龍門客棧 Dragon Gate Inn (Lóng Mén Kè Zhàn, 1967 King Hu)
▻https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7osaxVmkVNM
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Inn
胡金銓 King Hu (Hú Jīnquán, 29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997)
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Hu
Blending Japanese samurai film traditions with Western editing techniques and Chinese aesthetic philosophy borrowed from Chinese music and operatics, Hu began the trend of a new school of wuxia films and his perpetual use of a heroine as the central protagonist .
Chan Buddhism
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Buddhism
Eunuch tyranny under the Ming Dynasty
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty#Role_of_eunuchs
The eunuch Wei Zhongxian (1568–1627) dominated the court of the Tianqi Emperor (r. 1620–1627) and had his political rivals tortured to death, mostly the vocal critics from the faction of the Donglin Society. He ordered temples built in his honor throughout the Ming Empire, and built personal palaces created with funds allocated for building the previous emperor’s tombs. His friends and family gained important positions without qualifications. Wei also published a historical work lambasting and belittling his political opponents.[58] The instability at court came right as natural calamity, pestilence, rebellion, and foreign invasion came to a peak. The Chongzhen Emperor (r. 1627–44) had Wei dismissed from court, which led to Wei’s suicide shortly after.
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新龍門客棧 New Dragon Gate Inn (Xīn Lóng Mén Kè Zhàn, EN 1992 Raymond Lee)
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eojRL17O0c
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Dragon_Gate_Inn
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龍門飛甲 Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Lóng Mén Fēi Jiǎ, cantonese Lung4 Mun4 Fei1 Gaap3, 2011 Tsui Hark, 720p)
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-oWis6FaA
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Swords_of_Dragon_Gate
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不散 Goodbye Dragon Inn (Bù Sàn, ZH 2003 Tsai Ming Liang 360p)
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTkknZ4uUSA
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Dragon_Inn
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十面埋伏 House of Flying Daggers (Shí Miàn Mái Fú, ZH 2007 Zhang Yimou) end battle
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2eOc3KNUHc
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_flying_daggers
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