장이머우 <영웅>의 철학적 배경과 천하주의

Abstract

This paper tries to examine ideological significance and confines of Pax-China through historical context as well as philosophical background of the Warring States Period reflected on Zhang Yimou’s(張藝謀) movie, Hero. Among his movies, Hero standing out color aesthetic is well described about not only Qin Shi Huang’s ambition towards unification of the Warring States Period, but also confrontation of the emperor’s adherents versus opponents. The movie has significant meanings to the extent that a theory of School of Naturalists (Yin-yang), based on the Five Phases, images mutual/conflictive interaction by five cardinal colors, and dialectical processes of conquest thereof. Color aesthetics applied to the film represents psychological and ideological features of film characters and at the same time calls Pax-Sinica of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism into question. Zhang Yimou asserts that ideological justification and fundamental Pax-Sinica need to be conflated by realistic Pax-Sinica. It is seen that such his perspective lends an absolute influence to Hero. Both justification of Confucianism and thought of nameless of Taoism balancing between concord and discord, the movie successfully captures that Qin Shi Huang’s sword principles are sublimated to Pax-Sinica. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that three sword principles suggested in the logic of “Chuang-tzu’s” Sharp Tongue mutually are overlapped with Qin Shi Huang’s three sword principles. The fact that the ultimate achievement of a sword is to become the sword for peace is the grand finale of the movie. However, the problem is that Pax-Sinica is ongoing like the movie. It does not seem there is much difference between Pax-Sinica reflected in Hero and Pax-China, which is currently proceeding from “Keeping a low profile(韜光養晦)” to “the Rise of the Great Powers(大國崛起)”. The movie has considerable benefits to create a new form of ideology, so-called Pax-China. Considering this, it is within an inconvenient boundary apt to snowball fictional ideas.