The first draft of "Legend of Zhaoming" was written in 2004. The full text consists of three parts with about 300,000 words. He once used the pen name "Mingze".
After re-editing "Reminiscence" this year, I suddenly remembered that "Legend of Zhaoming" was completed earlier than the first draft of "Reminiscence". The writing style was too immature, the plot was not rigorous, and the sense of proportion was not good. So I suddenly had a whim and prepared to significantly revise "Legend of Zhaoming".
Zhan Zhao, the protagonist of "Legend of Zhaoming", adheres to the style of Bao Qingtian in the 1993 version. The full text uses Zhan Zhao's special life experience as a clue and mainly describes his experiences in the human world. There is not much description of the world of gods and Buddhas. In the form of a trilogy, this article narrates three public cases in Kaifeng Prefecture to express Zhan Zhao's noble character of loyalty, filial piety, tolerance, persistence in faith, and pursuit of truth and justice.
The purpose of the full text is to promote the most precious feelings of family, friendship and great love. In addition, the article also touches on court politics, imperial power schemes, disputes between Buddhism and Taoism, etc.
The nobility of a person does not depend on status, but on character and character. Even though Nan Xia Zhan Zhao is only a fourth-grade guard and does not even have an official position, he is still noble!
The reason why this article gives him the status of the eldest grandson of the Jade Emperor is not to give him supreme glory, but to reflect his infinite personality charm through extraordinary circumstances and tests. In addition, there is another most important reason: when I watched the 1993 version of Bao Qingtian, I felt that Zhan Zhao had the compassion of a Buddha and the character of a god.
I have a very selfish motive for writing this article - I hope that whenever I miss him in the future, I can just look up at the sky and feel that he is in the palace of heaven, smiling at the world! In order to realize this dream, I must carefully rewrite "Legend of Zhaoming" to make myself believe in this story and believe that he is there...