待你君临天下

I am re-watching many 江华's tv shows.
The way that Jianghua played Yongzheng 雍正 drives me nuts.
Jianghua is no longer young, he is over 50 now. But he still looks quite young. People used to say that he is more Andy Lau than Andy Lau. Well, I loved Andy Lau very much when I was a little girl, how about in my elementary school phase? But by the time I was in my high school, I loathed him.
I didn't come to like Jianghua until I watched 碧血剑 so called "Sword Stained with Royal Blood", a romanticized account of how the Ming Dynasty ended, written by 金庸, and adapted into several TV shows over several decades. The one that Jianghua was in was done in early 2000 by TVB, with 林家栋 and 佘诗曼. The way Jianghua played 夏雪宜 was so seductive, especially in the first few episodes when his character was trying to seduce 何红药, a sacred lady in a tribal cult. I still remembered that after watching him playing Xia Xueyi, I was totally attracted by him. But he was married and he did not play on TV shows a lot, so his effect on me dimmed out.
Then probably two or three years ago, the Chinese Channel in Toronto was re-playing one of ATV's old shows, Secret Battle of the Majesty君临天下. OMG! He was so devastatingly attractive in it. He was playing one of the most controversial emperors in history, Yongzheng Yinzhen胤禛, the fourth son of Qing Emperor 康熙.
At that time, I have already watched Yongzheng Dynasty 雍正王朝, which is considered the highest peak a historical drama could reach by the general public. Yongzheng Dynasty totally reverted the whole population's view on Yongzheng, who had been trampled in history books as pure evil and cruelty. But through 二月河's novel and 胡玫's TV adaption, the black veil over Yongzheng's life and his reign was lifted. He was actually such a diligent and just person to the point that people thought him harsh and merciless. He took his duty and empire's affairs so serious that he wrote the most replies on petitions in history throughout his merely 13 years of reign. As a result, Yongzheng Dynasty changed the general conception of Yongzheng's image, from cruelty to responsibility. Eryuehe has single-handly converted the society'view on Yongzheng, which is comparable to re-direct Yellow River's course. When Yellow River has changed its course numerous time in thousands of years, public conception seldom shifts. In the case of Yongzheng, we believe, accept and follow. When the fangirls try to measure the impact of Yongzheng Dynasty, they consider all popular romantic novels and shows about the Qing dynasty are fanfics of the same series, of the same person, Yongzheng.
When I talked with my friend about Yongzheng portrayed in media, Yongzheng Dynasty was more like a public servant 人民公仆, someone like 焦裕禄, which is totally absurd for him being an emperor. While in the ATV show 君临天下, done in ancient time 1990s, his characterization seemed more realistic. The plots are equally absurd since it was based more on lore than history, but the characterizations make it so real and intense that you cannot roll your eyes on them. 胤禛, who was still so young and just, tried to appease his father by doing everything for the benefits of his father's empire. He would not bend to the power of the crown prince and would not scheme with his brothers for the crown, simply because he did not consider such character traits to be desirable. Since he lost all favours from his father, brothers and the whole court, he considered himself a marginalized outsider and a disobedient son.
The drama and the setting were amazing, I deplore that they could not have filmed it in HD. The quality of the video is the only weakness. They started the drama in a grand royal hunting party in autumn. After 胤禛 lost a palm civet he had hunted to the crown prince, out of resignation he took off his armor and lay resting along a river band. Lightly dressed in his white cloak and bathed in the afternoon sun, a scene was caught unexpectedly by his father across the river among a whole troop of elites covered under heavy armors in a sea of vibrant red and yellow. I could not stop the show from that point on.
胤禛
Jianghua was so young and regal in it. It was easy to say that the Yongzheng he played was handsome, but it is more than that, more than merely handsome. By showing his restrained objection in a subtle way, he was sad and disappointed but still trying to take them lightly, being rebellious and relaxed at the same time. The Chinese character 雍 suited him perfectly. He is exactly how the REAL Kangxi praised his fourth son in his REAL will to ascend the throne to him, 人品贵重, noble and decorous.
九王夺位
That is how Jianghua's Yongzheng catches me every time I watch him playing. My friend said that Yongzheng has become a cult by himself, such that the mention of his name drives people's emotions and calls for their reactions. How am I supposed to resist such charm emanated by Jianghua?
Fate makes Jianghua to associate with the character of Yongzheng, he played Yongzheng a second time in TVB. This time is a comedy, 九五至尊 The King Of Yesterday And Tomorrow. Yongzheng traveled through time into the 2000 with assassin Lv Siniang 呂四娘.

和现实的TVB不同，自从八十年代从丽的变身而来的ATV剧集显得比较大气。同样是“家事”，无线擅长在时代变化中把握人物命运的自主性，而亚视的人物则常常被集体无意识所驱动着。
“九子夺嫡”是民间传说，小说野史当中无限量的话题了，旧派武侠小说也描述过无数次，雍正在诸位阿哥中如何隐忍，如何利用江湖人士达到夺取王位，最后又因剪灭江湖人士而遭到报复等等。
宫廷政治阴谋本身只是孤立平面的历史，文学艺术本身没有改变历史的能力，但文艺就文艺在它能通过想象完成很多细节，用形象化，用波澜壮阔的卷轴来解释历史。而这个波澜壮阔的历史画卷无疑就在——民间。
无论是骄傲的太子，虚伪的大阿哥还是阴鸷的八爷党，在诸子斗争中，唯一做到“接地气”的就是四爷了，他结交江湖草莽，与年羹尧“相识于微时”，还利用捕兽器（血滴子？）干掉了康熙爷身边的第一高手——韦棠，更重要的是，他一生最爱的女人，是民间女子苗欣（吕四娘？）。
明代诗人李梦阳言“真诗乃在民间”，政治斗争史从来就没有江湖人士的缺席，有些人说汤镇业演的那个文觉和尚是败笔，其实，真是有了纳兰飘雪，番僧，蓝凤凰等奇人异事的加盟，胤祯才完成了自下而上的革命。
比起政治庙堂而言，草莽江湖放佛就是另一个世界，然而从ATV的故事来看，这两个世界是有着投射和渗透的。日本导演深作欣二的《柳生一族的阴谋》就将日本皇朝的两代领导人的更替看做柳生一个人的阴谋，而柳生的身份，不仅仅是第二代皇帝的老师，更是一个xx流的高手，一如本剧中的深藏不露的胤祯，缺乏先天政治资本的他们，唯一能利用的就只有最被忽视的民间力量。伟人的经历告诉我们，乡村包围城市，是中国革命的正确道路。。。
在香港这么个小地方，想把中国的历史囊括进去，无疑十分考验制作者的智慧，但无论从电影还是电视来看，这些香港人很好的发挥了中国人的智慧，不仅没有捉襟见肘，反而在庙堂和江湖之间把握到了历史的某层真想，游刃有余。

（续篇《ATV的群像与独角戏》）

弱弱的问一句

ATV君临天下系列共几部

我记得应该是两部

我查了一下

怎么有康熙九子 九王夺位 血溅太和殿三个名字

求高人指点

武侠类型电视剧，是香港影视剧类型中拍摄的比较出彩的。（像黄日华版本的《射雕英雄传》、《天龙八部》已经成为了至今所有版本中的经典。）所以，无论是在节奏的把握，人物性格的推进，和剧情的展开等方面，他们都做的恰到好处，《君临天下之血溅太和殿》这部电视剧，更是成功融汇贯通了这些优秀的元素，成为了武侠电视剧中比较成功的一个典型。

而与其他武侠电视剧不同的是，本剧的主角不是善良纯洁的，而是从善良豁达走向了残暴诡谲。这是一个突破点，有评论把这部电视剧称为，“香港的《雍正王朝》”但其实是有失偏颇的。因为《雍正王朝》是一部历史剧，因此多展现整个清朝的政治，官场，和民生。而本剧主要展现武侠世界，对于其他方面的刻画，没有那么明显。所以，这是两种不同类型的电视剧。






本剧把背景设定在康熙末年的，夺嫡之争上。可以说是暗中显示了主题和表现方向，就像主题曲所提示的：“权利是必争的路，成败拿性命来赌。”就暗示这是一场生死的搏斗，所以在这里是没有，纯粹的父子之情和兄弟之义气的。所以，最后有这些感情的人都死于非命（包括拥有对女主角爱情的雍正，最后也惨被女主角杀死），这可以说是主题决定的，同时也可以把这部电视剧主要斗争手段定格为，以斗狠为主，以智谋为辅助。这在主角雍正的蜕变道路上都得到了有效的体现。而本剧的武侠叙事，不仅仅是大量掺入了武林人士和武功。而在于剧集中呈现的世界是，一个武林的世界而不是有秩序的，等级森严且有序的世界。这种体现，在本剧中处处可以看出。


首先在于对皇帝昏聩无能的体现，在这里的康熙皇帝是无原则偏爱幼子，听信小人之言，智商欠费的皇帝。这种皇帝的特性设置，是武林世界的一般准则，因为这必然导致一系列社会问题，和权利分割的争夺，因为武侠世界，说到底是一个无序而弱肉强食的世界。而这种设定是创造武侠世界产生的缘由。其次，这部电视剧创造了，鲜明的武侠二元对立模式，第一对对立，太子与诸皇子（除了14阿哥）的无耻暴虐，与前期主角的有情义形成了鲜明对比。

第二对对立，则是蜕化后的主角的狠辣，与主角周围善良的人对比。而这种狠辣也把本剧推向了高潮。主角亲手勒死了他剧中的父亲康熙，标志着旧权威被打倒，新的力量的崛起并占主导地位。这也是武侠剧作品中的一个高潮式结尾。

但是本剧的高明之初，主要是塑造了主角，也就是雍正皇帝这样一个形象。与别的武侠剧作品不同，他的性格是变化多样的，从一开始出场的纯洁而正直，到剧集演到转折部分（就是主角侍奉他剧中的爷爷，到他爷爷临终以后，给他剧中的父亲康熙传话，让他做太子。但是康熙由于偏爱小儿子，并没有听他爷爷的话，而是重新立二阿哥当太子。太子复位以后，跟9位阿哥算总账，是喝他的尿，还是跪在地上求他，不然走不出这间房子。只有主角喝了尿。）的突然转变了他自己的思想和行为方式，这是第一次蜕变

第二次蜕变，是在主角靠强奸隆科多的女儿，以求跟跟隆科多达成政治联盟这一时刻。最后，主角彻底踏入恶之门，就是在太和殿勒死了他剧中的父亲康熙，从此彻底完成了人生的蜕变。为什么本剧要如此表现呢？这主要是因为，本剧是一部把武侠，和政治联系在一起的电视剧，政治特别是在封建体制下，的王朝政治。如果要赢得最后胜利，必然是狠毒无耻的，这符合现实。也是本剧比一般的武侠剧高明的地方，可以说拍出了武侠，拍出了情感，拍出了人性，拍出了帅哥美女，可谓绝妙矣。