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Jin Su's guzheng makes a beautiful sound, and the beauty of guzheng sits in front of the jade house.
Trying to please Zhou Lang as much as possible, you see she deliberately dialed the wrong string.
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The zither on the golden millet shaft makes a beautiful sound.
A beautiful woman sitting in front of the jade house, playing the guzheng with her face in the air.
I tried my best to win the favor of Zhou Lang.
You see, she always dials the wrong string on purpose.
Distinguish and appreciate
For the sake of the beloved, I deliberately dialed the wrong string, and the lovely image of the female pianist came to my face. According to legend, Zhou Yu was 24 years old in the Three Kingdoms and was a corps commander of Jianwei, known as Zhou Lang. He is proficient in music, so he looks back. At that time, he said, "The music is wrong, and Zhou Lang cares." This poem is of course inspired by this story.
Zheng, a stringed instrument. Judging from the Zheng described in Tang poetry, it is composed of thirteen strings, such as: "The picture sits in the jade building, and the thirteen strings are temporarily sad" (Bai Juyi's "Listening to the Zheng of Cui Qi Prostitute"). "The boat is a hundred feet high, and the sound is clear to promote the thirteen strings of the column" (Liu Yuxi's "Listening to the Commercial Boat Zheng at Night"). Column, short axis of tuning; Golden millet, the finger column is decorated with venus-like patterns; Plain hand refers to the slender white hand of a woman who plays the piano; There are strings on the pillow, and the jade room refers to the kite pillow made of jade. The woman playing the guzheng is playing it with her hands. According to this way of writing, it seems that the next step should be to describe women's playing skills, or to express Qin Zheng's highly infectious musical image. Surprisingly, the third and fourth sentences do not follow the usual writing, but describe women deliberately fiddling with the zither strings in order to attract the attention of their bosom friends. Zhou Yu, the History of the Three Kingdoms, said: "When Yu was a corps commander, he was twenty-four years old. Wuzhong's name is Zhou Lang, and he is not very interested in music. Although after the three kings, he must know what he missed and what he knew. At that time, people said,' If Song is wrong, he must be in charge' (Biography of Wu Zhi and Zhou Yu).
"The quick eye to draw ugly jade" means that "Zhou Lang" (figuratively speaking, the listener) sitting next to her at that time didn't look at her. Why doesn't he look at her? I'm probably completely intoxicated by the wonderful timbre of the guzheng. Originally, this should be the most desired effect and the most gratifying moment for performers. However, this scene is not the most desired effect of this woman at this time, because she has other ideas in her heart, not listening to the audience, but a kind of "concern." What should I do? She had a brainwave and deliberately mispronounced one or two sounds from time to time, so a dramatic scene appeared: the discordant melody suddenly alarmed Zhou Lang who was intoxicated in the musical realm. He frowned subconsciously and looked at her, only to see that instead of the slightest regret and apology for "making a mistake", there was a flash of pride in her eyes: Ah, it turned out to be a mistake. "And in order to attract revenge, she will touch the wrong sound from time to time." On the front, it says that the bomber hides his wisdom in clumsiness, while on the back, it implies that the listener attaches importance to falsehood. This cleverness and clumsiness, falsehood and truth are wonderfully unified in that silent care. It not only shows that the performer is a master and the listener is a confidant, but also vividly shows their psychological expression, interest and charm.