but went to Ailao Mountain to grow oranges. At the age of 85, his oranges finally broke out with the help of the Internet.

Their lives are forever young because of thinking and the pursuit of meaning. This is the best interpretation of the theme of this film: always young.

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