"Bo Ya Jue Xian" is a story about a close friend who is hard to find. Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi are a pair of close friends that have been passed down through the ages. Yu Boya was good at playing and Zhong Ziqi was good at appreciating. This is the origin of the term "bosom friend". But unfortunately, later Zhong Ziqi died of illness. Yu Boya was extremely sad and thought that his close friend was dead and no one in the world could understand the artistic conception of his playing like Zhong Ziqi. So I "broke the piano and cut off the strings" and never played the piano again for the rest of my life.

Original text:

Bo Ya was good at playing the drum and harp, and Zhong Ziqi was good at listening. Boya played the harp and played the harp, aiming at the high mountains. Zhong Ziqi said: "How good it is! It's as tall as Mount Tai!" His goal was on flowing water. Zhong Ziqi said: "How good it is. It's like a river!" What Boya thought about was what Zhong Ziqi said. You must get it. When Ziqi died, Boya said that there would be no more music in the world. He would break the strings of the harp and never play the drum again for the rest of his life.

Translation:

Bo Ya was good at playing the qin, and Zhong Ziqi was good at listening to the music. When Boya played the piano, he thought of the majestic Mount Tai. Zhong Ziqi exclaimed: "That's great! Just like the towering Mount Tai!" When Boya played the piano, he thought of the vast rivers. Zhong Ziqi praised: " Okay, like an endless river!" No matter what Boya thinks of when he plays the piano, Zhong Ziqi will express his thoughts clearly. After Zhong Ziqi passed away, Boya thought that he would never have a close friend in the world. So, he broke his beloved piano, broke the strings, and never played the piano again for the rest of his life.

Classical Famous Song

"Mountains and Flowing Water" is one of the top ten ancient songs in China. It is said that Boya, a luthier in the pre-Qin Dynasty, once played the lute in a barren mountain. Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, was able to understand that this was a description of "the high mountains and the flowing water". Boya was surprised and said: "How wonderful, my heart is the same as mine." After Zhong Ziqi's death, Boya suffered from pain and lost the sound of his friend. "High mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for a close friend, and also a metaphor for wonderful music. "Mountains and Flowing Water" was once taken into space and placed on a gold-plated record.