Confucianism in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 32 Get Jade
It has been ten days since Fu Nian returned to Daliang with the army.Lord Xinling was worshiped as a prime minister because of his achievements in breaking the Qin Dynasty, and he was entrusted with five cities. These five cities are located in Tao County.

After Wei Ying and Chu Chunshen joined forces in Anling, the Wei-Chu allied forces sent troops to Shangsi and captured Qin State Tao County and Pinglu, one of the five capitals of Qi State.

This Tao County was originally the fiefdom of Ranghou Wei Ran, and it was located between Qi, Chu, Wei and the Three Kingdoms.

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Pavilions, terraces and pavilions, rockery and flowing water.

The courtyard is quiet, and a pavilion made of bluestone is located in it.Green bamboos are hidden in the meantime, and the fragrance bursts out.

There is a girl in the pavilion, she is dressed in a light yellow dress, her hair is combed with double buns, she is still childish.

There was a qin in front of her, and Yu Chan'er was sitting on the side, stroking the strings with her slender white fingers, the sound of the qin was melodious and melodious, like the gurgling stream of water.

"Sister Yu'er, your piano skills have improved a lot." The boy beside him was as gentle as jade.

"It's brother Nian who taught me well." Yuchan'er raised her head and smiled sweetly at the boy.

He had only taught her the eight basic fingerings in the 54 fingerings of the subtraction book, and she has been able to use them freely and make various changes.

Girls are extremely talented in the way of silk and bamboo, as if they were born to play the strings.

"Sister Yu'er, since you have followed me to learn poetry and music, I will teach you with all my heart." Fu Nian said in a gentle and elegant manner.

"The Master said: Prosper in poetry, establish in rites, and succeed in music. If you want to know music, you should first learn poetry. Poetry expresses aspirations, songs express words, sounds follow chanting, rhythm and sound."

"In the past, Ge Tian's joys were one of carrying people, two of Xuanniao, three of grass and trees, four of cultivating grains, five of respecting heaven, six of building emperor's merits, seven of relying on the virtues of land, and eight of all animals and animals. Extreme. This is the harmony of poetry and music, and the harmony of all things."

Fu Nian slowly expressed his understanding of poetry and music.

"Yu'er remembered." Yuchan'er said seriously.

Fu Nian nodded slightly, his eyes were soft, and he looked at the green bamboos and Qushui in the distance.

"The Master said: There are three hundred poems in the "Poetry", which can be summed up in one sentence: 'Thinking without evil'. This is why joy is formed, and the joy of teaching is to reduce its filth and suppress its floating."

"I'm going to teach you Wei Feng Qi'ao now, I'll use poetry to describe it, and you will reconcile it with joy."

Fu Nian's voice was extremely slow, with a low and melodious tone, like a trickle overflowing from his throat.

Zhanbiqiao, green bamboo and Yiyi, there are bandits and gentlemen who are as sharp as they are, and they are as sharp as grinding.

Sexi 僩xi, hexi 咺xi, there are bandits and gentlemen, you can't be scornful in the end.

Zhanbiqi is green and green, there are bandits and gentlemen, and the ear is full of beauty, and the head is like a star...

Fu Nian's voice is very soft, with a little childlike voice, but it is extremely powerful, and every word seems to hit people's hearts.

"The people of Wei admire the virtues of Duke Wu, they write poems because of their beauty, and use the virtues of Duke Wu as a metaphor for the virtues of gentlemen.

There are three chapters in this poem, and each chapter starts with "green bamboo", such as Zhanbiqiao in Chapter 1, Green Bamboo Yiyi; Chapter 2 in Zhanbiqiao, Green Bamboo Qingqing; , The green bamboo is like a bamboo.This is the borrowing of poetry. "

"Zi said to Zilu: There are bamboos in Nanshan. They are straight without kneading, but they are cut and used to reach the level of rhinoceros leather. In this way, how can you learn it? In his opinion, the virtue of bamboo is the integrity of a gentleman."

After Fu recited, he began to talk about poetry.

Yuchan'er listened quietly, with a focused look, looking at the blue waves outside the pavilion, looking at the bamboo forest in front of her, she felt that her state of mind was flying with the sound, ethereal and swaying with the wind.
She moved her ten fingers lightly, and a string of musical notes flowed out from her fingertips, like a gurgling spring, flowing through her palm and all over her body, and the music and singing gradually stopped.

"Where language is exhausted, music can express; where thinking cannot reach, music can reveal the emotions deep in the soul. Yu'er, when you can integrate your heart with music, you will have your own voice."

After Fu Nian finished speaking, he walked to the pavilion, sat down lightly, and touched the strings with his ten fingers.

"I'll teach you another piece called "Bamboo Wind", which is in harmony with the poem. You should be optimistic about the changes in the string cutting between my fingers, and follow me to learn."

The sound of the piano is gurgling, and the sound of bamboo is long.

Fu Nian's eyes were slightly closed, as if he was feeling the wonderful music, the corner of his mouth was smiling, and there was a tranquility between his brows, which was a kind of transcendent tranquility, as if it could purify the heart.

Yuchan'er listened quietly, eyes slightly lowered, watching his fingers jumping on the strings.

After the melody was played again, he plucked the strings lightly following the rhythm of his fingertips, and the sound of the piano came out leisurely, echoing in the bamboo forest.
The green hills are faint, and the water is far away.It is better to ask the heart than to ask bamboo.

That bank of clear water and secluded bamboos is all light, but it is the easiest to remember.

The courtyard is secluded with bamboos, elegant and dusty, even if you meet each other day and night, you probably won't get bored.Water can wash away dust, and this tranquility may be able to cleanse people's hearts.

Although it is the first time for the two to play together, they have a tacit understanding and a perfect understanding.

Poetry and music is an interpretation and practice of Confucianism, and its fundamental principle is to guide rituals to benevolence and put benevolence as the foundation.

In the Confucian concept of ritual and music, musical instruments are artifacts of "unity of heaven and man" and "response between heaven and man". The wisdom of the Tao is a symbol of the perfect personality of a gentleman.

This can't help but remind him of the scene when his father taught him.

"Brother Nian, although I can play this tune, but the tune is quite different from yours." Yu Chan'er put down the piano, looked at Fu Nian, and begged.

Yu Chan'er's voice brought back Fu Nian who was in reverie.

"Yu'er, whether it's learning rites and music, or poetry and books, it's all for self-cultivation. You only stick to external things, but you restrain yourself." Fu Nian paused, and said word by word.

That's what his father told him then.

"Yu'er doesn't know anything, but I just think that practicing the piano makes me happy. I like the piano." She said a little aggrieved.

"I'm not saying you're bad, I just want you to understand that skills need to be practiced, but it's more about cultivating the mind." Seeing her sad look, Fu Nian quickly comforted her.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand, trying to comfort her, but he stopped before his hand touched her hair.

This is really not good, it was a bit abrupt, he secretly withdrew his hand.

Seeing his previous appearance, Yuchan'er couldn't help smiling, the grievance in her heart had already disappeared.

Fu Nian was a little embarrassed, straightened his mind, and said: "You are just learning this song, you are not familiar with the song, and you have not mastered the skills needed in this song. Let's take your time, don't rush, I will teach you right away."

"Listen carefully."

Fu Nian's fingers lightly fiddled with the strings, the sound of the piano became clearer and clearer, and a note came out.

"You said this is He Lu?" Fu Nian said.

"It's five strings and seven emblems versus two strings and five emblems." Yu Chan'er thought for a moment and said.

She is very sensitive to timbre, and he taught her the fifth-degree cross talk rhythm, and every tone is deep in her heart.

"Geometric ratio?"

"Three to two." Yuchan'er replied.

"What is the geometry of the second string and the empty string?" Fu Nian asked.

"The fifth string and the empty string are 220, and the second string is five and a half times the five string, which is 140 six." Yuchan'er did some mental calculations and replied.

"Not bad." Fu Nian praised, "I'll teach you the law skills, you've learned it well."

"Now, I will teach you the key points that you have not mastered in this piece. When you learn from me, you must pay attention to the key changes."

After Fu Nian finished speaking, he moved his fingers lightly, and the piano sound sounded again.

"The fingering method used here is called Quanfu. The three fingers of Shi, middle and name are each inserted into one string, and a sound is played at the same time, which is the gesture of "Wind Sending Light Clouds". The tune here is seven strings and nine emblems."

"The fingering used here is the back lock. The right hand is on the same string, and the picking, wiping, and picking are played in sequence. There are three sounds in total. It is called the "flying harrier" gesture. It needs to be lowered from six strings and ten emblems to six strings and eight emblems. .”

Fu Nian's fingers stroked lightly, and notes jumped out of the strings one by one, and fell on the surface of the piano like raindrops.

Yuchan'er studied hard, and Fu Nian taught patiently.

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"You're a good learner. You play with me again, but this time you use the piano and I use the flute." Fu Nian said.

Because of the faint sound of the Guqin, it is rarely played with other instruments. The only instruments played with the Guqin are Xiao and Se.

Even for the ensemble of qin and flute, it is not the common hole xiao, but the qin and flute specially used for playing with the guqin, which is much thinner than the hole xiao, and the sound is much softer.

Yuchan'er lowered her head slightly, raised her eyes slightly, and nodded seriously.

Fu Nian picked up the flute, put it to her lips, and lightly pressed her fingers on the flute.

Yuchan'er also set up the piano stand, with her jade fingers resting on the strings.

The eyes of the two met.

The sound of the qin is curling, the sound of the flute is soft, and the qin and flute sing together. A peerless picture scroll slowly unfolds, like a poem like a dream.

The misty sound of the flute and the lingering sound of the qin seem to be chanting dragons and phoenixes, interweaving into a peerless melody.

The sounds of the zither and the flute were intertwined, and suddenly there were bursts of birdsong, flocks of birds gathered here, circled and danced around them, like a hundred birds chasing a phoenix.

One flute, one qin, one plays the flute, and the other plays the qin.The figures of the two overlapped, and everything seemed to be frozen in an instant, and the picture was frozen into eternity.

At the end of the song, the sound of the qin dissipated, the sound of the flute stopped suddenly, and the birds dispersed. Everything seemed to be over, except for the lingering rhyme of the song, wandering among the bamboos.

"What a melody of zither and flute." A clear and beautiful voice sounded slowly in the quiet bamboo forest, like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley.

Fu Nian's eyes fell on the thin figure.

Ji Yanran walked slowly from among the bamboo forests, she was wearing a crescent-colored long dress, and her hair was tied up in a simple bun.

"Is she the little daughter-in-law you found?" Ji Yanran tilted her head slightly, looked at Yu Chan'er in front of her, and asked with a light smile.

Yuchan'er was about eight or nine years old. She was extremely beautiful, with exquisite features, skin as white as porcelain, eyebrows like Yuandai, nose like Qiongyao, and teeth like jade dew.Although she is still childish, she is already a beauty.

That long hair draped down her shoulders, against Yu Chan'er's delicate face, made her even more endearing.

Yu Chan'er lowered her head shyly when she heard this.

Fu Nian knew it was Ji Yanran teasing him, and didn't mind, saying: "She is the Yu Chan'er I told you about, I met her in Handi."

"Sister, you can call my sister together with her. Since you are here, you can treat this as your own home and don't be cautious." Ji Yanran said softly to her.

"Sister Ji." Yuchan'er called obediently.

"Good sister, Yuchan'er should be a nickname, do you have a surname?" Ji Yanran asked.

She has never met her parents since she was a child, and she has no last name.

"I have neither a surname nor a name. Sanniang gave me a nickname and called me Yuchaner." Yuchaner said sadly.

"Sister, don't be sad, in fact, my sister and you are old friends. Back then when Chu State was destroyed, my sister came to Wei State." Ji Yanran said, with a look of sadness in her eyes.

"The ornament on your body is from Yuedi." Ji Yanran glanced at the fiery red ornament on Yuchan'er's waist and said.

This is what Fu Nian told her, and he also asked her to find the news about Huoyuzhuang, but that Zhuangzi no longer existed seven years ago.

"I'm from Yue..." Yu Chan'er said, picked up the pendant, rubbed it lightly, a layer of mist appeared in her eyes, this was the first time she knew her own life experience, and she was always concerned about her parents. Find her, with a glimmer of hope.

"Sister Ji, do you know where my home is?" Yu Chan'er looked at Ji Yanran nervously with anticipation in her eyes.

"Sister, I haven't found out yet, but don't worry, sister, I will definitely find your biological parents for you." Ji Yanran sighed softly, she couldn't bear to tell the truth.

"Thank you, Sister Ji..." Yu Chan'er felt a little lost when she heard this.

"Sister Ji, Yu'er is smart and intelligent. I've only taught her for a few days, and her piano skills have already entered the classroom. Your piano skills are the best in the seven countries. Why don't you come and teach her." Fu Nian said at the right time.

"I know what you're thinking." Ji Yanran said to Fu Nian, then looked at Yu Chan'er, "Sister, I like you very much too, you may wish to worship me as a teacher and join my school."

When Yu Chan'er heard this, her eyes lit up with brilliance, and then she glanced at Fu Nian thoughtfully.

"Sister Yu'er, Sister Ji, she is a master of piano and sword. She is a master of the current generation. I am also happy for you if you can worship under her." Fu Nian said.

"I am willing." Yu Chan'er nodded emphatically.

"Then you will be my disciple from now on." Ji Yanran said, "Our school is called the Yue Nv Sword Sect. It is said that the name of the sect originated from the old Yue King Gou Jian who taught the ancestors three thousand Yue Armors and was conferred the title of Yue Nu. Master, she is the person who founded the sect. I don't know her last name, but her name is Qing, and she is your master Qing."

"I've made a note, master." Yu Chan'er said respectfully.

"Since you don't have a name or surname, you might as well have my surname." Ji Yanran said, stretching out her slender hand, and took Yuchan'er's little hand.

"Thank you master for giving me your surname." Yuchan'er said gratefully, a warm current welled up in her heart, and her eyes were slightly wet.

"Yu'er, you are now the first disciple of the second generation of my Yuenv Sword Sect. I want to give you a good name as a teacher." Ji Yanran said, recalling the previous scene.

"It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Xiao Shi was good at playing the flute, which was called Fengming. The daughter of Qin Mu was good at playing the qin, and made Qingxuan. Playing jade and playing the qin, Xiao Shi played the zither, and the qin and flute harmonized. Shi Chenglong, ascend to immortality together." She told the story slowly.

"The two of you played together earlier, the qin fluttered, and a hundred birds sang together, just like the two gods in the story. Earlier you also had the word jade in your name, how about calling it Nongyu?"

"Nongyu, I will be Nongyu from now on."

Her smile, like the sunshine in winter, instantly drove away the haze in her heart.

(End of this chapter)