Chinese Empiral Servants and the love of ones country

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2005)

The Chinese say crickets and mantis insects are "Lucky" bugs. In this movie I think the drama captured the political unrest with enthusiasm and vigor for a memorable experience of the Chinese national transition in respect to the imperial household and society's' national Chinese identity through political change. Being the Emperor must be very difficult during this time period. I am not so sure about the moral, ethical, and pathos displayed and depicted with the royal household in this movie. Since servants are trained professionally from a young age with strict discipline some of the un-ethical and immoral acts by the emperor seem very hard to believe. Such as the use of drugs, and illicit sex uncommon to the use of concubines which was more historical. Actually because the cricket was still alive in the end of this movie I still think the Royal Household still exists in a non-formal intangible way within the society of China or else-where through Chinese mysticism. Somewhat symbolized in the spirituality where guidance exists through family lineage found in wisdom. Even in the Walt Disney movie Mulan the use of knowledge, science, and society was always a common theme to defeat the enemy with the help of the spiritual family lineage and presence of social brotherhood symbolized by a combination of mushu the dragon, "Lucky" cricket, and sword of the father through reflection of this social wisdom.