New Age Artists

Chapter 113 The Longest Loving Nation (13)

"Dragon Boat Festival is a festival celebrated by more than a billion people to commemorate a person who died more than 2000 years ago."

"The same dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings. This kind of thing has never happened before in the world."

"For more than 2000 years, they have never forgotten the man who drowned himself for his country. There is no other nation in the world that has such a long-lasting loyalty."

"Those who commemorate Qu Yuan are the Chu people of Qu Yuan's clan, as well as other people whose country was also destroyed, including the Qin people who destroyed the Chu State. The righteousness of the Chinese nation is a model of human civilization."

"We know that great unity is the foundation of political stability, economic development and social stability. Without great unity, there would be no Chinese civilization, no China would be strong for thousands of years, and no Chinese nation would be strong in the future."

"But our history is not only written for the victors. We respect the losers, those who are angry and anxious about the destruction of their country. We respect the losers who risked their lives. The righteousness and long-lasting love of our nation are the deepest in the human world."

Shen Santong concluded: "Such sentiments also exist in the Three Kingdoms and in Red Cliff. We admire the Battle of Red Cliff where the Eastern Wu and Shu Han defeated the many with the few and the strong with the weak. We also sigh for the Prime Minister who died of a serious illness at Wuzhangyuan during the fifth northern expedition."

"How many years have passed since the Three Kingdoms? More than 1,700 years have passed, yet we still cannot forget it. It seems like it was just yesterday. It is so far away in time, yet so close to us."

“It’s like when you visit the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and see the fingerprints left on the mouth of a Terracotta Warrior, it feels as if the craftsman who worked there more than 2,000 years ago just walked by.”

"As a nation with a history, we should touch the places where our ancestors touched and feel the breath they left behind, just like we are touching each other's fingers through glass."

"So I made Red Cliff for the Chinese people to watch. Because only we Chinese have such history and such historical sentiments."

"You want me to fabricate our history, play with our history, embarrass and deconstruct it, and let foreigners play with it. I, Shen Santong, can't do it!"

clap clap clap!
There was warm applause!

Shen Santong dissected the Chinese people's feelings towards history, starting with the Zhou Dynasty system. His analysis was thorough and clear.

He is full of pride and calmness in his views and opinions on history.

Instead of reflection, criticism, and hatred.

A very small number of reporters were disgusted by this, but with the reporters who had been driven away before them, no one dared to act presumptuously.

Shen Santong said that if he didn't give face, he would really not pamper the uncrowned king.

Most reporters agreed with this view and applauded spontaneously.

While clapping, he seemed to be thinking about something.

"I have finished the second part of my speech. My historical perspective was the main focus and spiritual guidance for the filming of Red Cliff."

Shen Santong waited for the applause to stop and said, "Finally, this is my opinion on the history of the Three Kingdoms, which is also the focus of the movie "Red Cliff". In fact, I have already mentioned the second part of my speech."

"I want to make it clear in advance that my thoughts are just what I think at the moment. Experts from all walks of life will join this project, and there may be some changes as the project progresses."

"Everyone has their own preferences for the Three Kingdoms. I will talk about mine. If you have different opinions, you can communicate, but you cannot make personal attacks."

Shen Santong said it first, but he was also criticized for taking the photo.

The project was a bit urgent to get started, and because of confidentiality, he did not investigate.

There were bursts of laughter at the scene.

You, Shen Santong, are fearless, but are you afraid of being attacked?
"My view on the history of the Three Kingdoms and the late Eastern Han Dynasty is that the reason why this period of history shines so brightly in the long river of history is mainly because of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang."

"Without Liu Bei, the Three Kingdoms would be no different from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Cao Cao is just a bigger Zhu Wen, Sun Quan is just a smaller Yang Xingmi, Sima Yi is just an inferior Zhao Kuangyin, and Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu are everywhere. No one has any moral bottom line and would just massacre a few cities for fun."

After Shen Santong finished speaking, he observed for a while and saw no reaction. It might be Yi Zhongtian, who majored in ancient Chinese literature in the Chinese Department, who had not yet started "Appreciating the Three Kingdoms" and stepped down on Liu Bei and praised Cao Cao.

In his previous life, Shen Santong liked Cao Cao when he was young, but was later silenced by a simple question.

Who are you going to join when you go to the Three Kingdoms?

It's like an abolitionist. As long as slaves don't live next door to me, I support abolition.

White leftists who sympathize with refugees will strongly support them as long as the refugees are not in my community and are my neighbors.

As a dog and cat lover, I love it as long as there are no stray dogs, stray cats, or fierce dogs in my community.

Those who like Cao Cao love him very much, as long as they are not his subordinates or the targets of his massacre.

Liking Cao Cao means putting yourself in Cao Cao’s shoes, just like liking Qi Tongwei means putting yourself in Qi Tongwei’s shoes.

Shen Santong continued: "Liu Bei and the Shu Han team he built added a touch of humanism and idealism to this bloody history. This is the main reason why the Three Kingdoms storytelling and romance are still popular today."

"Liu Bei's ambition has always been to 'live a glorious life and make a name for himself'. He started his army in Zhuo County and spent the first half of his life wandering around for more than 30 years. As a 'mat weaver and shoe seller' in the Shura field at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he eventually became a powerful ruler and the founder of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period."

"Liu Bei was 47 years old when the Battle of Red Cliff took place. When he was almost 50, he still remembered his ambitions in his youth. After he was over 50, he still worked hard for this ambition. He deserves the eight words 'never forget your original aspiration and forge ahead'."

Shen Santong said of Wu Hou: "Zhuge Liang, Wu Hou is a very rare perfect man in all dynasties."

"He had an extraordinary fate. He was visited by the monarch three times before he even left his thatched cottage. This was rare among ministers throughout history, and he was highly valued by the monarch as soon as he left the mountain. Not only the two generations of monarchs, but even Cao Cao and Sun Quan treated him with great respect."

"Secondly, he was upright and honest. When Liu Bei entrusted him with important tasks, he served as a minister and did not covet the throne. After his death, his family had no wealth left. He is not only a model of a loyal minister, but also a model of an honest official."

"Third, he was extremely intelligent and proficient in both civil and military affairs. Not only was he praised as the second best in governing a country after Guan Yu and Xiao Yu, but his military management skills were also passed down through the ages. After Sima Zhao conquered Shu, he couldn't wait to learn his military management methods."

"A loyal, honest, capable, and near-perfect person with extraordinary circumstances."

"Almost every feudal dynasty, in its later years, would have a group of anthropomorphic creatures that would make people's blood pressure explode. Only in the Han Dynasty, this group of people headed by Liu Bei put a romantic end to the Han Dynasty."

Shen Santong concluded: "Liu Bei was indomitable, Zhuge Liang devoted himself to his work, Guan Yu was loyal and righteous, Zhang Fei was rough but meticulous, Zhao Yun was brave, and Jiang Wei endured humiliation and bore heavy responsibilities..."

"Even if Liu Chan is placed among the emperors of all dynasties, he can be considered above average. At least he is not stupid, cruel, troublesome, or suspicious. If he were placed in the Taiping Dynasty, his rule would be more or less xx."

“Future generations will not feel anger or hatred towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the end of the dynasty, but only regret and admiration.”

"Only Shu Han, even 1,700 years later, people still discuss how to make Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition a success and restore the Han Dynasty."

In later generations, on the small broken website, 870 million barrages bid farewell to the prime minister, and it was played 5.4 million times.

The prime minister never traveled from Shuchuan to Chang'an in his life. The high-speed rail from Chengdu to Xi'an only takes three hours and the ticket price is 263 yuan, just because Shu Han perished in 263.

Perhaps this is the romance unique to the Chinese.

After Shen Santong finished his speech, the meeting host said, "Now it's time for questions and discussions."

"Director Shen, in history, the protagonists of the Battle of Red Cliffs were Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, and Shu Han played only a supporting role. Do you plan to film it according to the novel?"

The first reporter who got the chance to ask a question asked a tricky question: "But you analyzed the source of our historical system and emphasized that the biggest feature is authenticity. You admire Shu Han so much, would you exaggerate the role of Shu Han in the Battle of Chibi regardless of historical facts?"

(End of this chapter)