Second, if Guo Jing, who strictly abides by etiquette, is an ideal defender of Confucian tradition, that is, a hero who knows that serving the country and serving the people cannot be done, then Yang Duo, who has a strong personality and high spirits, is highly respected by Taoism. Happy people. As scholar Chen Mo said, "A real Confucian hero, even if he is poor, must conquer the world. This is not Qingyun's ambition. A true Taoist, no matter how old he is, is the first one to be alone. This is called self-love, and he often retreats. "
Third, they are two people, with fundamentally different personalities, temperaments and even personality ideals. This is the root of "father and son"-Guo Jing is the "father" of Yang's spirit. In the cultural tradition, the conflict between the belief of small family and the humanistic idea of realizing personal value is the conflict between the authority of parents and the personality of children in traditional education.
Fourthly, Guo Jing is a typical honest and trustworthy Confucian traditionalist and a model of orthodox morality. He is a defender of morality and defense, while Yang Guo is a representative of humanitarianism and an arbitrary individualist. This is a heresy in the traditional concept. Confucianism is a kind of group, re-education, publicity and social rationality; Taoism emphasizes individuality, humanity, affection and natural demeanor. This ideological difference makes Yang Guo's Father and Son contradictory.
Five, "Guo Jing does things, only asking big right and wrong, giving lectures, reasoning and giving alms; Yang wants to ask his likes and dislikes, and he is extremely enthusiastic and desperate. " Such peculiar values and strict moral system, such as "protecting justice, destroying human desires and moral concepts", are doomed to be strongly opposed by Confucian ethics and Taoist priests represented by Guo Jing. Guo Jing plays an experienced person, an elder and an authoritative representative in this role. "
He used the weapon of "traditional defense" to resolutely stop Yang from chasing the little dragon girl. He never understood Yang Guo, but "I hope so" and asked Yang Guo to act unconditionally according to his own life creed and be a man. "He thinks it doesn't matter, there is no doubt.