Last time I climbed Longni Mountain with my netizens, I met an old gentleman who studied Fortress Besieged in a hut at the top of the mountain. The old man smiled and told me that he didn't want to go in and wanted to come out. They are all from their hometown, so the old man won't beat around the bush. He said that he had just visited the cemetery in Zhong Ziqi, and no one had restored it. The grass is too deep. Searching online for the post of a donkey friend two years ago is also looking for Zhong Ziqi's graveyard among thorns. My hometown regards Zhong Ziqi as a selling point of tourism, but few people go to that barren mountain. I don't know if there are any descendants in Zhong Ziqi. If there were, they wouldn't let their ancestral graves fall so badly.
It is said that Zhong Ziqi's father was the chief musician in the palace of Chu State, and later eloped with the ladies-in-waiting and returned to his hometown of Zhongjiatai. In order to avoid being hunted, the family moved to the neighboring Jixian village. People living in Jixian Village are virtuous and isolated. They live a quiet and secluded life. Although there was no noise in their ears, Zhong Ziqi was endowed with a special talent by his parents' words and deeds. Zhong Ziqi, with a high musical background and understanding, is willing to be a woodcutter of wild cranes in the clouds.
Boya was a doctor in the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. His ancestral home was in Du Ying, the State of Chu (now Jingzhou, Hubei). His real name is Bo, and his surname is Yu Mingrui. The word was created by Feng Menglong, a novelist in the late Ming Dynasty. Before that, history, Xunzi, Cao Qin and Liezi were all called Boya. Gaoyou in the Eastern Han Dynasty noted: "Bo Shi, tooth name, or elegance", and the modern etymology also noted: "Bo Shi, tooth name". Bo was a very common surname in ancient times, such as Bo Yi who didn't eat, and Bole who was good at horse racing in Qin Dynasty.
Boya worshipped music as a teacher since childhood. Although the technology is not bad, it lacks emotion and cannot reach a subtle level. Cheng Lian and Boya went to Penglai in the East China Sea to cultivate their feelings, leaving Boya alone to play the piano on the mountain. The loneliness and loneliness of Penglai Mountain suffocated Boya. He is a strange bird in the wild forest except for the abrupt rocks and the stormy waves like landslides. Boya finally understood that the teacher's painstaking efforts are to make nature feel the same with himself. Boya's piano art has made great progress, and piano music such as Water Cao Xian has spread all over the world. Because his music is beyond the understanding of ordinary people, both in skill and realm, and the world is so big that no one can understand his piano sound.
One year in history, Boya was ordered by the King of Jin to go to Chu. On August 15, he took a boat to Hanyang estuary and anchored at the foot of a hill. The scenery is very charming. Qin was in its heyday, but suddenly a string was broken after a sharp turn. Boya decided on the spot that there must be people who are proficient in music around him, so he met the woodcutter Zhong Ziqi.
Zhong Ziqi glanced at Boya's piano and said, "This is a lyre! According to legend, it was made by Fu. " The material of this piano is taken from buttonwood. When selecting materials, remove the main material of buttonwood from beginning to end, and only take the middle part, because this part is moderate and harmonious, with light and heavy. The lyre consists of seven parts: Golden Boy's Head, Jade Girl's Waist, Immortal's Back, Longtan, Phoenix Marsh, Hosta and Jinhui. Initially, it was a banjo. Later, because of Zhou Wenwang's detention, he added another string, because he missed the exam of his beloved son Boyi. Because of its quiet and sad voice, he is called a composer string. After the king of Wu cut it down, he added a string, which was fierce and high-spirited, so it was called Wuxian. Therefore, the lyre is also called the civil and military lyre.
The following year, Boya broke such a lyre in front of Zhong Ziqi's grave. The value of the seven strings is the value of the cemetery. Only Boya, who was once trapped on an isolated island, can understand why Zhong Ziqi is a woodcutter.