X reasons why Ma Boyong's Four Seas Whales Riding is disappointing!

The good idea that passes by is happiness; A flash of evil thoughts leads to hell

-Ma Boyong's "Four Seas Whales Riding"

Recently, there is a phenomenon called "Ma Boyong", because his five works, The Secret of the Three Kingdoms, and the intimate contact of mahjong ancient style, the longest day in Chang 'an, she died on QQ, and Longxi Wind, have all been made into movies and TV shows, which can be described as hot.

For the sake of Prince Ma's reputation, I spent two months reading novels The Longest Day in Chang 'an and Intimate Contact with Antique Mahjong.

"The Longest Day in Chang 'an" tells the story of Zhang Xiaojing, which is similar to the American TV series "24 Hours of Anti-Terrorism" to put out the shocking plot that is about to destroy Chang 'an. In the story, the plot is compact, the plot is interlocking, the characters are full, and they can't stop watching it.

If reading "The Longest Day in Chang 'an" is an ambiguous foreplay of intimate behavior, then reading "The Antique Intimate Contact of Mahjong" is the climax enjoyment.

Antique Mahjong is a mature literary work and a rite of passage for Ma Boyong's literary creation.

The intimate contact of mahjong antiques is an encyclopedia novel about antique identification, collection, forgery and deception. Taking the identification and collection of antiques as the breakthrough point, the novel tells the story of a family that has guarded the national treasure for more than 1000 years-mystery novel. The novel is innovative in plot setting, character setting and story logic. The story is compact, suspenseful and thrilling, and it is addictive to read.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the book is full of cultural flavor, whether it is Five Pots of Blue and White Flowers, The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, Professor Zheng's Feeling of Extending the Monument, etc., or philosophical words such as "People must stick to something that looks stupid when they are alive" and "Learning treasures is easy, but learning people is difficult" are full of the flavor of cultural people.

It is such a refreshing experience that I chose the fantasy novel Whale Riding in the Four Seas to start reading after reading the Complete Works of Close Contact with Ancient Mahjong.

Whale Riding in the Four Seas is based on the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian. At first, it was:

"Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China, once met a monk named Xianzhao when she was young. Wu Zetian asked Xian Zhao about his future fate. Xian Zhao replied like this:' A flash of good thoughts is a blessing; A flash of evil thoughts leads to hell A Buddha becomes a demon, The six great divisions in the wheel of karma. You never have a fixed fortune, just look at how to choose between ideas. "

For myself who loves history and traditional culture, I think this book should also be worth looking forward to. But I guessed the beginning and was disappointed.

One of the reasons: the interpretation of culture is too pale.

In our eyes, Ma Boyong's works are rich in historical background, rich in quotations, sharp and pungent in writing, and full of fun, so he is a "cultural person" in our eyes. These feelings are obvious in the intimate contact between mahjong and other works of antiques, but they look pale on the whale riding in the four seas. No matter the understanding of Buddhist culture, China's diplomatic culture represented by Zheng He, Japanese culture represented by shogunate, Indian culture represented by wolf-greedy, West Asian culture represented by Seven Killings, longevity culture represented by Tiangou and so on. They behave like oil floating on the water, seemingly comprehensive, but in fact they are frivolous and pale.

The second reason: is this a script for juvenile animation?

The style of Four Seas Whale Riding is similar to One Piece and Pirates of the Caribbean. This is a maritime adventure story about finding Buddha Island, which is based on the story of Prince Daming. Whether it is character setting, naval battle description, or Buddhist and Taoist ending, we can feel the shadow of animation.

Perhaps older, anime-based works, personally look a little younger. The expression of emotion and reason is more a way of "seeing mountains is mountains", so it is not happy enough.

A netizen commented: "Whale riding in the four seas, with history, fantasy and animation each accounting for one third, is quite eye-catching for young people. Authors who like the prince's past history may wish to regard it as a commercial film. "

I think it makes sense. Whale riding around the world is a fast-food personal growth adventure, which has not been deeply involved.

The third reason: the higher pleasure I wanted did not appear.

"Whale Riding in the Four Seas" takes Wen Jian, the fallen Ming emperor, as the protagonist, and tells the story of Wen Jian's maritime adventure in searching for the Buddha Island with the support of Tongque, the boss of Whale Riding Group, Bai Di Qili, a teenage ninja, the Mongolian Man Zi Tiangou and Harold, a western scholar.

"Buddha Island" is the ultimate adventure. After a lot of hardships, the risks are bound to wave after wave, and each wave is higher than the other. The final battlefield must be in Buddha Island.

However, after enjoying the carefree enjoyment of Zheng He and Pojun, two old friends, and having my own beliefs, and having a fierce naval battle in Penglai, I thought there would be an ultimate battle on the Buddha Island. After witnessing hatred, sacrifice and greed, I gained an epiphany of becoming a Buddha.

However, when I took off my pants mentally and was ready to experience the peak in the final confrontation between Wen Jian and Neptune, Wen Jian had an epiphany because "Hell is not empty, I will never become a Buddha" and "The Buddha gave his life to feed the eagle and cut the meat to feed the tiger", and everything was solved.

Not happy enough!

The fourth reason: the characterization is more detailed.

The characters in Riding Whales Around the World are indecisive and too kind. Copper finch's foresight is full and profound, and the depiction of the seven kills is only a little thunder and a little rain. I didn't expect this Persian beauty to be good at pushing oil. Tengger singer's stupidity is not only a fool's wisdom, but a fool's stupidity. And Chili, shogunate and so on. Character setting is more like a joke, a little exaggerated, but too transparent.

In addition, to say is seven kills, Pojun, greedy wolf. I think when Lord Ma chose these three names, he should have read the Book of Changes.

There is a cloud in the Book of Changes, and Wei Zi has three stars, which are called seven kills, and Pojun and the wolf kill the wolf. Seven kills, the main cold kill, life and death. Compared with the seven kills in Four Seas Whales Riding, it's a far cry from each other. Except a few times, I don't remember.

Pojun, unmarried, irritable and impulsive. However, Pojun in the novel is a loyal person. He is grateful for kindness, deeply aware of justice and enterprising.

Wolf is a peach blossom star, different from good and evil, a little extreme, moody, and easily obsessed with color. The wolf in the novel is a muscular man who worships violence.

I just want to ask, since these three names are used, why not make relevant characterization!

? Reading Essay No.20190304 of Looking Back