Take Zhang Yimou's film Hero, for example. According to Zhang, the classic forms of the wuxia, or wandering swordsman, genre of Chinese film have already been defined. There are, for example, King Hu's gentle and even feminine Zen-flavored aesthetics; Chang Cheh's tough exteriors that hide gentle hearts; and even Ang Lee's evocation of the boldness coupled with restraint central to Chinese culture.
不妨以近來著名的電影《英雄》為例，導演張藝謀表示，中國武俠片以往已經拍出了各種經典風格，如胡金銓帶有禪機的陰柔之美、張徹的陽剛中蘊含柔情之氣、李安呈現漢文化的豪放與婉約，這些他不希望重複。