Ji Kang is a master of art. His works, such as Sound Without Sorrow, Difficult to Learn Nature, A Teacher's Advice, Ming Dan and Relieving Private Health, have been handed down from generation to generation, and he plays the piano very well, especially Guangling San, which attracts attention. Ruan Ji, who was thirteen years older than him at that time, was as famous as him. There is often a saying in the history of music that "Qin Qin is Ruan Xiao", but Ji Kang is superior to Ruan Ji in both thought and personality.
Ji Kang dismissed the long-standing dogmatic etiquette and hated the filthy and treacherous official career. He would rather be an unknown and free blacksmith outside Luoyang than follow the crowd. He is obsessed with pursuing the lofty realm of life in his heart: getting rid of bondage, releasing humanity, returning to nature and enjoying leisure. Wang Xiong's fire and powerful hammering are wonderful interpretations of this realm. Therefore, when his friend Dan Tao recommended him to be an official in the imperial court, he resolutely broke up with Dan Tao, and wrote the famous "Breaking Up with Mountain Residence" in cultural history to clarify his feelings.
Unfortunately, Ji Kang's outstanding talent and carefree lifestyle finally brought him disaster. His life philosophy of "not Tang Wu, but thin Kong Zhou" and "the more famous the teacher, the more natural" deeply hurt the key of the ruling class: Ji Kang despised the classics of sages so much and hated official career. If it goes on for a long time, it will not endanger my peaceful rule. This man can't kill Zhengmin, the king of Qing Dynasty. Isn't there a Lu An case here? If you are involved with him, you can kill him without giving anyone a hand. Then, under the slander and incitement of some villains who hated Ji Kang, in 262 AD, the ruler Si Mazhao ordered Ji Kang to be executed.
On the execution ground, 3,000 Thai and Thai students wrote to the court to pardon Ji Kang and worship him as a teacher, showing the society Ji Kang's academic status and personality charm, but this "unreasonable demand" will certainly not be accepted by those in power. Ji Kang's thought at this moment is not that his radiant life is coming to an end, but that there is no successor to a wonderful music. He asked for a piano and played the final "Guangling San" on a high execution platform in front of thousands of people who came to see him off. The sonorous piano sound and mysterious tunes are overwhelming and float into everyone's heart. After the play, Ji Kang calmly poked the beginning, when he was only 39 years old.