For thousands of years, there have been an endless stream of ancestors of masters who have made great achievements in music. "Yuanhe Surnames Compilation" said: "Jin had Shi Kuang, Lu had Shi Yi, Guan Zheng had Shi Kui, Shi Rong, Shi Hui, etc. They also had Shi Fu, Jin Dafu." In addition, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu had a master who was good at drums and harps. Shi Xiang, it is said that Confucius once learned piano from him. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a senior official Shi Shu, in the Jin Dynasty there was a senior official Shi Fu, in the Western Han Dynasty there was a great Sikong Shi Dan, in the Song Dynasty there was a Hanlin scholar Shi Wan, in the Qing Dynasty there was a Gansu admiral Shi Yide... and so on. . There are too many famous people to mention:
Shi Yan: In Xuanyuan's time, Guan Si Yue, history books say that he had a stringed qin, which made the earth and you rise; he played the jade rhythm, and the gods descended; he listened to the country Music, the magical power to judge the omens of rise and fall.
Shi Juan: There were two of them. One was a music official in the Shang Dynasty, and he was the most popular singer with Zhou. When King Wu attacked Zhou, he fled eastward and threw himself into the Pu River and died. The other was born in Weiguo during the Spring and Autumn Period, and served as Duke Linggong of Wei as a music official.
Shifan: A native of Lingshi in the Song Dynasty, Yuanyou supervised the Kelan Army and became a Jinshi. After supervising the Kelan Army, he was promoted to the magistrate of Jiangnan. He found that there were too many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the procedures were cumbersome, and the people were suffering from taxes and servitude, so he reported to the court and suggested a slight increase in land taxes and exemption from excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes, so that the people would not feel the trouble of taxes and servitude, and the country would not reduce taxes. After his suggestions were adopted and implemented, he was supported by the people of Jiangnan, who painted his image in a shrine. Normal schools have also become good officials in history.
Shi Kui: A native of Dong'a in the Ming Dynasty, his courtesy name was Jiu Kui. He lost his father when he was young and was very filial to his mother. He once served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. During the reign of Emperor Hongwu, he served as a supervisory censor. He was honest and did not buy property. All the salaries and rewards he received were distributed to relatives and friends, so that none of his eight sons received any property. Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty once said: "Among the ministers who came from the north, the only one who was not greedy was Shi Kui."
Shi Yiguan: a calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a native of Nanyang. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was good at calligraphy and recruited the best calligraphers from all over the world to Hongdu Gate. Among the hundreds of people who applied, only Shi Yiguan had the best eight-point character. A large word may be one foot in diameter, while a small word may be a thousand words square inch. While he is in the tavern, he can write on the walls for sale.