I came face to face with Bo Ya, and "Mountain Flowing Water" looked for Zhiyin

I often open the "music document" in the computer in the middle of the night, quietly listen to the top ten classical Chinese songs, borrow the wonderful music of the classical famous songs, comb through my troublesome thoughts that have been dry for a day, and let my soul get a temporary rest and tranquility. "Mountain Flowing Water" is one of my favorite tunes.

This song is said to have become famous in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the fourth century BC. Zheng Guoren Lie Yukou recorded in the "Liezi Tang Qing", "Boya is good at drumming and piano, and Zhong Zi is good at listening." Boya Drum Qin, aiming to climb the mountain, Zhong Zi period said: 'Zenza, E'e Xi Ruo Taishan. Aiming at the flowing water, Zhong Zi said: "Good, the ocean is like a river." ’......” It can be seen that this song became famous early.

There is also the "Spring and Autumn of the Lü Dynasty" of the third century BC, which also made a similar record in the "Benwei Chapter": "Boya drum qin, Zhong Zi period to listen to it, Fang Guqin and Zhi zhi in Taishan, Zhong Zi period: 'Shan Zhao hu drum qin!'" Majestic like Mount Tarzan'. Less often than ever aimed at flowing water. Zhong Zi period: 'Good drum and piano, like flowing water'. When Zhong Zi died, Bo Ya broke the strings of the piano and never returned to the drum and piano for life, thinking that there was no one in the world to return to the drum and piano. ”

The account of "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is roughly equivalent to that of "Liezi", but the ending is explained: after the death of Zhong Zi, Bo Ya "never returned to the drum and piano for life". Although the "Lü Shi Chunqiu" is not a history of faith, it has been recorded in the "Liezi" first, and its content should be based on some basis. Bo Ya should have been very famous at that time. Because Xun Quan also mentioned him in the "Persuasion" section: "In the past, the urn was a drum, and the sinking fish listened; the boya drum and the piano, and the six horses were on their backs." Although the rhetoric was exaggerated, there was no doubt about the high level of Bo Ya's piano skills at that time.

After "Liezi" and "Lü's Spring and Autumn", many ancient books of the Western Han Dynasty, such as "Han Shi Wai Biography", "Huainan Zi", "Saying Yuan", and the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Customs and Customs", "Qin Cao", "Lefu Solution" and many other ancient books have been cited. The descriptions of Bo Ya in these works are more abundant. Cai Yong's "Qin Cao" of the Eastern Han Dynasty also records the anecdote that Bo Ya learned the method of guqin "empathy" from the musician Cheng Lian. In the Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "Cautionary Tales", the first article in the opening volume is "Yu Boya Wrestling Qin Xie Zhiyin". In this novel, Bo Ya becomes the music official Yu Boya, Zhong Zi period becomes the woodcutter of Hanyang, and a small passage of ancient allusions of hundreds of characters has completely become a novel with characters, places, and plots.

Why can "Mountain Flowing Water" become a famous song? According to the views of ordinary people, the most fundamental reason is that this song praises the "friendship between Bo Ya and Zhong Zi Period"! Imagine boya and zhongzi period, a good piano, a good listener; whether Boya plays "aiming at the mountain" or "aiming at flowing water", the bell period can understand its meaning. One day, Bo Ya and Zhong Zi period swam together in the shade of Mount Tai, just when the rainstorm suddenly fell, the two had to temporarily avoid the rock. Bo Ya was depressed, so he followed Jing Zhan Qin and played the piano music for a while. The piano song first depicts the rain falling on the mountain stream, and then simulates the sound of mountain currents rising and rocks collapsing. After each piano piece is played, Zhong Zi period can always "exhaust his fun" and explain the imagery expressed in the song very thoroughly. Bo Ya was very touched after hearing this, and then left the piano and sighed: "Shanzai, Shanza, your excellency can actually hear the interest in the song, what jun thinks is what I think!" Where can I hide my voice? Thus, the two became confidants. Later, Zhong Ziqi died of illness, and Bo Ya was so sad that he smashed the piano and vowed never to play the piano again for the rest of his life, because he believed that there was no one in the world who could understand his piano like Zhong Ziqi!

The most direct reason why "Mountain Flowing Water" has been widely circulated for more than two thousand years is to praise the kind of acquaintance between Boya and Zhong Zi period. When Zhiyin has passed away, Bo Ya resolutely broke the string, which shows the sadness and heartache of Zhiyin's death. Yue Fei's words in "Little Heavy Mountain" that "there are few voices, and who listens to the broken strings" is an accurate portrayal of Bo Ya's state of mind at that time. Bo Ya's absolute piano Mingzhi, one is as a memorial to the deceased friend, and the other is because of his own piano skills, no one can understand and understand it anymore and shows deep bitterness and helplessness. I think that Na Bo Ya must be a proud and outstanding figure, and his piano music is high and low, and ordinary people naturally find it difficult to understand the subtlety. Therefore, Bo Ya will be lonely, will send out the feeling that it is difficult to find the sound, will suddenly wrestle the piano, and will never drum the piano for the rest of his life!

Of course, "Mountain Flowing Water" can become a famous song, perhaps because it covers the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. The spiritual realm of the ancient Chinese Taoists of "the unity of heaven and man" and "the two forgetfulness of things and me" has been fully reflected in this piano song. Zhu Quancheng's "Magical Secret Score" of the Ming Dynasty made a concise interpretation of this: "The two songs of "Mountain" and "Flowing Water" are only one song. Chu Zhi cares about the mountain, and the meaning of the benevolent person leshan is. Hou Zhi cares about flowing water, and the wise man enjoys the meaning of water. "Leshan for the benevolent, Leshui for the wise, 'Flowing Water on High Mountains' contains the vastness of heaven and earth, the spiritual rhyme of mountains and rivers, and can be described as the highest realm of the theme of ancient Chinese music." This realm has undoubtedly been widely loved by the vast number of literati and doctors. Later, the musicians adapted the piano song "Mountain Flowing Water" into a more beautiful and moving zither song, which made the audience of this song more extensive and spread more widely in society.

"Alpine Flowing Water" can be widely circulated in society in the Spring and Autumn Period and later, in addition to the above two reasons, it may also be inseparable from the background of "scholar culture" at that time. In the pre-Qin era, a hundred schools of thought competed and talents emerged. Many scholars had no concept of state and were not loyal to the vassal states in which they belonged. They frequently wandered around the country, hoping to meet princes and princes who appreciated their talents like Bo Ya met Zhong Ziqi, so that they could learn and make meritorious achievements. This has been the dream of almost all readers for thousands of years, but how many people can achieve this goal? More people may never meet in their lifetime, or be invisible in the city, or end up in the mountains and forests. It can be seen that "Mountain Flowing Water" can be widely circulated in the Spring and Autumn Period, probably because of the story of this "Zhiyin" in this song, and the beauty of life encounters and the shortcomings of life that are not encountered behind the story. Therefore, for thousands of years, it has been able to resonate with countless people.

Like the ancient scholars and scholars, I also liked the realm of "Mountain Flowing Water". Whenever I listen to this song quietly in the middle of the night, I often feel like a dream, as if I have traveled through a thousand years of time and space, and entered the era of boya and bell period... I myself seem to be the bell period, listening intently to the Bo Ya drum and piano...

I sat cross-legged across from bo ya and listened calmly. The sound of a stream flowed out from between Bo Ya's fingers, filling the entire space in an instant. The ethereal melody swirled around the room, and I suddenly entered a state of intoxication. The sound of Bo Ya's piano began like a majestic mountain, and then a heavy rain suddenly fell on the mountain stream, the mountain flow swelled and the rock collapsed, and a raging noise was heard... I couldn't help but nod my head like Zhong Ziqi: "Good and good, like the drum and piano, majestic like Mount Tai!" ”

After a while, the sound of Bo Ya's piano turned again, and the melody became soft and Schumann became soft. Listening to the sound of Bo Ya's piano, I seemed to see: just now it was the bad weather of the stormy wind and the collapse of the mountains and rocks, suddenly the wind stopped and the rain stopped, a clear and clear, the spring breeze was light, the moon was empty, the flowers and birds were singing, and the spring water was muddy... I couldn't help but shake my head like Zhong Zi period: "Zenza drum and piano, like a river!" ”

Bo Ya seemed to be touched by me after listening to it, and couldn't help but sigh from Fuqin: "Zenza, Zenza, your excellency can actually hear my interest in the songs of a thousand years ago after a thousand years, which is really another confidant outside the Bell Period!" ”

I was intoxicated by Bo Ya's praise, and suddenly replied with a cheeky face: "Of course, the benevolent Leshan, the wise leshui." I am also a literati of Leshan and Leshui, how can I not hear the interest in your piano music? ”

Who knew that Bo Ya "snapped" the piano and angrily rebuked: "A good descendant who does not know the height of the sky, my confidant is only one person in the Zhong Zi period, you don't want to insert a big onion in your nose - pretending to be an elephant!" ”

I was awakened by the anger of Bo Ya, and when I first saw it, it was the end of the music. In shame and confusion, I had to press the play button and once again immerse myself in the wonders of "Mountain Flowing Water"...