
Cultivating the Dao in a Beijing Courtyard: Are None of My Roommates Human?
四合院修道:我的室友都不是人?
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A place of peace of mind is practice - Comment on "The Practitioner in the Siheyuan" If you don't look at the labels of "stranger", "talisman" and "seal", "The Practitioner in the Siheyuan" is actually a family ethics drama cloaked in urban fantasy. The core of it is never about killing, but how a group of people learn what "guarding" means in an old courtyard. 1. The most touching setting: emotion is power The protagonist Lin Chen's ability to "unravel symbols" comes at the cost of consuming emotions - fear, anger, and even love. Every outburst means that he is one step further away from the one he loves. The most heartbreaking thing was not the separation between life and death, but his empty question to Su Xiaotang after the third interpretation of the symbol: "Do I not love you anymore?" The same principle applies to Su Xiaotang's approach to music: putting emotion into the music at the expense of losing emotion. The love between two "emotionally consuming" warriors makes the word "guard" extremely heavy. 2. The best group portrait: five injured people forming a home · Lin Chen: A cultural relic restorer who will be excited when Douyin reaches 100 likes. His growth is from "fighting for aura" to "fighting for heart". · Su Xiaotang: He can listen to the heart but does not understand human feelings. He only smiles after three seconds and explains the metaphor seriously - this kind of clumsy tenderness is more touching than sweet words. · Zhao Shanhe × Qin Xiaoyu: Retired soldiers and technical geeks, from their coats to bullet casing rings, the phrase "you won't be afraid when you come" is worth a thousand words. · Bai Mu: From "Doctors are ruthless" to "Only those who have feelings can save lives", Xiangxi's phrase "The King of Hell laughs, he will die in three seconds" is so cool that he bursts into laughter. · Shen Youyou: My fiancée in my previous life chose to protect her silently in this life, saying, "I loved her in my previous life, but I just want to protect her in this life" - this is the most honorable farewell to obsession. · Lao Chen: The soul of the book. The last sentence "When the flowers bloom, I will come back", the locust tree turns white all night, which is enough to make the most determined readers cry.
Guarding is a two-way practice A novel way to open up urban immortality, there is no flying to the sky and the earth, only the daily fireworks in the courtyard. Lin Chen and Su Xiaotang went from "listening to music and drawing talismans" to fighting side by side, and their love blossomed; the five of them turned from stranger tenants into family members, protecting not the common people in the world, but a yard, a locust tree, and each other's hearts. Solve the talisman three times, consume fear, anger and love - the final answer is not to be stronger, but "home is where the heart is." Talking about the most passionate guardianship in the gentlest way, I laughed and cried.