People generally know the literary talent of Ji Kang, the first of the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", but they don't know that his musical talent of being good at piano, melody and composition is really beyond his literary talent. However, such a wizard died tragically under Si Mazhao's butcher's knife and played the piano in Lin Xing with a grudge. A song "Guangling San" shows that Ji Kang will not succumb to Si Mazhao's arrogance until his death.
Guangling San is an ancient song, which first spread in Guangling area (Shouxian County, Anhui Province) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, hence its name. I have loved music, stringed instruments and bamboo since I was a child. Ji Kang, who is still playing the piano, loves this piece very much. He also developed according to his own understanding. There is a legend about how Ji Kang learned this ancient song:
On one occasion, Ji Kang went to Luoxi to play, and because it was getting late, he lived in Huayang Pavilion. Late at night, when he was playing the piano, he suddenly broke into an uninvited guest who called himself "the ancients" This man talked with him about temperament and played a song "Guangling San". Ji Kang was immediately attracted by the powerful melody of music, and the guests taught him. The guest promised to teach him, but on one condition, he swore not to pass it on to others, nor could he say who taught him.
Although this story is not credible, it is a fact that someone can play Guangling San. Ji Kang has the most experience in playing this piece, so he linked Guangling San with his name in history. As for the content of this piece, many pianists in later generations believe that it is related to the legend that Nie Zheng stabbed Hanwang to death.
Nie Zheng was a Korean in the Warring States Period. His father was killed by the king of South Korea. Nie Zheng was still in her mother's womb when her father died. When he grew up, Nie Zheng knew about his father's murder and was determined to avenge his father. He studied hard on Mount Tai, intending to change his face and voice. 10 years later, he returned to Korea and played the piano not far from the palace. All the pedestrians stopped to listen. It is said that even the cattle and horses have stopped. The news reached the ears of Wang Han, who called him to the palace to play. When Wang Han was immersed in the sound of the piano, Nie Zheng drew a dagger from the piano belly and stabbed Wang Han. Wang Han Zhong Jian was killed, and Nie Zheng finally avenged his father. In order not to implicate her mother and sister, Nie Zheng ruined her face and made a heroic sacrifice. Comrade Guo Moruo's historical drama Flowers of Tang Di wrote this story.
The emotions expressed in Guangling San do have a lot in common with those contained in this legend. The rebellious spirit in music naturally caused Ji Kang's * * sound in the smiling forest, and he condensed all his hatred of Si Mazhao, who was the most guilty, into music. Si Mazhao wants to use Ji Kang's talent and fame to serve himself. He was asked to be an official many times, but Ji Kang scoffed and dismissed it. His good friend Shan Juyuan received a dear John letter from Ji Kang urging him to become an official. Si Mazhao naturally bears a grudge against Ji Kang's refusal. He wants to add to the crime, so he can always find a solution. Ji Kang finally went to prison with grievances. In prison, Ji Kang wrote "Poems of Distress and Anger" as his last poem.
In 263 AD, an autumn morning, outside the East Gate of Luoyang, Ji Kang sat on the ground, peacefully tuning his strings. Several intense high notes suddenly cut through the dead air, and the piano sometimes suppressed resentment and sometimes became passionate and generous. All the 3000 students gathered on the execution ground wept and sighed. After playing a song, Ji Kang said with infinite emotion: "This Guangling Powder is going to be a masterpiece now ..."
Guangling San has been lost, but Ji Kang is not afraid of death, and the story of playing the piano and making a will has been recorded in history and passed down through the ages.
At first, music seemed thoughtful, waiting for scrutiny and identification, calm and abrupt, melodious and clear, without dust. However, with a little hesitation, the timbre suddenly drops and the mood is pushed away layer by layer. Although the rhythm is still orderly, there is no hesitation when kneading the strings, full of determination and embarrassment. Halfway through the music, the tone suddenly rises. Repeating this phrase quickly seems to be used to emphasize the tone, as if a stone breaks through a thousand waves, a kind of awe-inspiring domineering, and a bunch of clear pride suddenly comes out. The pause in the song seems to be a firm thought that has been entangled in the chest. With the advancement of music, the sound of the piano becomes bleak and passionate, with great momentum. At the climax, the strings are fully played, the rhythm is rapid and the atmosphere is tense. There is an unyielding spirit between rhythmic oscillations, revealing an unyielding integrity. It's like the swiftness of a glass of liquor after it's full, like the sadness and determination of sprinkling wine on ghosts and gods in the first step. The changes of techniques such as hooking, picking, rubbing, beating and rubbing are combined in the sound of the piano, which makes the music have a variety of varied timbre and ups and downs, which is dizzying and fascinating. Those sonorous notes seem to splash out from the strings, mixed with strength and passion, pour into generate, pour down thousands of miles, and have a firmness that hurts when thrown in the ear.
You can imagine Ji Kang's exuberance and immersion when he performed Guangling San. Gao Shi is high because of his integrity. That kind of calm, full of ambition, leaving life and death behind, facing the feelings of life, only a few strings can point to alleviating feelings. Compared with Ji Kang's own poems, I can better understand the words in Guangling San: "Gao Ling is destined. Recommend consultation. Blame him for not talking. The room is far away. Although there is a nice voice. Who and Song Qing? Although it's a pity. Who and Fahua? Yang Xun Gao Yun. Look down at the light waves. Use the current to escape. I hate this mountain. " It is said that Ji Kang has a rare guqin. For this guqin, he sold it to an old merchant in Dongyang, and also asked Shang Shuling for a piece of river patrol jade, and cut it into thin slices and embedded it on the surface of the piano as a piano emblem. The piano bag is made of jade curtain towel and shrink silk. This piano is priceless. Once, his friend Dan Tao was drunk and tried to cut off the piano, but Ji Kang threatened his life to save the piano from a huge disaster. It is conceivable that Ji Kang equated Qin with life. But with Ji Kang's lofty, he will not be bound by things, but Qin also has a soul, and a good Qin is also a bosom friend who cherishes life. This piano and Ji Kang * * * seem to be * * * worried, sighing with the same song, and caring for each other. Qin and fiddler know each other, and this kind of blending of qi and blood cannot be expressed in words. This is also the reason why Ji Kang was called "Guangling San" when he died, during which the anger, sigh and sadness were moving.
The special era created the artistic temperament at that time. I have always believed that art can be original only in a specific environment. In a different time and place, I can only imagine, I can only try my best to get close to it to achieve the essence, but I can never reach the original appearance. Therefore, Ji Kang sighed after playing Guangling San on the execution ground: This song is "lost today", not referring to losing the score, but referring to playing this song. It is hard for anyone to have this situation again! Strong winds can make grass crazy, which is the highest achievement of Guangling San.