From Gu Kuang's Song of Playing the Piano in Yicheng in Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
A beautiful woman, Yuli, was born here, lived in Handan, and didn't admire her. Long curly head and claws, good at playing the piano and writing articles. The new Yan cage skirt has mica light, and the green water in Zhu Xian rings in the bridal chamber. Suddenly, I heard that the original wine fight was over and the clouds opened at dusk.
Apes crow and swallow, tears fall in color. I don't know whose house is more open, but the silk shoes on the wall are off. It's dry snow in Nanshan, and seventy people are lukewarm.
People hate ancient * * *, but "xianggong" is firm. Give up the donation if you are good at water. It is better to sleep alone and marry a teenager from him than to take medicine.
Translation:
The beautiful woman is slim and graceful. She lives here and lives in Handan, a rich gathering place. I'm not a busker. Hair like a cloud, slender fingers, good piano playing, brilliant literary talent and skillful composition. The brand-new beautiful long skirt is white and shiny. In the bridal chamber, it is fun to play the wonderful piano for "xianggong". In the middle of drinking, Xianggong suddenly heard the news that Xianggong was breaking up with me. It's getting late, and the clouds in the sky are still missing. Since ancient times, people have left like them.
Bashan and Shushui, the sound of apes is bleak, the deep ditch is dangerous, sobs in spring, and tears fall, which makes Ming Luo's clothes change color. I don't know which one is setting for me again, ready to meet me. I just feel that I just fell when I was walking, and the wall I was holding seems to be off. My former "xianggong" gave me a hairpin that was accidentally broken. Looking at Nanshan in the distance, thousands of feet is covered with snow, and it is difficult to move. I didn't expect that the man "xianggong" gave me turned out to be a 70-year-old man, a dying man who couldn't feel the warmth when lying together.
Human feelings are frivolous, and they like the new and hate the old. It has always been like this. Why should I complain about the status quo? "xianggong" has always been firm. The best people, let the external things change, not tempted. Recalling yesterday's love for me and today's abandonment, why should I be with him! I intend to drink the poison and die. On second thought, I might as well sleep alone and obey the old man temporarily. When he dies, it's not too late for me to marry another handsome guy.
Extended data
"Qin Ke" in the title is the name of Liu Hun, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Yicheng, referring to Liu Hun, was once named uncle of Yicheng County, which can refer to a person who is a butcher for an official. A pianist, a piano concubine, and a concubine who can play the piano. The "pianist" here refers to the concubine of a rich family. "One piano player in Yicheng" means that "xianggong" gave his concubine and piano concubine to others.
Gu Kuang's official position is not high all his life. He was recommended by Li Bi to be in Zhenyuan for three years, and he was able to join the DPRK as a supplement. In the fifth year of Zhenyuan, Li Bi died of illness and was demoted to Raozhou to join the army in March and April this year. The reason why he was demoted is said to be that satirical poems offended powerful people. When he was relegated to Suzhou, he was rewarded with a poem by Wei. Zhenyuan left Raozhou for ten years and settled in Maoshan in his later years. In the sixteenth year of Zhenyuan, Huangfushi met him in Yangzhou.
He emphasized the ideological nature of poetry and paid attention to enlightenment. He once imitated the Book of Songs as thirteen pieces of instructions on how to make up for death in ancient times, imitated the preface of the Book of Songs, and took the first sentence of the poem as the topic to show the theme. It created a precedent for Bai Juyi's New Yuefu, in which Yao is the most famous.
His seven-character metrical poems Gongzi Xing, three-character metrical poems Difficult to Walk, Li's Qin Sacrifice Music, Li's Pipa Music, Li's Hu Zhou Ru Ren and Pipa Music are rich in imagination, unique artistic conception and rich in color, which are the origins of Li He's later song creation. The seven quatrains of Su, Gong and Ci are fresh and natural.
Gu Kuang wrote a book on literary theory and a poem preface for the poets at that time. He is also good at painting, and is the author of 1 volume. There are 4 volumes of Ji Gu Weng's Poems, 3 volumes of Huayang Collection, 4 volumes of Quantang Poetry and 3 volumes of Quantang Literature.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Playing Qin Ke Songs in Yicheng