
Farewell My Concubine (starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li)
by Li Bihua
About This Novel
A collector's edition of Li Bihua's classic works, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, and Ge You in the film of the same name. It won many domestic and foreign awards such as the Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or, as well as many nominations for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography, etc., And received high praise and praise! Fame and wealth are all gone, jade belts are covered with black gauze, and the career of a thousand years has been turned back; separation and joy are all illusory dreams, and a hundred years of beauty and talent are gone in the blink of an eye. A bitch is ruthless, an actor is ruthless. A bitch should be affectionate in bed, and an actor should only be affectionate on stage. Some people's charm is only in bed, and they die when they leave the bed. Some people's charm is only on stage, and they die when they get off stage. Generally speaking, individuals with vague faces, although they have been deceived too much in life, are unhappy with their wishes and are just a little confused, it will be over. Life is also a drama. "Farewell My Concubine" uses the life experiences and emotional entanglements of Liyuan brothers Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou as clues to tell a sad and tragic past story of an actor. You have heard many stories about emperors, generals, talents and beauties. The affection, kindness, affection, love and affection are all so beautiful and indescribable. It's not a human color at all. The human world is just a face with makeup wiped off. Just these two faces. He is Yu Ji, and whoever plays opposite him is naturally the overlord. When the king is exhausted, how can a humble concubine survive? But this is just a play. After all, they were not dead. It's hard to describe in detail from the beginning.
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The little nun was only twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off in her youth. I am originally a man, not a girl.
Farewell My Concubine
The Overlord is not the real Overlord, but Yu Ji is the real Yu Ji It seems to describe the love and death process between Duan Xiaolou and Cheng Dieyi, but in fact it focuses on the changes of the times. In the ever-changing era, the fate of the two of them is so small. Eunuch Zhang, Yuan Shiqing, and Xiaosi, the three supporting characters who have a great influence on the protagonist, have all become trendsetters through the times, and have also fallen from their heights in the changing times. Some people say that it was because of Eunuch Zhang's words to Die Yi that Die Yi felt castrated in his mind and felt that he should have been Mei Jiao'e. Others said that it was the time when Yuan Shiqing and Die Yi completely regarded themselves as women, and they could no longer tell the difference between the inside and outside of the play. There is also some foreshadowing at the beginning of the book. It is said that Dieyi has six fingers. Doesn't the description of an extra finger imply something? It seems that he was supposed to be a girl, but unexpectedly became a boy. I think that without Eunuch Zhang and Yuan Shiqing, there is still a possibility that he would fall in love with his senior brother. After all, his mother is a prostitute. It is difficult to be masculine in this situation, let alone masculine. There is not even a trace of warm love. His mother sleeps with others from time to time. How does Die Yi feel in her heart? When I became my master, I didn't get any love from Master Guan. He had high standards for his disciples. If his disciples were even slightly self-satisfied, they would scold them and even beat them to pieces. It was difficult for them to receive care under a strict mentor. Immediately afterwards, the senior brothers crowded out Dieyi one after another. Only Xiaolou played the role of a knight beside him, caring for him meticulously, and once even got into a fight. Xiaolou suffered a bloody head because of this. Over time, Dieyi only wanted to be with him for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, everything backfired. What Xiaolou liked was Juxian, a prostitute. He had never loved Dieyi and only regarded him as a younger brother. However, Dieyi did not take it seriously and always tried his best to protect Xiaolou. When the Japanese arrested Xiaolou, Dieyi rescued Xiaolou without hesitation; when they were criticized, Dieyi put all the blame on Juxian, and when he was helpless, he thought of committing suicide. All this seemed to be just to repay Xiaolou's meticulous love for him. When Dieyi and Xiaolou, who are in their twilight years, meet unexpectedly again after not seeing each other for many years, and are about to part ways, things suddenly change. They have pretended not to know anything all their lives, but they want to reveal the truth at the end. Why? Seeking relief from conscience? There is a saying: The world is just a face with makeup wiped off. The world is like a big dream, they all woke up. The fake overlord and the real concubine have all become things after their death. They are unknown in history and buried in the loess. The big shots will eventually bow out, and the little ones will also take off their clothes, and they will all be mixed together. They are all living beings, and it is impossible to distinguish between the innocent, the wise, the stupid, the beautiful and the ugly. All the blood, tears, and pain faded into the fragrance of tea mist, and turned out to be just a foil of human feelings, a blurry shadow. Taking advantage of the few people on the stage, they were affectionate and righteous, and allowed to be swept by the waves, which made the only one in the human heart more obvious. The world is huge, fate is changing, and the world is complicated, but there is only one simple love, just wrapped around a red thread, and the whole life is spent. Everything else is not eye-catching, not worth mentioning, just the curtain decoration of a play. This wrong love is upright and upright, but no one can match it. Life is like a play!
Compared to books and movies, I still prefer movies
The writing is also very exciting, but Dieyi is the betrayal in the book. The book has always written about Dieyi's love for Xiaolou as a clue. Dieyi indirectly killed Xiaolou's children and wife and destroyed Xiaolou's home. Xiaolou in the book has always been in an awkward and tangled role. He loves Juxian and Dieyi, but his love for Dieyi is just like the love he had to protect him when he was a child. Maybe if I read the book first I would fall in love with the characters But I still prefer Die Yi's obsession with acting in the movie. He doesn't distinguish between human beings and actors, reaching the point where he can't survive without being crazy. Even death is in the drama where he has perfected himself and is truly committed to the end. This kind of professionalism is what I really yearn for. Every time I watch the movie, I can't bear to fast forward even a second. It's truly a classic among classics. Leslie Cheung's creampie looks beautiful too
You have left long ago, but I am still looking for your shadow everywhere. Cheng Dieyi is you, Ning Caichen is you, you will always be the brother in my memory.
I am originally a female Jiao'e - [Farewell My Concubine] Cheng Dieyi
He was born with one extra finger than others. This extra long finger seems to indicate that his life is ill-fated compared to others. His mother is a girl from Goulan Courtyard. Since he was born, he has only known his mother but not his father. Because of the special living environment, he did not have the happiness of other children's childhood. When he was nine years old, his mother sent him to apprentice with a master. Because he had an extra finger, the master didn't want to take him in, but his mother cut off his sixth finger in order to send him there. From then on, his unfortunate life officially began. When he first arrived in a strange place, the children all rejected him, and only the elder brother was willing to show kindness to him. At that time, he was immersed in the pain of being abandoned and couldn't extricate himself, but the kindness of his elder brother gave him new hope. The master asked him to learn how to sing the female role, but when he sang "I am a girl, not a man", he was always unable to sing accurately because of his self-esteem. But when the senior brother stuffed the copper smoke pot into his mouth, he put down his pride for his senior brother. He always thought that he could be with his senior brother for the rest of his life, but the reality turned out to be different from what he thought. It wasn't until the end when he sang "I am a female Jiao'e" again that he realized that he had made a huge mistake in his life.
Many years later, they met in a bathhouse in Hong Kong. They were old and lustful, their muscles were flabby, and Dieyi even married a wife. They sang another part of Farewell My Concubine, Dieyi realized his dream in a fantasy world, he picked up the long sword and killed himself, blood flowed all over the ground, lying in the arms of the mournful Overlord of Chu, dying for the Overlord. He finally woke up from the nightmare, but more than half of his life had already passed. In the movie, Die Yi finally commits suicide. Life is like a play, and play is like life. He is as solemn as completing a ritual. He must have imagined it many times in his mind, so he drew his sword and committed suicide in one go. His body fell to the ground with a dull sound, and the late Overlord shouted miserably: "Dieyi!" "Xiaodouzi." He is a lunatic who is addicted to drama and drama. He loves Overlord, and he dreams of becoming Yu Ji. The woman he wants to be the most, he finally realizes his dream and becomes Yu Ji.
I am born after 2000 and have never met Leslie Cheung, but he has penetrated into my heart and taken root deep in my heart, constantly pulling out, cutting and burning.
The most important thing about a book is its soul. In our era, this book seems to be beautiful, but the overall environment described in the book is different. The turbulent mood of that era runs through the whole text. Give people a beautiful enjoyment. From the current perspective, Dream of Red Mansions is just a romance novel, but why does it receive such high praise? Because it contains literary enjoyment and incorporates the background of the times and philosophical speculation. The same goes for this book.
"Can you support him for a lifetime?" "For a lifetime."
The small building still looks like it did before, and there is no Cheng Dieyi in the world.
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Official(132)Scraped 4d ago
The little nun was only twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off in her youth. I am originally a man, not a girl.
Farewell My Concubine
The Overlord is not the real Overlord, but Yu Ji is the real Yu Ji It seems to describe the love and death process between Duan Xiaolou and Cheng Dieyi, but in fact it focuses on the changes of the times. In the ever-changing era, the fate of the two of them is so small. Eunuch Zhang, Yuan Shiqing, and Xiaosi, the three supporting characters who have a great influence on the protagonist, have all become trendsetters through the times, and have also fallen from their heights in the changing times. Some people say that it was because of Eunuch Zhang's words to Die Yi that Die Yi felt castrated in his mind and felt that he should have been Mei Jiao'e. Others said that it was the time when Yuan Shiqing and Die Yi completely regarded themselves as women, and they could no longer tell the difference between the inside and outside of the play. There is also some foreshadowing at the beginning of the book. It is said that Dieyi has six fingers. Doesn't the description of an extra finger imply something? It seems that he was supposed to be a girl, but unexpectedly became a boy. I think that without Eunuch Zhang and Yuan Shiqing, there is still a possibility that he would fall in love with his senior brother. After all, his mother is a prostitute. It is difficult to be masculine in this situation, let alone masculine. There is not even a trace of warm love. His mother sleeps with others from time to time. How does Die Yi feel in her heart? When I became my master, I didn't get any love from Master Guan. He had high standards for his disciples. If his disciples were even slightly self-satisfied, they would scold them and even beat them to pieces. It was difficult for them to receive care under a strict mentor. Immediately afterwards, the senior brothers crowded out Dieyi one after another. Only Xiaolou played the role of a knight beside him, caring for him meticulously, and once even got into a fight. Xiaolou suffered a bloody head because of this. Over time, Dieyi only wanted to be with him for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, everything backfired. What Xiaolou liked was Juxian, a prostitute. He had never loved Dieyi and only regarded him as a younger brother. However, Dieyi did not take it seriously and always tried his best to protect Xiaolou. When the Japanese arrested Xiaolou, Dieyi rescued Xiaolou without hesitation; when they were criticized, Dieyi put all the blame on Juxian, and when he was helpless, he thought of committing suicide. All this seemed to be just to repay Xiaolou's meticulous love for him. When Dieyi and Xiaolou, who are in their twilight years, meet unexpectedly again after not seeing each other for many years, and are about to part ways, things suddenly change. They have pretended not to know anything all their lives, but they want to reveal the truth at the end. Why? Seeking relief from conscience? There is a saying: The world is just a face with makeup wiped off. The world is like a big dream, they all woke up. The fake overlord and the real concubine have all become things after their death. They are unknown in history and buried in the loess. The big shots will eventually bow out, and the little ones will also take off their clothes, and they will all be mixed together. They are all living beings, and it is impossible to distinguish between the innocent, the wise, the stupid, the beautiful and the ugly. All the blood, tears, and pain faded into the fragrance of tea mist, and turned out to be just a foil of human feelings, a blurry shadow. Taking advantage of the few people on the stage, they were affectionate and righteous, and allowed to be swept by the waves, which made the only one in the human heart more obvious. The world is huge, fate is changing, and the world is complicated, but there is only one simple love, just wrapped around a red thread, and the whole life is spent. Everything else is not eye-catching, not worth mentioning, just the curtain decoration of a play. This wrong love is upright and upright, but no one can match it. Life is like a play!
Compared to books and movies, I still prefer movies
The writing is also very exciting, but Dieyi is the betrayal in the book. The book has always written about Dieyi's love for Xiaolou as a clue. Dieyi indirectly killed Xiaolou's children and wife and destroyed Xiaolou's home. Xiaolou in the book has always been in an awkward and tangled role. He loves Juxian and Dieyi, but his love for Dieyi is just like the love he had to protect him when he was a child. Maybe if I read the book first I would fall in love with the characters But I still prefer Die Yi's obsession with acting in the movie. He doesn't distinguish between human beings and actors, reaching the point where he can't survive without being crazy. Even death is in the drama where he has perfected himself and is truly committed to the end. This kind of professionalism is what I really yearn for. Every time I watch the movie, I can't bear to fast forward even a second. It's truly a classic among classics. Leslie Cheung's creampie looks beautiful too
You have left long ago, but I am still looking for your shadow everywhere. Cheng Dieyi is you, Ning Caichen is you, you will always be the brother in my memory.
I am originally a female Jiao'e - [Farewell My Concubine] Cheng Dieyi
He was born with one extra finger than others. This extra long finger seems to indicate that his life is ill-fated compared to others. His mother is a girl from Goulan Courtyard. Since he was born, he has only known his mother but not his father. Because of the special living environment, he did not have the happiness of other children's childhood. When he was nine years old, his mother sent him to apprentice with a master. Because he had an extra finger, the master didn't want to take him in, but his mother cut off his sixth finger in order to send him there. From then on, his unfortunate life officially began. When he first arrived in a strange place, the children all rejected him, and only the elder brother was willing to show kindness to him. At that time, he was immersed in the pain of being abandoned and couldn't extricate himself, but the kindness of his elder brother gave him new hope. The master asked him to learn how to sing the female role, but when he sang "I am a girl, not a man", he was always unable to sing accurately because of his self-esteem. But when the senior brother stuffed the copper smoke pot into his mouth, he put down his pride for his senior brother. He always thought that he could be with his senior brother for the rest of his life, but the reality turned out to be different from what he thought. It wasn't until the end when he sang "I am a female Jiao'e" again that he realized that he had made a huge mistake in his life.
Many years later, they met in a bathhouse in Hong Kong. They were old and lustful, their muscles were flabby, and Dieyi even married a wife. They sang another part of Farewell My Concubine, Dieyi realized his dream in a fantasy world, he picked up the long sword and killed himself, blood flowed all over the ground, lying in the arms of the mournful Overlord of Chu, dying for the Overlord. He finally woke up from the nightmare, but more than half of his life had already passed. In the movie, Die Yi finally commits suicide. Life is like a play, and play is like life. He is as solemn as completing a ritual. He must have imagined it many times in his mind, so he drew his sword and committed suicide in one go. His body fell to the ground with a dull sound, and the late Overlord shouted miserably: "Dieyi!" "Xiaodouzi." He is a lunatic who is addicted to drama and drama. He loves Overlord, and he dreams of becoming Yu Ji. The woman he wants to be the most, he finally realizes his dream and becomes Yu Ji.
I am born after 2000 and have never met Leslie Cheung, but he has penetrated into my heart and taken root deep in my heart, constantly pulling out, cutting and burning.
The most important thing about a book is its soul. In our era, this book seems to be beautiful, but the overall environment described in the book is different. The turbulent mood of that era runs through the whole text. Give people a beautiful enjoyment. From the current perspective, Dream of Red Mansions is just a romance novel, but why does it receive such high praise? Because it contains literary enjoyment and incorporates the background of the times and philosophical speculation. The same goes for this book.
"Can you support him for a lifetime?" "For a lifetime."
The small building still looks like it did before, and there is no Cheng Dieyi in the world.


