Hero

[A Black Falcon]

The movie is about the first Emperor of China who was the first to unite all of the different sections into one whole country. China is pretty damn big and at that time "all under heaven" would naturally mean just people in China. It's sort of like how right now we call things "universal" when obviously we're just talking about our little planet.

You're just over-estimating people, OB1. DJ proves that. I wouldn't expect most people to know details about ancient Chinese history like how they considered their empire to include 'All Under Heaven', and you probably shouldn't either.

Actually I'm not much of a Chinese history buff and I never heard the saying "all under heaven" before I saw Hero, but in the context of the movie it could only really mean one thing. They even talk about the history behind the picture and what it's all about at the beginning and end of the movie.

But you obviously had some base of knowledge about ancient Chinese history...