Rashomon, it is the south gate of Tokyo,in Japan. It is raining. There are three persons, a monk, a woodman, and a begger are chatting under the gate. The story begins. A samurai and his wife passed by a barren mountain, and something bad happened to them. The wife was insulted, the samurai was killed. How did the massacre happen? The thief, the wife, and the witch who did certificate for the smurai spirit, they three had their own different sayings.
The thief said, Originally he didn’t have evil intention, a breeze made him see the beauty of the wife. So he moved. At first he didn’t want to kill the samurai, after the wife was raped, unexpectedly, she not only agreed to go with him, but also asked him to kill the samurai. So they fought more than 20 round, and he killed the samurai. However, the wife seized the opportunity to escape. The thief’s statement highlights his warriors.
The woman said, after she was raped. The thief left. She hugged her husband, but she found he was very cold, his eyes were full of contempt, scorn and anger, it was more terrible than the thief. She pounced to ask her husband to kill the thief with a dagger,then she fainted. When she woke up she found her husband died with the dagger inserting in his chest. The woman’s statement highlights her helpless.
The death smurai made his statement by the witch. He said, after the thief raped his wife. His wife asked the thief to kill him, the thief was shocked and wanted to kill the woman. But she escaped. Then the thief went back and cut the rope and let the smurai free. But He felt so cold that he killed himself. The samurai’s statement highlights his pain for his love.
These were the statements in the court(yamen). But at the run-down Rashomon gate, as the earliest found Samurai death scene, the woodman said, after the woman was raped, she cried and the thief asked her to go with him. The woman cried for long, suddenly, she ran to cut the rope on her husband, then ran back and cried again. The thief thought that the woman wanted him to duel against the samurai. But the samurai rufused, because she has become a prositute, it was not worthy. He even taunted his wife why she didn’t kill herself. The samurai’s words stimulated the thief, he lost the passion for the woman, he wanted to leave. At that time, the woman stood up suddenly and mocked the two men with sharp mercilessly words, the two men fought a duel finally, and the thief killed the samurai.
The woodman’s statement refuted the samurai. Originally people thought, the dead man won’t tell a lie. As withness, the woodman said, the dead man also told a lie.
But the woodman told a lie as well. Because he stole a dagger with pearls. He told a lie for hiding this fact.
The statements have four versions, which is believable? Obviously, no one is believable completely. So the monk, who witnessed the trial the process, said, “ If we can not trust others, aren’t there any differences between the world and hell?”
Rashomon, a Japanese film, director, Akira Kurosawa. It was on in 1950. It showed human nature weakness and lies. It is black and white, rough, simple, straight into your heart. I have seen it four times. But it still shocked me, never boring. And I saw more things as well. A shabby house, an old plaque, a heavy rain, a story. Human nature is so ugly to be presented.
In the film, the core point was at the woman. Her attitudes to the two men had big problems, on the other hand, her attitudes to the two men were very odd.
While the thief was raping the woman, Akira Kurosawa tried to depict a detail, first, her hands were struggling, but then, slowly, her hands losing and hugged the thief’s back, and the dagger dropped from her other hand. The detail showed, the woman felt pleasure. Some careful audiences noticed the detail and comment, the woman began to enjoy the pleasure by raped.
If the woman talked with the careful persons, and the careful persons didn’t notice the detail, then it can be expected, the woman would tell a lie to them. She would hide the truth feeling, and portrayed herself a a completely victims.
The careful persons knew the truth, they would condemn the woman. But, can they really understand and accept the woman’s truth?
Felt pleasure by raped, it was nearly a matter of necessity. No matter a woman will reluctantly or not, there would be physical pleasure generated, more or less. It was not decided by the woman’s will.
The woman’s psychological trauma by violenced is, some of them can not forgive themselves, then they would condemn themselves base and cheap. They would be backward and have no urge to make progress. Some even became prostitues, just because they couldn’t forgive themselves for the “pleasure by raped”.
Doing psychological treament for the women, the psychological doctor must face this point. If the woman felt the doctor could not accept the truth, then she would tell lie to the doctor. Then the treament effect would not be good. But if the psychological doctor knew this deeply, it will make her feel, no matter what she did, the doctor would forgive her, understand her, and accept her. Then she would tell the most shameful point, and learn to accept herself, and get a more thorough treament.
Akira Kurosawa’s film, its moral standards are quite sharp, and lack of tolerance. It makes me feel despire for the ugly human.
In our reality life, is there any more terrible world of lies than Rashomon?
The answer is definite, Yes!
But I would prefer thinking about the questions.
First, when the sincere meet the lies, or the lies meet the sincere, how to face it?
Second, what is the opposite of lies?
Before thinking of the two quesitons, I want to say, why people lie?
Remember I began to tell a lie when I was young, because I was playful. The deepest impression is, when I was six or seven years old, my parents had to work from early morning till night, I had to look after my younger sister. My grandma had to look after my uncle’s children, so she couldn’t help me. Every day, when I saw other children go to play happily, I couldn’t stand to tell a lie to my grandma, “ Grany, I need to go to the toilet, please help me look after my sister for a while.” Then I would go half a day. When I grow up, I will tell lies sometimes, for fear, for kind, or for self-esteem(chinese saying is mian zi). But, lay the hand on my heart and examine myself, my lies never had malicious.
If you meet malicicious lies, especially, sincere you meet the malicicious lies, how to do?
When the sincere meet lies, it is really terrible. It is a suddenly stop pain. In front of the lies, the sincere feel so weak, the sad is silent without tears or sound. If the lies include deception and betrayal, that’s an invisible killer’s knife, when everything was exposed, left much scarred, as well as, strangulated your hope. It would make a pretty young girl became a haggard aging woman in one night. I did see it in person.
When the sicnere meet lies, do you choose to expose it, revenge it, or bear and keep silent? It is the critical moment to test a human nature. To expose it, it means you will stand the pain from cutting your heart and soul. To revenge it, it is a path of destruction---destroy the enemy, and destroy yourself,too. It is the most ugly and the most beautiful way. To bear and keep silent, maybe you will bury more malignant tumors, once it festers, it will be incorrigible.
In fact, the lies can not live well. Because when you tell a lie, you have to tell a second lie to cover up the first one. Such viccious spiral, it will make you so fearful and so fragile. When lies were exposed, choose to admit honestly, or try to sophistry and deny? Choose to admit, maybe you could save others trust on you. Choose to sophistry and deny, it means you are despicable, you don’t want your face, and you won’t have enemy in the world.
Lies are terrible. But the more terrible is no forgiving, no understanding, some people even think, for their own life, they can do anything without any reason.
Some people say, the opposite of lies is sincere. Some say, the opposite of lies is hate and cold. Some also say, the opposite of lies should be punishment, or it would let liar who is indulging. Also, some say, the opposite of lies should be tolerant. They think, maybe, tolerance is the only one way to reduce the lies.
What do you think of it?
谎言的对立面是……
罗生门，日本京都的正南门。云游和尚、砍柴人和乞丐在城门底下避雨，三人闲聊，话题开始，故事的序幕拉开：一个武士和他妻子路过荒山，遭遇了不测。妻子被侮辱，而武士惨遭杀害。惨案如何酿成？ 大盗、妻子、借武士亡魂来做证的女巫，都各有说法。
大盗说，他本来没有动邪念，但一阵清风让他看到女子的美貌，于是动了邪念。本来他不想杀武士，但女子被强暴后，居然不仅答应跟他走，还要他杀掉武士，于是他和武士奋勇大战二十多回合，最后将武士杀死。然而，那女子却乘机逃跑了。 大盗的陈述中，突出了他的骁勇。
女子说，她被强暴后，大盗走了，她哭着抱住了丈夫，但却发现，丈夫非常冷漠，看着她的眼神中充满了蔑视、嘲弄和愤怒，比大盗更可怕，她拿着匕首扑上去让丈夫杀他，但晕了过去，醒来后发现丈夫胸口上插着匕首死去了。 女子的陈述中，突出了她的无助。
死去的武士借女巫的口也在衙门上做了陈述。他说，大盗强暴妻子后，妻子求大盗杀死他，这个要求令大盗震惊，大盗转而去杀妻子，但她逃跑了，大盗转回来割开了武士身上的绳索，但他心冷至极，于是自杀了。 武士的陈述中，突出了他的心疼。
这是衙门上的陈述，但在破败的罗生门边，作为最早发现武士死亡现场的证人，樵夫说出了自己的陈述。
樵夫说，女子被强暴后，一直埋头地下痛哭，而大盗求她跟自己走。女子哭了很久后，突然跑去割开丈夫身上的绳索，又跑回来爬在地上痛哭。大盗恍然大悟，认为是女子要他和武士决斗。但武士拒绝决斗，因为她已是“妓女”，不值得。他还嘲讽妻子为什么不自杀。武士的说法刺激了大盗，他也失去了对女子的热情，想转身离开。这时，一直只是痛哭的女子突然站起来，用尖利的语言狠狠地嘲讽两个男人懦弱，终于激得两个男人展开决斗，两个怕死鬼非常可笑地打斗了很多回合后，大盗幸运地将武士杀死。
樵夫的陈述直接驳倒了武士。本来认为，死去的人不必说谎了，但樵夫作为目击征人，说死人也会说谎。
但樵夫一样也撒了谎。原来，他偷走了现场的一把镶着珍珠的匕首，为了掩饰这一点，他也撒了谎。
四个版本的陈述，能相信谁？显然，谁的都不可全相信。所以，见证了审判过程的僧人说：“如果不能信任别人，这个世界和地狱有什么分别？
黑泽明的《罗生门》，人性中赤裸裸的软弱和谎言。1950年的片子, 黑白，粗糙，淳朴，直入人心。 已经是第四次看，依然震撼，毫无厌倦。同时，看到更多的一些东西。 一间破殿，陈旧的牌匾，一场大雨，一个故事。人性就如此丑陋地被呈现出来。
在这部影片中，核心点在于女子，一方面是两个男人对她的态度大有问题，另一方面是她自己对两个男人的态度也很古怪。
大盗强暴女子时，黑泽明着意描绘了一个细节：她的手一开始是挣扎的，但慢慢地放开了，最后还抱住了大盗的背，而另一只手中的匕首也悄然落地。 这个细节显示，这个女子从被强暴中得到了快感。 一些细心的观众关注到了这个细节，并发表评论说，这个女子开始享受被强暴的欢娱了。
假设这个女子要和这些细心人对话，而这些细心人并没有看到这个细节，那么可以预料的是，这个女子势必会对这些细心人撒谎，她会刻意隐瞒自己在被强暴中有快感的事实，而只将自己描绘成一个彻底的受害者。
这些细心人知道真相后，势必会谴责这个女子撒谎。然而，他们真有能力理解并接受这个女子的真相吗？
在被强暴中得到快感，这几乎是一种必然的事情。不管一个女子意志上多么不情愿，当被强暴时，一定会有或多或少的生理快感产生，这不是由这个女子的意志所能决定的。
强暴带给女子的心理创伤，有相当一部分是，她们不能原谅自己，居然在这种时候会有快感产生，于是她们自己会谴责自己“贱”。因为这种自我谴责，哪怕没有别人知道她被强暴的事实，她也容易产生自暴自弃的念头，很多女子被强暴后沦为妓女，其中一个原因就是因为不能原谅自己这时有快感产生。
给遭遇强暴的女子做心理治疗，就势必要面对这一点。假若这个女子感觉到心理医生不能接受她有快感产生的事实，那么她一定会对心理医生撒谎，这样治疗效果就不可能太好。但假若这个心理医生深深地懂得这一点，让这个女子感觉到，无论她做了什么，心理医生都能包容她、理解她、接受她，那么她会把她最为羞耻的这一点说出来，并学会自我接纳，从而得到更彻底的治疗。
黑泽明的影片，道德标准相当锋利，给我缺乏宽容的感觉，让人对人性的丑陋充满绝望。
在我们的现实生活中，有没有比《罗生门》更可怕的谎言世界呢?
回答是肯定的，有。
然而，我更愿意进一步思考的问题是：
一、当真诚遇上谎言，或者谎言遇上真诚，该如何面对？
二、谎言的对立面到底是什么？
要思考以上两个问题，我想先说说，人们为什么撒谎？
记得小时候我就开始说谎，是因为贪玩。印象最深的是，在我六七岁时，每天爸爸妈妈出去做工，他们早出晚归，所以照顾妹妹的任务落在我的肩上。当时，我的奶奶照顾我叔叔的孩子，她很少帮我。每天，看着同龄朋友个个都可以去玩，我忍不住偶尔向奶奶撒谎，说，我要去厕所，然后一去就是半天。长大了，我有时也会撒谎，那是因为害怕，也有因为所谓的善意和要面子。不过，扪心自问，我的谎言并无恶意。
假如，你碰上恶意的谎言，特别是真诚的你遇上谎言，该怎么办？
当真诚遇上谎言，确实可怕，那是一种戈然而止的痛。在谎言面前，真诚显得那样的无力，那种悲哀是无声无泪。假如谎言包含着欺骗和背叛，那可是无形的杀人的刀，当一切揭穿，伤痕累累的同时，扼杀的，还有希望。它会让一个美丽如花的年轻姑娘一夜之间变成憔悴衰老的妇人。我亲眼目睹过。
当真诚遇上谎言，你是选择戳穿它？报复它？还是隐忍沉默？这是考验人性的关键时刻。戳穿它，意味着你要不断的忍受切割心灵的痛苦。报复，那可是一条毁灭之路——毁灭仇人，也毁灭自己，这是一条最丑，同时也最美的路。隐忍沉默，也许埋下更多的毒瘤，一旦溃烂，无药可救。
其实，撒谎的人也不好过。因为，当你撒了第一个谎，你必须要撒第二个谎来掩盖第一个谎。如此恶性循环，你的心会惶恐至极，脆弱至极。所以當謊言被揭穿的時候，是誠實地去承認？还是极力狡辩抵赖？诚实地承认，也许还能挽回別人對你的信任。狡辩抵赖，那你可是脸皮不要，天下无敌了。
谎言可怕，但更可怕的是不原谅、不理解，并由此认为“为了生存，没有什么是不可以的”.
有人说，谎言的对立面是真诚。有人说，谎言的对立面是恨，是冷漠。也有人说谎言的对立面应该是惩罚，否则，对于撒谎成性的人是纵容。 还有人说，谎言的对立面应该是宽容.也许，宽容是能减少谎言的唯一道路。
你认为呢？
