In Hero, Zhang Yimou similarly emphasized symbolic, highly visualized fighting sequences. One example is the fight scene at the chess pavilion between Jet Li and Donnie Yen. Here, the fighting is an exhibition of the martial arts aesthetic and of a skill so consummate that the combatants themselves are able to determine the outcome from just a few preliminary passes.
《英雄》中，張藝謀也很強調「意境式的打法」，譬如棋亭裡，李連杰和甄子丹對手，就是「高手過招，點到為止」，勝負則由觀眾自己去決定。