从教义到控制：周处除三害揭示邪教的双面手法

一个精彩的故事必须具备的必不可少的条件就是要有出人意料的情节，也就是大家所说的反转。英文称之为“twist”，而电影《周处除三害》就非常好地设定了一个反转。该电影将通缉榜第一的通缉犯设定为一个邪教的教主。大隐隐于市，不仅将男主角忽悠得团团转，而且这个故事情节犹如给大家上了一堂生动的防诈骗课，将很多邪教的特征表现得淋漓尽致。

首先，邪教会披上一个求真求善的外衣，让你过上朴素而看似纯洁的生活，放弃私心。然而，这只是表面现象。例如，教主实为通缉犯，他会要求教徒捐献所有的家当财务，说“一无所有没有什么不好，身外之物会腐蚀教徒心灵，导致他们无法求真，提升灵性。”其实每个人的主观价值观都是不一样的，这样说也并非没有错，也并非有错。有的人就是重视精神层次上的东西，而轻物质享受，也没有什么不好。关键是要做到言行合一。

然而，教主却走了另一条路。他表面上过着朴素的生活，背后却在他的住所下面建了一个地下室，将教徒奉献的财物用来让自己过着奢靡的生活，把虚伪演绎到了极致。

要控制教徒，光靠修行所带来的虚无缥缈的精神上的好处是远远不够的。还需要利用恐惧，比如那位在陈桂林之后入教的单亲妈妈，邪教徒在对她孩子的饭菜中动手脚时没有注意毒药的药量，导致孩子昏迷不醒。
教主看到这种情况之后，反而将错就错，交代医生说不能让孩子死去，但也绝不能把孩子医好，保持这种状态就是最好的。只有这样才能用失去孩子的恐惧牢牢地控制住那位单亲母亲，让她言听计从。

果然，尊者给了她一个木盒子，他就像男主一样乖乖地将自己的全部家当放到了里面。可以说，这部影片将各种洗脑掌控组织的手法表现得淋漓尽致。一个是用美好的，但是有些虚妄的前景吸引你；另一个就是用恐惧拿捏你。这些组织的头领一般都是虚伪狡诈之人，看了这些似乎更加理解老子所说的“圣人不死，大盗不止”的概念了。
按照儒家的观念，圣人就是具有高超智慧的人，就如同教主尊者参透了天道，能够为天下苍生谋福利一样。但实际上这样的人是不存在的。每个人都有自己的私心和私利，在圣人和仁义的光环之下，人们不能够质疑所怀疑，那么这个圣人也必然会利用这层保护为所欲为甚至做出大奸大恶之事。

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The indispensable condition that a good story must have is to have an unexpected plot, which is what everyone calls a reversal. English calls it "twist", and the movie "Removing the Three Evils Around the World" sets up a reversal very well. The film sets the most wanted criminal on the most wanted list as the leader of a cult. Hidden in the city, not only fooling the male protagonist around, but also this storyline is like giving everyone a vivid anti-fraud lesson, showing many characteristics of cults to the fullest.

First of all, the cult puts on a cloak of seeking truth and goodness, allowing you to live a simple and seemingly pure life and give up selfishness. However, this is only scratching the surface. For example, if the leader is a wanted criminal, he will ask the followers to donate all their belongings, saying, "There is nothing wrong with having nothing, and things outside the body will corrode the minds of the believers and make them unable to seek truth and improve spiritually." In fact, everyone's subjective values are different, and it is not without error to say this, nor is it wrong. Some people just attach importance to things on the spiritual level, and there is nothing wrong with ignoring material enjoyment. The key is to match words with deeds.

However, the Sect Master took a different path. He lived a simple life on the surface, but behind the scenes, he built a basement under his residence, and used the money donated by the congregation to live a luxurious life, which was hypocrisy to the extreme.

In order to control the followers, it is not enough to rely on the ethereal spiritual benefits that come with spiritual practice. Fear is also needed to be exploited, such as the single mother who became a religion after Chen Guilin, and the cultist did not pay attention to the amount of poison when he manipulated her child's food, causing the child to fall unconscious.
After seeing this situation, the sect leader turned his mistake and explained to the doctor that the child could not be allowed to die, but the child must not be cured, and it was best to maintain this state. Only in this way can the fear of losing a child firmly control the single mother and make her obey.

Sure enough, the Venerable gave her a wooden box, and he obediently put all his belongings in it just like the male protagonist. It can be said that this film vividly shows all kinds of brainwashing and control of the organization. One is to attract you with good but somewhat false prospects, and the other is to grasp you with fear. The leaders of these organizations are generally hypocritical and cunning people, and after reading these, they seem to understand more about Lao Tzu's concept of "saints do not die, and thieves do not stop".
According to the Confucian concept, a sage is a person with superb wisdom, just as the Venerable Sect Master has penetrated the way of heaven and can work for the benefit of the common people in the world. But in reality, such people do not exist. Everyone has their own selfishness and self-interest, and under the aura of sainthood and benevolence, people cannot question and doubt, then this saint will inevitably use this layer of protection to do whatever he wants and even do great evil things.