王家衛導演執導的武俠電影《一代宗師》,講述著葉問和武術家交織出的故事,於武術境界、於遊戲人生,他們有著相似的追求,即「見自己、見天地、見眾生」。本文從舒茲「玩遊戲」的角度來觀察葉問、宮寶森、宮二、馬三和一線天等劇中角色人物的武術境界追尋,他們都是「自願去克服非必要的障礙」,遵守著時代的規則、武林的規則,或是自己訂下的規則,逐階踏實、或同時並進去達成屬於自己的武術境界和遊戲人生。研究發現「玩遊戲,意味著自願去克服非必要的障礙」這個理論,不僅作為遊戲的定義,亦可作為檢驗《一代宗師》劇中武術追尋的境界考驗。劇中武術家的遊戲態度,正是決定他們一生武術境界定位的關鍵要素。
The Grandmaster, a martial arts film directed by Kar-Wai Wong, narrates the story of Ip Man and other martial arts masters who pursuit similar goal in martial arts and lives: the three stages of "being, knowing and doing." This essay observed how characters such as Ip Man, Gong Yutian, Gong Er, Ma San and Yixiantian pursued the three stages of martial arts on the basis of Game-playing theory from Bernard Suits. To put it more precisely, characters in the film all make "voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles" which resembles the core of the theory. They follow the rules of the time, the rules of martial arts or their own rules, step by step or simultaneously reaching the stages of martial arts and life. This research revealed that the statement- playing a game is the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles- is not merely the definition of Game-playing, but can also be the test of the three stages of martial arts in The Grandmaster. The lusory attitude of the martial arts masters is the key factor to their lifetime status in all martial arts stages.