* Special Features:
．Music Video
．Photo Gallery

Director:  Mun Wo

The great sage and philosopher Confucius lived in the 6th century B.C., at a time when China was still a patchwork of feudal states vying with each other for supremacy. The Zhou Dynasty was tottering, incapable of unifying the various kingdoms, and there were incessant local wars over land and power. Confucius was born in the kingdom of Lu and rose to serve in its government. His skillfully engineered a peace with aggressive neighboring states and brought three dominant local clans under control. But his brilliance as a thinker and tactician was not enough to save him from being exiled by his political enemies, and he spent many years wandering and teaching a band of loyal disciples. His followers transcribed his lectures, collected as The Analects of Confucius, a volume which has been in print for well over 200 years.


The man we know as Confucius (a Latinized version of Kong Fuzi – “Venerable Master Kong”) was born Kong Qiu in 551 B.C., the son of a declining aristocrat in the kingdom of Lu. His early life was frugal. The world around him was collapsing, and he had radical, innovative ideas for reforming and stabilizing it. Enjoying the confidence of the ruler of Lu, he is promoted from Mayor of Zhongdu to Minister of Rituals in the court and begins to apply his principle of civility in everything from diplomatic relations with warlike neighboring kingdoms to domestic relations within the family. After a series of diplomatic triumphs he is promoted again to become Interior Minister. His ambitious plan to curb the power of Lu’s three dominant clans succeeds at first, and he is equally triumphant in outwitting the renegade general who leads an army against the Lu court. But the head of Qi clan seduces the ruler of Lu with gold, horses and women and persuades him to send Confucius into exile. Stripped of his official title, the sage sorrowfully leaves his wife and children behind and embarks on a new life as a wanderer. He is surprised and moved when members of his loyal retinue opt to join him in his travels.


Their life as wanderers is not easy. Confucius withstands both temptations and hardships, and is more than once forced to flee when another local war breaks out. Eventually, many years later, he is invited back to Lu, once again threatened by a political coup. But he agrees to return only as a teacher, refusing to involve himself in politics, and spends his declining years studying and collating the classics. History records that he died a disappointed man, but his work outlived the “Spring and Autumn Period” in which he lived and echoed through the dynasties to become the very bedrock of Chinese civilization. This film tells the story of the turbulent life and stirring times of the greatest sage and teacher ever known. 

 

导演 Director：

    * 胡玫 Mei Hu

 

编剧 Writer：

    * 何燕江 Yanjiang He

    * 陈汗 Khan Chan

    * 江奇涛 Qitao Jiang

    * 胡玫 Mei Hu

 

演员 Actor：

    * Yun-Fat Chow周润发 Yun-Fat Chow

    * Jianbin Chen陈建斌 Jianbin Chen

    * Xun Zhou周迅 Xun Zhou

    * Yi Lu陆毅 Yi Lu

    * Quan Ren任泉 Quan Ren

    * Ban Wang王斑 Ban Wang

    * Kaili Zhang张凯丽 Kaili Zhang

    * Huang Jiao焦晃 Huang Jiao

    * Rui Chen陈瑞 Rui Chen

    * Zhenyun Qiao乔振宇 Zhenyun Qiao

    * Xingzhe Zhang张兴哲 Xingzhe Zhang

 

制作人 Produced by：

    * 韩三平 Sanping Han  ....出品人

    * 岑建勋 John Sham  ....出品人

    * 刘荣 Rong Liu  ....出品人

    * 崔宝珠 BoChu Chui  ....监制

 

原创音乐 Original Music：

 

    * 赵季平 Jiping Zhao

 

摄影 Cinematography：

    * 鲍德熹 Peter Pau

 

美术设计 Art Direction by：

    * 林潮翔 Hanxiang Lin

    * 毛怀青 Huaiqing Mao

服装设计 Costume Design by：

    * 奚仲文 Chung-Man Hai

 

Attribute
[Media Format]	DVD9
[Language&Dialogue]	Mandarin
[Subtitles]	Simplified Chinese
[Running Time]	120 mins
[Release Date]	2010
[Regions Code]	All Region
[ISRC]	CN-A08-10-0000-0/V.J9
[Number of discs]	1
[Starring]	Yun-Fat Chow,Jianbin Chen,Xun Zhou,Yi Lu
[Director]	Mei Hu