Confucius is an outstanding representative of Confucianism and a philosopher who has influenced China for thousands of years. Someone once commented on him: "Zhong Ni was never born in heaven, it was like a long night." Due to Confucius' vigorous advocacy of guqin, the atmosphere of playing the piano among scholars is very strong, and the tradition of "playing chess, painting and calligraphy" has gradually formed. At the beginning of advocating piano music, Confucius taught gentlemen not to entertain themselves. The gentleman and Qin people are better than each other, but the gentleman enjoys himself. Playing the piano is the highest realm of gentleman's cultivation. The combination of man and music shows a gentle and honest manner. In the era of Confucius, piano music is not only the personal accomplishment of later gentlemen, but also the sacred joy of integrating heaven and earth and educating people. In piano music, Confucius heard the voice of virtue and the subjugation of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Therefore, guqin is also called "the sage's instrument".
Confucius had seventy-two disciples, only one of whom was a southerner named Yan Zi. It was this man named Yan Zi who laid the foundation of Confucian culture in southern China. Confucius once said before his death, "My way is south." In Yan Zi's deeds, the most prominent thing is to carry forward the morality of "not accepting relics" with rites and music, and to educate the folk custom of "not closing the door" with string songs. The so-called string singer is to recite and sing with beautiful piano music. Ancient poets praised Changshu, and there is a famous saying: "People are talking about guqin." It can be seen that Changshu has a long and profound relationship with Chinese guqin. Of course, Yan Zi is not the only one who has an indissoluble bond with Chinese guqin, because Confucius himself is a pianist who plays piano and music. It can be said that the far-reaching Confucian cultural thought injected the keynote of justice and peace into Chinese Guqin music in its initial embryonic stage.
The ancients believed that the climate of heaven and earth was included in it, and people worshipped it and gave it moral belief. Qin Le, as a kind of "sound", embodies China's orthodoxy and culture for thousands of years. Guqin has accompanied people's lives and left us many touching stories: Boya met a bosom friend while playing the piano; Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun express their love on the piano; Facing death, Ji Kang also played a song "Guangling San"; Zhuge Liang cleverly set an empty city plan, played the piano leisurely, and wisely retired Sima Yi with 100 thousand soldiers; There is also the story of Tao Yuanming playing stringed instruments and so on. Generation after generation.
For a long time, musicians thought that "the banjo, the king of literature and the king of war each added a string" constituted the banjo. Guqin seems to have changed little since it came out. However, with the new discovery of unearthed cultural relics, this traditional concept has been passively shaken. Now referring to ancient literature, we get the impression that before the Han Dynasty, the piano panel and the bottom plate could be separated and combined, and the piano surface had decorative ups and downs. The number of strings varies from five to twenty, and only empty strings are played when playing. Since the Han dynasty, the piano surface has gradually flattened, and the local left-handed lyre has appeared.
As simple as the color of the Book of Songs, as smooth as the luster of Li Sao. In the long years, Chinese guqin, seven-string ancient sound, echoed in the temple heights, inspiring rivers and lakes. The year number on the guqin leaves the sunshine of time and culture. Although Wei and Jin bid farewell to Han Dynasty, Song bid farewell to Sui and Tang Dynasties. However, the seven strings on the Chinese guqin have experienced numerous cold and heat, connecting ancient and modern times.