Chapter 33 The Last Words of the Gangsters

The last words of the four bosses in the movie, Zuo Lengchan is "Is there a torch?" Ren Woxing is "Forever now"; People are mortal, so it is interesting to analyze what Jin Yong's famous bigwigs would say before they die. In the minds of kind people, it must be deafening and embarrassing, such as "I really want to live another five hundred years" and the like.However, reality is always boring.The wonderful last words of the gangsters often only exist in people's imagination, and the real situation is sometimes very bad. For example, there are only four characters who can qualify as ambitious "big bosses", but their dying performances are not very exciting.Zuo Lengchan’s last words are nonsensical “Is there a torch?” Ren Woxing’s last words are unfinished: “Forever now”; Yue Buqun’s last words are: “Ah yo!” Dongfang Bubai’s last words are slightly literary A little bit, but still very nonsensical, it was Jacky Cheung's song title: "You are so poisonous!"

People will certainly not be satisfied with such last words.Looking through the history books, in our folk, kind people used their imaginations to fabricate many wonderful last words for the dying old men in ancient times.Generally speaking, it can be roughly divided into three categories: The first type is the regret type, which expresses deep regret for the unfinished business.For example, "Jie Shengyu, He Shengliang!" "If the major event is not accomplished today, why die!" Such last words are generally designed for heroes who are on the verge of success.If there are no last words, how can ordinary people like us express our sorrow for the failure of the heroes?

The second type is the arrogant type, who is extremely narcissistic about himself and refuses to admit his failures. For example, Comrade Xiang Yu's "Heaven's death for me, what should I do?" After the siege by the Emperor and Zhong Shentong, he knew that he would not be spared, so he simply threw the wheel on the ground like a fool: "I fight alone, I am not afraid of anyone." The third type is exhortations, such as Zhou Wenwang in "Fengshen Bang": "Come here and worship Ziya as your father", which is a typical exhortation type last words. Dying words should not be underestimated, it is an important part of the historical image of the gangsters.People have an unconscious habit of layering things on top of big shots until they fit our imagination perfectly.God knows what the big men said before they died; the key is what people want him to say, and then history will gradually be piled up like this.The true faces of the parties are often submerged in layers of deletions and whitewashing.

In fact, those less exciting last words in the book may be more realistic.Just like many people satirized Cao Cao's last words in history, saying that he "shared incense and sold shoes, and missed concubines", but what do you think Cao Cao should say before he died?Do you have to say: "Pi, let's rule the world! Fortunately, it's even a blessing, sing with praise!" Interestingly, we have made up all kinds of last words for the gangsters, but there is only one kind that is very rare, and that is the ashamed last words.If a big boss makes such a last word, we often don't respect him more because of it, but look down on him a bit.

In , Yang Dingtian, the leader of the Ming religion, said in his last words before his death: "My name is as high as the sky, but I have no merit in the world, and I have no honor in teaching... It is ridiculous to speak wildly." There are very few such shameful last words. .Even Yang Dingtian himself seemed to feel embarrassed, thinking that it would be unseemly for him to bow his head and admit his mistakes before he died. Only the paragraph of confession is changed to "one line of small characters", which seems quite restrained and shy.Readers generally don't praise Yang Dingtian very much, thinking that he is a failed leader.

It seems that everyone thinks that heroes in the Jianghu will not do anything wrong, even if they do something wrong, there is no need to be ashamed.Instead of repeating the past like Yang Dingtian, which seems not domineering enough, it is far less domineering than Xiang Yu's one mistake to the end, which is more attractive to us. As I write this, I can't help thinking of Robespierre's last words: "We will pass away without leaving a trace of smoke; because in the long history of mankind, we have missed the moment to establish a country with freedom." What about the rare ashamed last words?Robespierre has done too many things like this. In fact, what kind of big mistake is he ashamed of?