If you want to get ahead in front of others, you must suffer in front of others! Source?

From Li Bihua's Farewell My Concubine.

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Original: People should be themselves. If you want to get ahead of others, you must suffer after others! -Li Bihua's Farewell My Concubine.

Farewell My Concubine tells a sad story based on the life experiences and emotional entanglements of Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou, disciples of Liyuan. Literary fiction and quintessence of Chinese classics, personal destiny and the changes of the times are ingeniously integrated, full of twists and turns, touching, poetic, extremely tense and thought-provoking.

When Chen Kaige attended the film festival on 1988, Feng Hsu took the initiative to meet him and came to see him with Li Bihua's novels. He saw it and said it was necessary for Chen Kaige to make such a film. The ending of the old version of Li Bihua's original novel is that Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou met in the bathroom in Hongkong several years later, naked, honest and affectionate, and then went out and went their separate ways. Chen Kaige told Li Bihua that the ending must change. Farewell My Concubine focuses on the theme of human nature-infatuation and betrayal. Before writing, Chen Kaige emphasized to the two screenwriters that they should never ideologize the characters and let them do what they should.

1in the winter of 924, 9-year-old adzuki bean had her right hand cut off by her mother who was a prostitute, and then she went to the Guanjia troupe to study drama. In the troupe, only my brother Xiaoshi sympathizes with and cares about Adzuki. Ten years later, under the strict and cruel discipline of Master Guan, the acting skills of the two brothers improved rapidly, and Xiao Douzi played the leading role under the stage name (Leslie Cheung); Little Stone's stage name is Duan Xiaolou (ZhangFeng yi), starring. Farewell My Concubine, co-starred by the two, is a household name in Beijing, and the two brothers are also very popular. The two agreed to co-star in Farewell My Concubine for life.

Duan Xiaolou married a prostitute, Juxian (Gong Li), and attached her brother's butterfly dress. With a heavy heart, she came to her brother's residence, gave him the treasure knife that he had endured humiliation and his brother had longed for for for a long time, and decided not to co-star with him in Farewell My Concubine. At the call of Master Guan, the two brothers cooperated again.

After the Anti-Japanese War, they were forced to sing for a group of undisciplined and unqualified soldiers. Duan Xiaolou clashed with soldiers. In the chaos, Juxian miscarried, and then some soldiers caught Butterfly Clothes for treason. Try my best to rescue Butterfly Clothes, and humbly ask Yuan (Ge You), a bureaucrat who used to play with Butterfly Clothes. Juxian asks Dieyi to lie and beg for an explanation, and shows Dieyi written evidence that Xiao Lou no longer sings with Dieyi. So Dieyi remained indomitable in court, but she was rescued by senior Kuomintang officials because of her skill.

After liberation, their unique skills were not taken seriously. Cheng Dieyi, who ate opium by mistake, lost his voice in a performance and decided to give up drugs. After being addicted to drugs, she finally stood up again with the help of Duan Xiaolou and his wife, but she was framed by her kind adopted son Xiao Si and forced to be his concubine and perform with Duan Xiaolou. Duan Xiaolou went on strike regardless of the consequences. Juxian advised him to fight for the overall situation, and Duan Xiaolou finally performed. Dieyi was heartbroken and broke off diplomatic relations with Duan Xiaolou.

During the Cultural Revolution, Duan Xiaolou was framed by Xiao Si and forced to frame her to death. Duan Xiaolou refused and was dragged into the street. At this moment, Die Yi suddenly appeared, dressed as a concubine, willing to be humiliated with Duan Xiaolou. Duan Xiaolou saw that Fan Yi had set a trap, hoping to protect Juxian, and even said that he was a traitor. Butterfly garment was in great pain after hearing this, thinking that Duan Xiaolou only cared about Juxian. He saw that Juxian, whom he hated, was pathetic at the moment. He vented all his anger on Juxian, and revealed that Juxian had been a prostitute, so Duan Xiaolou was forced to draw a line with Juxian, saying that he had never loved Juxian, and Juxian hanged himself in despair.

After the downfall of the Gang of Four, the two brothers performed Farewell My Concubine for the last time on the stage of separation for 22 years. Yu Ji sang the last sentence and committed suicide with the sword given to the overlord, which was full of his feelings and fantasies. Dieyi ended her acting career and this brilliant tragedy in the embrace of her brother's small building.