For Guo Jing, the most important thing is personality, followed by martial arts. When he was a child, his goal in life was clear: to be a good man and avenge his father. The concept of "revenge" is certainly not allowed in the modern real society, but it is a basic moral responsibility in the fantasy world of martial arts novels. When reading martial arts novels, I feel that "revenge" should not be viewed from a realistic point of view, but should be understood from a symbolic point of view. This is a moral responsibility and right endowed by secular society. Guo Jing's goal of "revenge for his father" is just to "be a good man" and fulfill some social obligations. Guo Jing's moral outlook does not come from profound theories, but is based on some common beliefs, such as obeying the orders of elders and doing what others promised. Be loyal to your friends and don't be afraid of death. Don't lie. The ideal of "serving the country and the people" such as not being greedy for money is derived from these simple and universal moral concepts. There's nothing hard to understand. Guo Jing's uniqueness lies in his unswerving loyalty to the moral beliefs he cultivated since childhood.
Smart people often hesitate on moral issues, but slow people are firm and sober. Guo Jing's natural disposition is simple, and his moral choice is extremely clear, which accords with the fact. Between Princess Hua Zheng and Huang Rong, he chose to marry Hua Zheng instead of Huang Rong. Huang Rong asked him sadly why, and he said, "I'm so stupid. I don't know anything. All I know is that if I promise, I will never break my word. But I won't swear. Anyway, I only have you in my heart. " There is no indecision of Guo Jing and Chen Jialuo, and there is no self-righteousness of Yuan Chengzhi. On the contrary, his clumsiness is the root of his trust and respect.
Guo Jing is more successful than Chen Jialuo and Yuan Chengzhi. Another important reason is that he has a mature period. George W. Guo Jing contains mature Guo Jing, and his personality and moral and ethical foundation are always unshakable. But through his experience, he changed from passive to active, and his moral concept evolved from external rules to his own life principles. His choice between China and Huang Rong is a good example. At first, he thought, the prescription given by my elders must be right, so I must marry Hua Zheng; But according to my father's orders, I want to get on well with Yang Kang. According to Yang Bofu's orders, I must marry Mu Nianci. Obviously, these things can't be done, so the prescription your elder gave me may not be correct, but considering that "you will never break your promise to others", he has no doubt. He promised to marry Hua Zheng, and he must keep his promise. This example is an obvious turning point. Guo Jing developed from a negative moral level of obeying elders to a positive level of bearing the consequences of words and deeds.
What is interesting about this example is that between the two standards of "respecting the elderly" and his inner emotional tendency, he chose his inner emotional tendency, and he refused to be separated from Huang Rong because of "a few words from others"; However, between his emotional tendency and moral responsibility, he chose moral responsibility without hesitation. Later, in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Guo Jing, a middle-aged man, said in Kublai Khan's account that "righteousness is more important than home". Guo Fu cut off Yang Guo's arm, so he decided to cut off his daughter's arm to make amends. This is also the embodiment of the same principle.
Chen Jialuo and Yuan Chengzhi are "pie in the sky" young leaders, but Guo Jing is not. His political awakening, like his martial arts, is due to his efforts, accumulated bit by bit to fill the place, and finally came naturally. At first, his greatest responsibility was to avenge his father, win face for the seven masters and win over Yang Kang. But with the increase of experience and knowledge, he gradually realized the struggle between good and evil. Great events and people's suffering need someone to save them.
Gradually, personal revenge and striving to be the first in the world become secondary. In Yue Fei's suicide note, he suddenly discovered his true ambition and ideal. Guo Jing led the Mongolian army to fight against gold in an emergency. After this experience and an extremely difficult test and reflection, Guo Jing is no longer a "silly boy". He finally established the lifelong goal of "serving the country and the people" and took the initiative to take the leadership position. Guo Jing is not without its shortcomings. Many people criticized Huang Rong for exposing his own shortcomings in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, but in fact, Guo Jing exposed more shortcomings, that is, he is a closed-minded person with a moral outlook, and he can't tolerate ideas different from his moral outlook, or even understand them. At the same time, his moral concept is too rigid and standardized, which leads him to be unreasonable sometimes. For example, if he wanted to punish Guo Fu for cutting off Yang Guo's arm, it would be very unreasonable. First of all, she didn't mean to. Second, Yang Guo's arm is broken. What good will it do Guo Fu to cut off his arm?
Guo Fu should be punished and try to compensate Yang Guo, but "an eye for an eye, an eye for an eye" is almost barbaric. For another example, he would rather kill Yang Guo immediately than make him fall in love with Master. Guo Jing, a great warrior with an authoritative position, felt that he had fallen into tyranny. The problem is that Guo Jing's goal of being a man is too fulfilled. Too rigid. At different stages of life, people should have different rules and disciplines. Be strict with yourself when you are young, but when you are in an authoritative position, you need to cultivate wisdom and be careful with others. Guo Jing is a man. His shortcomings do not affect his success, but make him more realistic and friendly. At least half of Guo Jing's success is due to the contrast of Huang Rong. Without Huang Rong's liveliness and eccentricity, Guo Jing's stupidity is doomed to be extremely boring; This is not Huang Rong. Guo Jing's experience can't be so novel and interesting. Huang Rong is a little witch, Guo Jing is a big shot, and Huang Rong listens to Guo Jing. But without Huang Rong, this great man couldn't solve many things and couldn't understand them.
Most importantly, Huang Rong, the little witch, turned him into a good man. Huang Rong is not coaxing Hong Qigong to teach him martial arts, but coaxing him; He can only care about sadness, but he doesn't care who killed the five teachers in Peach Blossom Island. Huang Rong will revenge himself and his father, and then treat him well; He can keep his promise to marry Hua Zheng. No matter what kind of engagement, Huang Rong will continue to marry him, but it is not so easy for Guo Jing to adhere to Huang Rong's easy-going moral concept and all the principles of putting him first. If there is any flaw in the role of Guo Jing, it is that he is so lucky. It seems that he can achieve moral perfection because luck didn't cost him too much. Because of this, his later moral autocracy was even less convincing.