You are a mark of memory.
Love comes quietly.
I paint you without knowing.
You are a diary in my heart.
Sometimes, it can be casual.
Sometimes, every word is remembered clearly.
I search to meet you by chance.
I'm most willing to lose to you.
Your love is irreplaceable.
Untie all the knots in your mind. Tell me.
This dream finally ends now.
This moment is when
the fragrance of flowers pervades the sky.
The air seems to deliver electric shocks.
The faces look elated.
Waiting as the wind blows over.
Love arrives. The whole season
believes in the fable of happiness.
Until the end.
Tomorrow is going to be wonderful.
The Chang'An Youth
Episode 3
Every dorm room accommodates two students?
It seems that we're roommates.
Dr. Lin,
I'm used to living alone.
Could I have a room to myself?
This isn't your home, lad.
Ours are all double rooms,
and according to school regulations,
each term you'll get a new roommate.
No way.
Dieyi,
forget it.
You're not going to have a room to yourself, I'm afraid.
Why don't you share one with me?
You wish.
Would you rather share a room
with some other man?
Dr. Lin,
if two students have to share a dorm room,
could I share one with Tang Jiuhua?
No.
No. That can't be done.
What's this ruckus about?
Have you forgotten
what place this is?
Let me introduce to you
the Chief's Teaching Assistant sent by the Imperial College.
He's also your superintendent.
Don't be haughty because you came out first
in the entrance examination.
Your dorm rooms
have long been prearranged.
You're here
to acquire knowledge
to serve the country worthily,
not to enjoy an easy life.
Shen Dieyi shall lose credits for violating the regulations.
Mr. Shen,
don't be headstrong.
Each of you has a total of 100 credits.
Those who end up with zero credits will get expelled.
Expelled?
Marvelous.
Deduct my credits as you like.
I'm not going to share a room.
I insist on having a room to myself.
Why don't you just
deduct all my credits?
Deduct all my credits, I dare you.
Dieyi,
I feel the same way, the arrangement is indeed ridiculous.
Shall we drop out together
and go home to get married?
Calm down, Jiuhua.
We must get a hold of ourselves
and give priority to our studies.
Shen Dieyi and Yang Zi'an are roommates, right?
Good.
Two equally outstanding students
can encourage each other in their endeavors
if they're roommates.
I hope you'll get along with each other
and make progress together.
Sir,
Dieyi and I are old friends.
We'll be able to look after each other
if we share a dorm room.
Don't be presumptuous.
The dorm arrangement has long been made.
No one is allowed to change it on a whim.
Sir...
You want to lose credits, too?
Dieyi,
Yang Zi'an seems an arrogant fellow.
I don't think he'd be nosy.
We'd better compromise with them
for the time being.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
It's all your fault.
I thought it was best for us.
But...
Cut it out.
OK.
Keep quiet, everyone.
Pay attention to the following arrangement.
Yang Zi'an and Shen Dieyi
shall have Room No. 1 of East Wing.
Tang Jiuhua and Bai Shaoqian
shall have Room No. 2 of East Wing.
Room No. 2?
I'm assigned to Room No. 2?
Dr. Lin.
Room No. 2.
Room No. 2 is fine.
Lin Xinyuan and Dugu Muxue
shall have Room No. 3 of East Wing.
Wang Zhaocai and Wang Jinbao
shall have Room No. 4 of East Wing.
Today, you can have a tour around the school
and meet your new schoolmates.
School officially begins tomorrow.
You can do you own things
after getting your bedding and uniforms.
Dieyi,
our school uniform
looks so hideous.
The colors are drab.
I don't want to wear it.
One gets expelled after losing all his credits.
There's hope for me after all.
Let's go.
= East Wing =
Good.
This place is quite auspiciously located.
It's conducive to learning.
But according to my natal horoscope,
the room, void of a southeast corner,
is bad for interpersonal communication.
Hello, Mr. Dugu.
Maybe I should follow the advice of the trigram
and place some potted plants in the southeast corner.
Room No. 2.
Dieyi,
I'm here.
Come tell me if you need help.
Hello, Mr. Tang.
Hello.
Mr. Tang,
I've made the bed for you.
Come and check it out.
You made the bed
for me?
Yes.
Just call me Bai.
Bai.
We're schoolmates at Shangyi School.
Mr. Tang, you're well-read
and well-born,
and you are Lord Tang's only son.
We ordinary students can't compare with you.
I'd appreciate your help
during our stay
at Shangyi School.
No problem.
schoolmates are supposed to help each other.
Can I call you boss?
Boss?
I'm not sure if it's a good idea.
If... if you...
It's settled, then.
What are you doing?
What...
What do you think you're doing?
Put... put your clothes on.
Are your eyes merely ornamental?
You...
Stop it.
I only thought you are vulgar,
I didn't know you're so overbearing.
I'm changing my clothes. What's it to you?
You bother me.
You shouldn't get changed in my presence.
Put on your clothes first.
Stop getting changed.
This is most ungentlemanly behavior.
How could you do this?
This is outrageous.
- Put your clothes on. - Don't point at me.
If you don't put on...
Oh dear.
He's so well-built.
What are you doing?
Get up.
Get up right now.
Stop lying down.
What are you doing?
Get up already.
Why are you still
lying down?
How could I get up
with you lying on me?
Pervert.
You're ridiculous.
Thanks, boss.
Come on.
Let me take a good look at my bed.
Did he just call me a pervert?
What nonsense.
Shen Yiyi.
Just pull yourself together.
You're a man.
Tang Jiuhua.
Dieyi.
Shouldn't you be...
Come on. Let's go.
Where are we going, Dieyi?
Slow down, Dieyi.
What happened?
I'm leaving school.
Leaving...
Did that Yang Zi'an molest you?
What are you doing?
You... stop it.
Stop it.
He wouldn't dare.
Good.
If he dare molest you,
tell me immediately.
I'll give him a good beating.
You made me come here,
and now I have to live with a man,
with that stinky tofu, good heavens.
What am I going to do?
What to do?
I've no idea.
We'll have to play it by ear now.
Dieyi,
go back to your room and put on more clothes.
It's windy here. Don't catch a cold.
Aha.
I can pretend to be ill,
then even Tang Jiuhua couldn't do anything about it.
Dieyi,
why are you laughing?
Chief.
Mr. Shen,
why do you look so wretched?
Chief,
I'm afraid I have to leave school.
But it's your first day here. What happened?
I just broke my arm.
I'll never be able to use a writing brush again.
You broke your arm?
It grieves me to disappoint His Majesty
and to be unworthy of your kindness, Chief.
I feel so sorry,
but I have no choice but to ask you
to accept my withdrawal application.
First we need to get a doctor
to give you a thorough checkup.
Someone,
go get the school doctor here immediately.
Hurry up.
Mr. Shen needs a thorough checkup.
There's no need for that.
Please don't trouble others
Woe is me.
Shangyi School is too good a place for me.
Chief,
I'm resigned to my fate.
Please accept my application.
But I can't.
His Majesty announced in person
that you came out first in the entrance exam.
His Majesty would surely
blame me
if he learns of this event.
You should
take a rest here.
Don't worry.
The doctor is on his way here.
Come on.
- Let me help you up. - No. No. No.
Please don't bother.
Look, Chief.
I'm much better now.
Isn't this amazing, Chief?
I can even clap my hands now, Chief.
I don't have to drop out.
I'm so happy.
I'm going back to celebrate this excellent news.
Thank you so much, Chief.
Thank you.
I'll just see myself out.
Goodbye, Chief.
What a childish trick.
Dieyi,
where have you been?
I...
What happened to you?
Cheer up.
I heard we don't have to stay here tonight.
Let's go home.
Things will work out all right.
= The Unity of Knowledge and Action =
Dieyi.
Your...
Your uniform...
What do you think?
Chief will give you a lecture if he sees it.
The school only requests us to wear
the school uniform,
but it doesn't forbid us from altering its style.
Look.
It looks much presentable now.
You're so smart.
Let's go.
Wait.
Help me out here.
Dieyi,
do you really think it a good idea
to alter your uniform like this?
Yeah.
It looks nice.
What a big class.
I hope there are seats left for us.
Hey boss,
your seat is here.
Boss.
Mr. Shen.
There's only one vacant seat here?
Bai,
why don't you go find another seat
and offer this one to Dieyi?
Boss,
I'm afraid I can't do that.
According to the regulations here,
the seat arrangement corresponds to the dorm arrangement.
Two roommates share a desk.
Look, boss. Our names are inscribed on it.
What a stupid regulation.
It's got our names on it.
Alright.
Sit here.
I'll go find my own seat.
Dieyi.
Boss,
please be seated.
Drat.
Could things get any worse?
Guys,
do you know
anything about the doctor
who is to give this lecture today?
Is that important?
Just a teacher, I reckon.
He's Dr. Wu, who used to be
the strictest teacher at the Imperial College.
He always keeps a strict face,
and was thus dubbed
Black-faced Master
by the students
at the Imperial College.
We're doomed.
I can finally resume my credit-deducting plan.
Why are you staring at me?
You look disheveled.
Mind your own business.
Dr. Wu.
Be seated.
This is
your first class at Shangyi School.
Today we're not going to learn
“The Analects of Confucius”, “The Book of Mencius”
or the calendar or mathematics.
You're asked to drink the water in the bowls
with the dippers.
Drink the water?
That's a piece of cake.
Yeah, Dr. Wu.
Why do you ask us to drink water
on the first day of school?
Don't underestimate this task.
There are rules to follow.
You mustn't touch the bowl with any part of your body
and you can only use the dipper to scoop out water to drink
with your hand steadily holding the tip
of the dipper handle.
What?
Dr. Wu,
how could that be done?
Yeah, Dr. Wu.
The terms are too harsh.
Think about it.
The test begins now.
The handle is too long.
Watch me.
Boss, are you alright?
Don't.
You can't break the handle,
or you'll be violating the rules.
Those who manage to drink the water
before our class is over shall get 50 credits.
Shen Dieyi.
Tang Jiuhua.
You two shall lose 10 credits
for violating the school regulations,
as you damaged your uniforms
and are not properly dressed.
Dr. Wu,
that's not clearly stipulated in the school regulations.
It's unfair.
Keep talking back,
and you'll lose another 20 credits.
You've got time to peep right and left?
Time is ticking out. Chop-chop.
Someone's getting lucky.
Yeah.
You two came out on top
in the entrance examination.
Have you figured out
the solution?
Yes.
Then demonstrate it for us.
Right.
Dr. Wu didn't say that we can't
feed each other water.
Boss,
how come a smart guy like you
didn't figure out
this simple solution?
It's not my style
to take such a simple approach.
I can't be bothered to use it.
Are you drinking it or not?
My arm is sore.
You two figured out the solution,
but as I mentioned, you pass the test
after you manage to drink the water.
You're going too far.
Why do you keep staring at me?
He who first offends will first complain.
How would you know I was staring at you if you hadn't been staring at me?
What nonsense.
Yeah.
My arm was sore.
So what?
You two have figured out the solution,
but your action
ran counter to my original intention.
That's why
I can't give you the credits.
The first lesson you shall learn
at Shangyi School
isn't about learning,
horse riding, archery, mathematics or deduction
but about the value of
mutual support.
You come from different parts of Great Yu
and from different backgrounds
with different life styles.
For the next four years,
You'll dine together, live together,
study together
and weather the storm together.
Later on you'll fight foreign enemies together.
You'll be colleagues at the imperial court
and comrades-in-arms on the battlefield.
You must work together for the well-being of the people
and give your allegiance to the sovereign.
And most importantly,
many of you will become
bosom friends for the rest of your lives.
If you don't see the power of solidarity,
then you
don't deserve to be students at Shangyi School.
= Mutual Support =
Think it over.
Bai, come here.
What's the matter, boss?
You said you could sew it, right?
I told you to leave it to me.
You should have complied.
Don't get cocky.
Wow.
You're quite good at it.
Don't you think
an embroidered flower here
would seem just right
for Dieyi?
Boss,
you're so good to Mr. Shen.
Of course.
Dieyi and I have been best friends
since we were children.
But boss,
have you forgotten
how you lost credits last time?
Why is Dieyi's room so quiet?
Have you forgotten
what Black-Faced Master told you?
Don't be a smarty.
Draw a lesson from it.
It's too quiet.
Could it be that Yang Zi'an
has found out about Dieyi's identity
and is molesting her now?
I'll kill him.
Yang Zi'an, you beast.
This is their first day as roommates
and they must be feeling a bit awkward,
hence it is normal to be so quiet.
But what if...
I'd kick myself for being inattentive
if anything should happen to Dieyi.
No.
Dieyi would see me as a Peeping Tom
if I rush into her dorm room
only to find nothing is going wrong in there.
Bai,
why are you looking at me like that?
I...
Boss,
I'll just sleep
somewhere else tonight.
I'll sleep somewhere else.
What a nutcase.
Why hasn't Mr. Dugu come back yet?
I'm so sleepy.
Should I lock the door or not?
Mr. Yang.
Mr. Bai.
What are they doing here at this hour?
The students at Shangyi School surely are odd.
They'd rather hang out in the middle of the night.
I don't think Mr. Dugu is coming back tonight.
I'll sleep now.
Everything will go well today.
Mr. Bai.
Bai. Bai.
What's the matter? What's going on?
It's dawn now.
Everything went wrong.
My divination failed again.
Good morning.
Did you have a good sleep?
You look so green.
Look who's moved back.
Mind your own business.
I wish I could.
Do you think I'm here by choice?
I was forced into it.
You can always walk out of here if you want.
OK.
Why would I listen to you?
I'll stay.
I wouldn't have put up with you
and rested
at the Hall of Boundlessness last night
but for Dr. Wu's earnest teachings.
You put up with me?
The feeling is mutual.
What do you want?
Since we both hate to share a room,
how about making it a rule
that the person
who comes back later
shall spend the night at the Hall of Boundlessness?
Dare you?
I hope you won't regret it.
A gentleman
- never goes back on... - Keep your word.
You're afraid?
I thought you were tough.
You dare not pinkie swear.
Dieyi,
wait for me.
Dieyi.
Slow down, will you?
I was worried about you all night last night.
Is everything alright?
You look pale.
Did he bully you?
No.
He was out last night.
Perhaps he despised me so much
that he slept in the Hall of Boundlessness.
Great.
I hope he'll spend every night there.
Then he'll be
out of your hair.
You don't understand.
The war has just begun.
Students,
the topic of our discussion today
is the definition of victory.
Dr. Wu,
I believe that
victory refers to the end result of a competition.
It has nothing to do with process.
I beg to differ.
The process is crucial to a victory.
A victory would be meaningless
if anything dishonest
involved in the process.
A competition won't be a competition
if it doesn't end in victory or defeat.
Let go.
I got it first.
You let go.
Be reasonable.
Let go.
I...
- I got it first. - I did
I...I got it first.
OK.
That's all for today.
You're dismissed.
Thank you, Dr. Wu.
Bai,
have you finished it?
Just a minute.
I'm tired of waiting.
Done.
Boss.
Boss, what's this trap for?
Don't be so nosy.
You can leave now.
Oh, right.
Don't tell anyone about it.
Not even to Mr. Shen?
Sure.
Go.
Let go of me!
Don't go any further.
Why not?
Look.
I'm going to clean up
all the fallen leaves on the ground.
You wouldn't want to soil your shoes,
right, Dugu?
You'd better make a detour.
Let me help you.
What?
Look.
It's so hot today.
I don't want to trouble you.
Let help you.
Many hands make light work.
Oh, no.
Dugu.
Who were you plotting against?
No one.
Would you believe me
if I say I'm here
to catch a bird?
Listen.
I had no intention of hurting him.
I just wanted to play a trick on him.
Dugu.
Can you release me before you leave?
Dugu Muxue!
Xue!
Mr. Shen,
I've always admired your originality.
May I know where you learned that from?
Well, all you need to do
is take a new perspective
and mingle with different communities.
- I'll elaborate on it some other time. - Somebody, help me!
Dieyi.
Tang Jiuhua,
what the heck are you doing here?
Would you believe me
if I say I'm here
to catch a bird?
A bird?
No.
Mr. Shen,
I don't think it's that simple.
Really?
Mr. Tang must have fallen victim to violence.
We must inform Chief immediately
so that he could punish the perpetrator and uphold justice.
You're right.
Let's go.
What nonsense!
Come back.
Get me out of here first, will you?
I can hardly breathe.
Yes. He's right.
= The Unity of Knowledge and Action =
Xinyuan,
what are you doing?
Obviously
Xinyuan is fond of meat.
Don't mind me.
Finish your meal.
Xinyuan.
Here.
You can have mine.
I'll give you mine as well.
Mr. Dugu.
Eat.
Your kindness
overwhelms me.
Shangyi School is the place to learn knowledge.
You'd better break your bad habits
as soon as possible.
You're right, Mr. Yang.
I'm not yet used to my life here,
but I'll try my best
to get rid of this habit of mine.
What bad habits?
Yang Zi'an,
you don't have to be so mean.
Xinyuan is fond of meat.
It's not a crime.
That's right.
What a fault-finder.
Didn't you say you were touched
by Black-faced Master's earnest teachings?
Have you forgotten the importance of solidarity?
Xinyuan didn't just acquire his habits yesterday.
It takes time to break a habit.
You could reason with Xinyuan.
There's no need to be so mean.
No wonder you don't have any friends.
If one loses his friends
by speaking the truth,
then I don't want to keep
such friends.
Stop fighting, guys.
It was all because of me.
Calm down.
Stop.
Empty preaching
can't solve the problem.
I'll show you the solution.
Wait here.
Mr. Shen,
what are you doing in the kitchen?
The food will be ready in a minute.
This place is rather smoky.
You'll soil your clothes here.
Please get out of here.
Aunt Zhang.
What...
What do you want?
Don't get me wrong.
I just want to borrow your kitchen.
What for?
Today
I'll take this opportunity
to show that stinky tofu
my culinary skill.
Done.
Just so-so.
Don't...
Don't look so astonished.
A word of praise will do.
I don't want to get too proud.
Come on.
Try them, guys.
It tastes so good.
But, Mr. Shen,
how did you make these vegetable dishes
taste like meat?
They're nothing remarkable,
just some vegetarian chicken,
vegetarian ham
and vegetarian roast goose.
Nothing remarkable?
Since you don't like these dishes I made,
do you have any better solutions?
Meat-flavored vegetarian dishes
aren't a fundamental solution.
They're deceptive,
just a charlatan's tricks.
Did you just call me a charlatan?
Stop quarreling.
It's not good.
Yang Zi'an,
you must take responsibility for your behavior.
Say you're sorry.
What if
I refuse to apologize?
You have to.
I've done nothing wrong,
so I don't need to apologize.
You're the one with bad habits.
You're arrogant and unreasonable.
Is this how your parents taught you?
Shut up.
Leave my father out of this.
Sir, here's our chance!
What imprudence!
I've told you a million times.
How dare you barge in
like this?
That's not important.
Come in.
Did you mention
some good news
just now?
Sir,
Yang Zi'an, Shen Dieyi and some other students
are making a scene at Chuhe Hall.
It seems they're about to have a fistfight.
What?
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
Are you morons?
You call me rude?
You are insolent.
You didn't try my dishes,
so what right do you have to criticize me
and call me a charlatan?
You're unreasonable.
Stop.
Let' s get things straight.
Let go.
- Let go. - You...
- We haven't finished yet. - What a waste.
Dieyi,
are you alright?
Yang Zi'an!
What's going on here?
But for some students' report
of a fistfight at Chuhe Hall,
I wouldn't have believed
you'd get involved in this madness.
The perpetrators now step forward.
I started it.
I shall take
full responsibility.
It was you
who made trouble
and caused the infighting among the students?
How do you think I should punish you?
Sir.
Dieyi.
There wasn't any fighting.
It was just a misunderstanding.
So you were the second perpetrator.
A fistfight.
I'll report this
to Chief.
For the two of you,
this is probably your last day
at Shangyi School.
You're only Chief's Teaching Assistant.
You can punish the students,
but you don't have the right to expel them.
Dieyi, why did you stand up for him?
How do you know
I've got no right to do that?
Sir,
what happened today was a misunderstanding.
The other students present can attest to it,
Please spare them.
They can attest to it?
OK.
Tell me
whether it was a fistfight or a misunderstanding?
Sir,
we saw with our own eyes
Yang Zi'an fought with them
and made a scene in Chuhe Hall.
He's right, sir.
I can attest to it, too.
Liars.
You call them liars?
If you can find five witnesses among the other students
other than the three of you to testify for you.
I'll spare you the punishment.
If you can't find five witnesses,
you three will be punished for fighting
and your witnesses
will be punished for perjury.
You'll all be expelled from Shangyi School.
Look back at that day.
Memories slip through time.
Caress your face in the air.
For a moment,
it's partly visible.
Thinking about you day and night.
Many scenes
come to mind.
Time stops.
Hard to sleep.
How I wish to tell.
From the day I met you,
my world has been all about you.
Maybe
every time we pass by each other,
we do it because destiny says so.
How to bury the past between me and you?
How I wish to tell.
From the day I met you,
my world has been all about you.
The figure
blurs in the wind.
The smile is flowery.
Right now, all I want to say is
I love you.