Everyone agrees that this is the easier part of the story to understand.
On his deathbed, Master Tian Zhuangzhuang taught his disciple Aaron Kwok his super invincible ape-fighting skills, but not his son Yuan Wah. This made Yuan Wah psychologically distorted all his life. Because his apprentice was too strong, he killed his apprentice and let his son Fang Zuming have no worries. In a word, he doesn't want his son to have his own regrets.
Later, I got mixed up with the Taoist king by mistake. When I met him, I ran to report to my father. Yuan Wah came to collect debts and wanted to ask Aaron Kwok for his ape. As a result, both of them were seriously injured, and no one could kill anyone.
The little Taoist Wang witnessed the confrontation between the two masters with his own eyes and insisted on being a teacher. At first, he said he didn't accept apprentices, but Wang said he had a first girlfriend, even if he never wanted to find a first girlfriend again in his life! I also want to learn this kind of kung fu from Aaron Kwok.
Aaron Kwok's eyes lit up because of this detail, and the hidden plot of the film began.
Second, what is an ape?
The moonlight is like snow, which makes the king kneel down and read the eight-character motto "Never leave, never hate or be angry". These eight words are strange enough for Wang. Originally, he knelt down and planned to read something like "respecting teachers and attaching importance to Taoism, passing it on from generation to generation".
So Aaron Kwok started the model of Zhao Zhongxiang's "Man and Nature" to understand what apes are all about. First, I explained that I needed same-sex partners to practice together, and described that when I broke through the bottleneck of practice, I "heard the flute on the earth and saw the intercourse of Yin and Yang" and I was "dying".
Aaron Kwok's remarks are almost as straightforward as "After the rainy season, it is another mating season". The way to break through the bottleneck of acrobatics is for both men and women to practice. Oh, what a pity.
Then he waited for Wang's reaction, and another man grew up surprised and puzzled. At this moment, Wang not only understood, but also made a fierce choice.
His mind recalled the details of the conversation between Yuan Wah and Aaron Kwok just now, which was somewhat unreasonable. For example, just now, both of them were diffusely talking. Where is the turning point of Yuan Wah's anger killing? At that time, Yuan Wah asked Aaron Kwok to hand over the secret of fighting apes. Aaron Kwok told him that there was no secret in fighting apes, and the master just dictated it. But! He drew a book "Experience of practicing apes", saying that if he stayed in those years, he should practice apes with Yuan Wah.
Isn't this something that both sides are happy about? But then, the turning point appeared!
Yuan Wah took Aaron Kwok's "Experience of Ape Practice" doubtfully, turned over a few pages and burned it angrily. Combining with what Wang said just now, Yuan Wah should have seen a bitmap of a man's body. He must be very angry and feel that he has been played.
It's good. After Wang figured it out, he closed his shocked mouth and pretended not to understand. He respectfully put the acrobatic cheater back into Aaron Kwok's hand, bowed and went back to sleep. What a fool.
It's a pity that in a few seconds, Aaron Kwok was shot and killed by Fang Zuming who avenged his father. Otherwise, we can see if there will be any changes in mentoring tonight. But interestingly, this leads to Aaron Kwok's training partner Zhang zhen.
Third, why did the fairy couple break up?
Before he died, Aaron Kwok saw Zhang zhen see himself in an illusion. He once told Zhang zhen to come to me if he missed me, but Zhang zhen never met again because he was angry and wanted to start a new life. Please take it to Wang, but all I saw was a quilt covered with blood.
Originally, we were friends who listened to oral sex, watched yin and yang intercourse and experienced death. Why did they break up?
Because we have done these things together, Zhang zhen has a strong possessive desire for Aaron Kwok. He was sad to learn of his death, but he didn't forget to ask Wang: Who are you? When Wang said he was an apprentice, his reaction was very angry. His first reaction was not to believe him, so he said, it's impossible. It was not until Wang read "Never give up, never hate or get angry" that his expression became complicated.
In combination with the above, the way to break through the bottleneck of daily practice and monthly practice is to double-train, so the mentoring should also double-train. So, I probably thought that Wang He had finished their double major courses, so he threw out a sentence: Do you know who I am? Wang knows how to read and tell quickly. The master couldn't swallow his breath before he died, just to see you. That means, don't worry, I know you are a teacher.
Zhang zhen told how he met Aaron Kwok and how he practiced fighting apes together in a paradise. The reason why they broke up was whether they would accept apprentices or not.
Zhang zhen's intention is obvious, because he only wants to double major with Aaron Kwok, so he will say that this ape fight is for two people. Aaron Kwok is ambitious. He said, no, fighting apes can also be everyone's. He believes that double practice is just a way of practice and does not contain any emotions.
Aaron Kwok, who realized that Zhang zhen had different feelings for himself, didn't notice the change of his feelings in time, but instead persuaded the other party to get married and have children, and promised to find a clean place and not accept apprentices. How is Aaron Kwok treating Zhang zhen? This unsolved case can only be explained by the sight of Zhang zhen waking up before his dying soul soared. Unfortunately, there is no take2 in life.
Desperate people are more likely to understand each other in a negative direction. For example, Zhang zhen, an actor who used to be addicted to opium, will begin to wonder why Aaron Kwok chose himself, because of his feelings, his eyes, or because he is the most suitable person to practice apes with him.
At that time, Aaron Kwok, who won the ape, didn't practice well. Why did he join the army? There are only men in the army. Why did you choose Zhang zhen among a group of soldiers? He is an actor and smokes a lot. Farewell My Concubine has long told us that the hero's two hobbies are opium and masculinity.
The ending of the story is a bit bleak. Go with the king for revenge, and Yuan Wah voluntarily traded his life for his life to save his son.
Zhang zhen was not killed by the enemy, nor was he a double suicide. Instead, he took the king to the paradise where he once lived with him and practiced once a month every day. Are they double degrees? Perhaps, perhaps with the departure of Aaron Kwok, Zhang zhen will be able to agree with the phrase that angered him in those years, "Apes can be everyone's".
"Never leave, never hate or be angry", it is difficult to live with one person, but it is not so difficult to live with another person. It is a bit like a love that died in the middle, surpassing love and finally making a positive marriage. Apes can be two people's or all people's. There is no right or wrong. The most important thing to get along with is to have a consensus.
Fourth, I am distressed by straight men!
The whole movie doesn't have a strong sense of existence, but it all started with him, that is, Tian Zhuangzhuang, the former owner of the ape, Yuan Wah's father and Fang Zuming's grandfather. On his deathbed, he took great pains to teach this harmful kung fu to his disciples, but not to his son. This kind of martial arts is too risky, and it is easy to die at home. Did Tian Zhuangzhuang practice apes? Have you ever experienced the realm of "blowing on the ground, yin and yang intercourse, dying"? Maybe, maybe his sparring partner told him to get married and have children, and he did, so he had a disappointing Yuan Wah.
I am a little distressed by Tian Zhuangzhuang and Tian Zhuang's father and grandfather. Because of the particularity of fighting apes, I can't have cheats, I can only dictate. Perhaps because of humiliation, Tian Zhuangzhuang chose to tell his disciples this secret before he died, otherwise, when he was alive, everyone could not get along.
But after all, his family almost died, because Yuan Wah, who was dying at that time, slapped Fang Zuming in front of Zhang zhen and said, "Come, worship him as a teacher and take back our Yuan family's kung fu."
You see, this is the world in the eyes of straight men, how simple, direct and rude. When Yuan Wah died, he still believed that Aaron Kwok was playing with himself in the bitmap of a man's body. He asked Fang Zuming to follow those who committed suicide and learn from real apes.
Fortunately, Zhang zhen's "Uncle, if you don't agree, you don't agree" saved his grandparents' wishes.