can't believe i'm actually tearing up simply about liu ping putting down his mianguan (crown)
a scene where no one dies, no one declares their intention to die, no pairs of lovers are parting or reuniting, no parent/child relations are being either torn apart or put together is actually making me cry
and as he comes down the steps, shedding his imperial belt, the sun breaks through the clouds
liu ping is an example of a Righteous Hero whose journey is actually moving because he has to make the case for love, compassion, kindness against such arduous circumstances, against intelligent and fierce emotional and intellectual opposition, and against stroke after stroke of bad luck
unlike the countless politicians, warlords, strategists he won over, i was never his enemy. but like them, i was first surprised, then disarmed, and then completely won over by his truly limitless heart, his deep understanding of the strengths of other people, and his incomparable kindness
