The meaning of elegance and nobility is that humble people can also be as beautiful as gods.
Many times we mistakenly believe that elegance and nobility require conditions, as if these things are the patent of social elites, exquisite appearance requires money as a backing, and the beginning of a gorgeous life must rely on a good background. As a basis, it seems that humble people are not worthy of being stained with the light of wisdom, and tiny dust should not fly in the afternoon sun.
But, in fact, the best things in this world have nothing to do with what you can't change. Elegance and nobility are not innate, but an acquired choice. At least everyone has the right to be elegant and noble.
In the eyes of Parisian senior intellectuals, the slovenly janitor is just a vulgar middle-aged widow who works the most meaningless job every day and watches boring TV shows like A mindless goldfish was mixed in the fish tank. The elites in the apartment building had never looked at her seriously. In the eyes of these noble people, He Ni was just an ordinary humble janitor.
But is this actually the case? A janitor as humble as dust will inadvertently blurt out the beginning of Anna Karenina. She always has to protect herself carefully. She pretends to be a hedgehog and she wants to protect her true self.
What is elegance and nobility?
He Ni is a widow and a janitor. She works the most boring job every day, pretending that she has nothing to do with elegance and nobility. Behind her seemingly ordinary life is full of harm from the social elite. In the novel, her sister lost her life because of falling in love with someone from the upper class. He Ni has been determined to draw a clear line between herself and the so-called elegant and noble people since she was a girl. She is afraid that she will be like her sister because of her intelligence but humble background. Beautiful but of humble origin, he was despised by the upper class, so he pretended to be vulgar and stupid, and lived safely for most of his life, until a girl and a man broke into her life.
He Ni may seem stupid and vulgar, but she is very familiar with philosophical works and knows all about literary works. She has the most perfect hiding place in the world, a room full of books. She is more like a scholar than an arrogant elite who talks nonsense at the dinner table, an intellectual with the purest love for knowledge.
He Ni is smart, just like her own evaluation, she is a goddess in terms of knowledge, and she is invincible. In her own way she maintains true elegance and rare nobility. Such people, even if they hide deeply, will always meet their companions, just like Boya will eventually meet Ziqi. He Ni is lucky. She met two companions. One is a little girl named Palo who comes from an elite family in society. Ma, one is Gejiro Ozu, an elegant scholar from Japan. This elegant hedgehog finds a spiritual daughter and soul mate before death. She began to love, to love bravely. Love this world, love your own elegance and nobility.
Compared with Paloma’s neurotic mother who has a doctorate in literature, He Ni seems to be smarter. Compared with Paloma’s young sister He Ni, who has a master’s degree in a prestigious school, He Ni seems to be more noble. He Ni does not have a good background. She does not have good looks, and she has very few social resources, but she is more respected than any so-called upper class elite in any movies and novels.
He Ni’s friend is a maid who cleans the house for rich people every day. She is also humble, but she is a real noble, elegant and temperamental. These ordinary people seem to live more noble lives.
There is nothing strange or false about this story, because elegance and nobility in this world have never been related to money and status.
In my life, I have seen some ordinary people living elegantly and noble lives. They are all ordinary beings with little family background and average schools. However, they maintain the most positive attitude and do their part seriously. Do your own things, read valuable books, watch good movies, wear clothes that suit you, clean your bedroom or home, and never compare yourself with others. Even if you have desires, you only do the right things to realize them. Try your best to keep your life in order and find the best hiding place for yourself.
Elegance and nobility have never been related to money and status. Elegance and nobility are the externalization of the soul, and the price you have to pay for all this is choice. This choice is difficult to make because it is too simple, because It’s difficult to do, so everyone likes to opportunistically change concepts, let beautiful clothes replace self-cultivation, and luxury cars represent nobility. Material wealth does not necessarily bring spiritual wealth, and spiritual wealth may not be transformed into material wealth, because people who see the essence clearly are too There are few, so the elegance and nobility of He Ni in the movie can only be seen by the smart little girl Paloma and the gentle Ozu Karejiro. But we become who we are, not what others think of us. Stay true to the elegance in your heart, even if the world is occasionally hypocritical.
Because everyone has a choice, some people choose to turn a blind eye to the truth, goodness and beauty, and some people choose to light candles in the darkness.