Chapter 33 Seven, autumn night, the music theory of the female qin master inspired the rulers of the Three Jin Dynasties

"The more you play the piano, the better it is." Zhang Zhidong pushed open the door of Peiyu's room, and greeted the female piano player with a smile. Peiyu was intoxicated in the art world created by herself, when she was suddenly awakened by this sentence next to her ear.She got up and bent down with three points of panic: "Peiyu was careless and alarmed Futai." She looked up, and sure enough, she saw a window blown open by the wind.She secretly blamed herself for being careless, and a red cloud flew over her face unconsciously.At this moment, the forty-six-year-old Futai suddenly felt that the female luthier in plain clothes and cloth shoes was actually charming, and a strong desire to talk to her arose spontaneously in her heart.

"Peiyu, it must be thanks to your care this year. I am very grateful to you. I am too busy to take care of you. I hope you can understand me." Such a master of Futai, who vigorously shovels poppies and bans smoking, and ruthlessly punishes corrupt officials, has a delicate heart for children and can say heart-warming words. Peiyu is very moved for a moment. "My lord, you are welcome. Miss is pure and lovely, talented and intelligent. I am fortunate enough to be with her. This is the fate bestowed on me by God." What Peiyu said was completely from the heart.Six years ago, she lost her husband and son. This tragic blow always covered her heart like a heavy dark cloud. She seldom had any joyful emotions. She was with her husband and Jiaoer almost every night in her dreams. Seeing her son's face like the morning sun, her heart was as sweet as honey, but when she woke up, the room was empty and the head of the bed was empty, she couldn't help feeling sad again, and tears fell drop by drop on the pillow until dawn.

Over the past year, she has looked at Zhun'er every day, and the more she looks at him, the more she feels like her son, in appearance, laughter, and temperament.She also felt strange: how could my son be like this young lady?Could this be the reincarnation of my son who died in infancy?Could it be that God deliberately arranged this so that the son would return to me in the form of a daughter?Peiyu thought so obsessively all day long that Zhun'er would become her own after a long time, and she poured all her mother's love like mountains high and seas deep on Zhun'er.In the past few months, she has rarely dreamed of her son again.She was even more convinced that it must be the reincarnation of her son.

Hearing Peiyu praise her daughter's intelligence, Zhang Zhidong was very happy and asked, "How many characters can you recognize?" Peiyu replied: "In the past six months, I have taught her to recognize three characters every day, reviewing every three days, reviewing every ten days, and taking a test every January. After one month, the lady memorized all the words taught. I have learned three hundred characters." Qianxuetai was very satisfied with her daughter's reading performance, and asked again: "I often listen to Zhuner humming nursery rhymes, is this what you taught her?"

"Yes." Peiyu replied, "Miss is born with a high comprehension in poetry. You can read a five-character quatrain just two or three times before you can catch it, and you can memorize it after reading it four or five times. Peiyu congratulates you, or else In ten years, Miss must be a talented woman who can overwhelm Aunt Cao and Xie Daoyun." Zhang Zhidong laughed out loud, and after a while he said, "Aunt Cao and Xie Daoyun, how many are there in ancient and modern times? I don't expect her to be a talented woman, but she can read some poetry when she grows up, and she can cultivate her temperament."

After a short pause, he asked again, "How is Zhun'er's piano learning?" Peiyu said: "She seems to be talented in string music. I have only taught her for a few months, and she is already able to get started. She can play a few tones, and she looks very good." Zhang Zhidong nodded and said: "I originally wanted her to learn the piano when she was older. Since she is interested, it is better to learn early. I have great hopes for Zhuanger's playing the piano, and hope that she can play the piano as beautifully as you do in the future." of the music."

Peiyu hurriedly said: "I'm blunt by nature, so I can't become a master. In the past few years, I have tried my best to lay a foundation for Miss. In the future, I hope you will visit a famous teacher for advice. Miss's piano skills in the future will definitely be ten times better than me." "Oh, oh." Zhang Zhidong nodded as he listened, and said, "Actually, I don't expect Zhun'er's piano skills to be so good in the future. Since ancient times, most of the women who are beautiful and talented have suffered a lot, but they are not good. It’s just that I hope she can cultivate her mood through piano music and harmonious family in the future.”

Zhang Zhidong's words touched Peiyu's mind.She suddenly thought that she seemed to be one of those women with excellent sex skills but bad luck in ancient times, and her mood suddenly became cold for a while. "father!" Zhun'er fell asleep and saw her father sitting in the room. She was a little strange. She wiped her eyes, turned to Peiyu and said, "Master, I just had a dream. I dreamed that you were wearing a colorful jacket and your head Wearing pearl flowers on it, it looks so pretty!" Zhuner's childish words made Peiyu laugh.She walked over, leaned over and asked, "Are you thirsty? I'll bring you some water."

"I want to drink some water." Zhun'er said and got up from the bed, and Peiyu hurriedly put on her clothes.Zhuner said to his father, "Father, the master said that he would teach me to play the big tune after the end of the year. He also said that if the big tune is played well, the phoenix in the sky will fly down to listen to it. Dad, will the phoenix really fly down to listen to me playing the piano?" Zhang Zhidong was very happy when he heard his daughter's words, and said, "Yes. As long as you play the piano very, very well, Phoenix will come to listen."

Peiyu brought a glass of warm water, took a sip, and stopped drinking.She opened her big black eyes and asked Peiyu: "Master, you play the piano well. Have you heard it when the phoenix flies down? Next time the phoenix flies down, call me to watch it, okay?" Peiyu smiled and said, "Master's piano is not very good, and Fenghuang has never flown down to listen to it. Zhun'er's piano will be better in the future, and then Fenghuang will come to listen to it." "Really?" Zhun'er was dubious. "Really." Peiyu replied firmly. "Go to sleep!" Zhang Zhidong came over and patted his daughter's head, and said lovingly, "Go to sleep, wake up early tomorrow, learn from the master, maybe someday the phoenix will fly down to listen to you playing the piano."

Zhuner undressed and fell asleep again, and fell asleep in a while. Red coat with pearls and flowers, Phoenix comes to the ceremony.Zhun'er's innocent childish wish dispelled the shadow that drifted across Peiyu's heart for a moment, and her mood returned to the calmness when she was playing the piano. "Peiyu, when did you learn the piano, and who taught it?" Zhun'er's enthusiasm for the piano further aroused Zhang Zhidong's conversation with the female school teacher tonight. "I also started learning the piano at the age of Miss, and the master is my father." "Oh, you're homeschooled." Zhang Zhidong smiled slightly. "I heard from my mother that when my father was young, he not only read well, but also played the piano well. My father's family was poor. My mother's family was relatively well-off. My grandfather found a wealthy husband's family for my mother, but my mother was unwilling. Infatuated, I must marry my father. My grandfather firmly disagreed, so my mother went on a hunger strike at home. My grandmother loved her daughter so much that she persuaded my grandfather to agree. But my grandfather was always unhappy. In a fit of anger, my parents left their hometown, Shangzhou, and came to Shanxi from Shaanxi. Since then, they have been wandering in foreign lands. Although they have lived in poverty for decades, my mother still does not regret her choice back then." "Your mother is a woman with ambition!" Zhang Zhidong blurted out in praise. "I used to have an older brother and a younger brother, but they both died when they were very young. My parents put all their love on me. Like my mother, I like listening to my father's piano since I was a child. Xia Ye's On the wheat field, next to the fire in winter, our mother and daughter stood next to each other and listened to our father playing the piano. In the sound of the piano, we forgot our poverty, our sorrow, and the many injustices that have been done to us in the world..." In the autumn night, the Governor's Yamen is shrouded in a moonlight, and all the dreaded or hated things in the daytime have faded away, and what appears in people's eyes is as soft and peaceful as the people's houses.In the heart of the female luthier, there are sweet memories of the past, those years of being a girl in her natal family that she will always miss, and those untouched immortal pictures that will always exist in the depths of her heart. The female luthier continued to narrate: "At that time, my father always said to me, Peiyu, play the piano well. Poor families have no rich clothes, food, and power, but they have their own wisdom and skill. An uncontested state of mind can also obtain happiness in life. When you grow up, you will gradually realize that although money and power can make people look good, they cannot give people real happiness. It only exists in people's spiritual palace. The tranquility of the spiritual palace makes people feel comfortable. The best thing that can make the spiritual palace peaceful is music. Music can make people lose their minds and eliminate strife. , the Lingfu will be as peaceful as a mirror, and people will be carefree and happy. Therefore, the ancients said, "The one who is happy is the flower of virtue", and this is what he was talking about." "Music is the flower of virtue".Zhang Zhidong was startled by this sentence.Isn't this a sentence in "Book of Rites"?I have read the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" since I was a child, and I have read this sentence at least twenty or thirty times.When I was reading it, I was struck by the idea of ​​Lianjie Guangzong Yaozu in the imperial examination every day. I never understood the function of music from the aspect of fighting against my will, let alone the sublimation of morality, which is built on the foundation of peace in the spiritual palace. .Tonight, after the female luthier relayed his father's words, Tanhua, who was born in Shanxi and has six years of experience in Taiwan, seems to have a new understanding of the old saying "Musicists are the virtues of flowers". He couldn't help saying: "Your father said these words very well! I can recite the article "Le Ji" in "Book of Rites" backwards, and I think I understand every sentence. After listening to what you said , I realized that I didn't understand it, but your father really understood it." "My lord is serious. My father was a nerd who was down and out all his life. My mother often laughed at him as pedantic and useless. Your lord is really a pillar of the country who has read through the classics." Although Peiyu said so modestly, she felt very sorry for him. The praise is still joyful. "You can't say that." Zhang Zhidong said solemnly, "it's hard to explain clearly how poor and smooth this life is. People who are struggling with fame and career are not necessarily without real knowledge; It doesn’t necessarily mean that you are very knowledgeable. Take me for example. Before I was 43 years old, I had been promoted slowly for nearly 20 years, always fluctuating among middle- and lower-level officials. , In just over a year, I was promoted from the fifth rank to the second rank. Could it be that I suddenly became enlightened in the past year? In fact, I know in my heart that I am still me, not better than before. Your father just had bad luck. .If you are lucky, someone with such a smart and intelligent heart might have become a Grand Master of Shangshu." Peiyu looked at the Governor in front of her, her eyes couldn't help but widen and brighten.How is this going?It seems that these words are not something that the stern-faced, majestic and unapproachable Lord of the Three Jin Dynasty can say.How true this is, and how comforting it is to hear!Is it his sincere words, or is he trying to comfort my old father who has failed in fame?Even if it is the latter, this is the benevolence of those in high positions: not to value their own success, so as not to embarrass the frustrated.Today's officialdom is full of arrogant and domineering people, how precious is this kind of compassionate kindness!Peiyu suddenly had a new understanding of Futai who had been together for a year, and the distance between them suddenly became much closer. The female luthier couldn't say anything about what the boss said, she just pursed her lips and smiled.Unexpectedly, the heart of the middle-aged governor who had lost his wife for a long time moved.He felt that this silent smile was full of the beauty of a mature woman with infinite charm! "I like to listen to people playing the piano, but I don't know much about music theory. Therefore, when I listen to the piano, I only know whether it sounds good or not. I can't taste the depth of the question." Looking at Peiyu's normal face, Zhang Zhidong seemed to be Added a bit of strange emotion. "Reading the ancient books, I commented on Yu Boya's drum and qin to Zhong Ziqi. The so-called "tall mountains look like Mount Tai" and "oceans look like rivers and rivers" are really fascinating. I wish I could have this kind of bosom friend. Your father and daughter are good at playing the qin , probably also good at distinguishing sounds, can you teach me a little bit?" Peiyu thought for a while and said, "My father and I are actually not good at playing the piano. Even if we are good at playing the piano, it is still difficult to distinguish the sound accurately. In the chapter "Liezi? Tang Wen" The story of high mountains and flowing water is to praise Zhong Ziqi's qin skills far beyond Yu Boya, so there is a story about Yu Boya throwing the piano to thank his bosom friend. It is because of the rare bosom friend that this story has been passed down for thousands of years, which is often admirable. " "A close friend is rare" aroused Zhang Zhidong's sympathy, he nodded and said, "You are quite right." "However, the sound of the music can be generally recognized." Peiyu's answer had a turning point, "Therefore, there is the saying of Zheng Weizhi's music on Pushang in ancient books. The trick is nothing but listening more The ancients said that after practicing thousands of tunes, you will know the music, which is to say this kind of time-accumulated kung fu." Hearing this, Zhang Zhidong secretly felt a little ashamed.Peiyu is right, the ability to identify music with a bosom friend is accumulated over the years. It is the same as reading and learning. Shortcuts, such tricks and shortcuts actually do not exist.I used to tell scholars this way in the past, why do I ask others the trick now?Is it because I look down on Qin Yi and think it is a small way, and can't be compared with reading and learning? In order to make up for the inadvertent mistake just now, Zhang Zhidong said solemnly: "Music has played a very important role in education since ancient times. Confucius taught students the six arts, one of which is music. That's why there are string songs on the banks of the Zhusi River. It's a pity that today's scholars are only thinking about academic fame, and they aim to strive for lifelong goals of being promoted to become officials. Li and Du don’t understand History, Han, and Tang, Song, and Eight Dynasties, let alone Qin Yixian songs. This is really a great pity for the country!” Zhang Zhidong's emotion reminded Peiyu of her father's complaints that she was used to hearing since she was a child.She did not expect that the majestic governor and his father who had been down and out all his life had such a common language.She suddenly thought that on the night of his fiftieth birthday, because he was in a happy mood, his father had solemnly talked to her about the university knowledge in music.Peiyu kept this conversation firmly in her heart, and she even deeply regretted that her father's great insights could not be put into reality.The governor who was born as a celebrity not only sympathizes with the unlucky scholars, but also attaches great importance to music, so he might as well pass on his father's insight.On the one hand, let him know that his old father, who is in bad luck, is not an ordinary person; on the other hand, it is also a good thing if it helps him govern and benefit the people. Thinking of this, Peiyu straightened her body, restrained herself and said, "Your Excellency is worried about the important matter of the country's cultivation of talents. As a weak girl, Peiyu and her father are a poor school teacher with no power and power, it is not worth worrying about such important matters. It's just that there are Once, my father once told me about his deep understanding of music, which made me think that scholars who aspire to do great things really need to spend some time on the study of music after reading the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". Governance in the future will help." The image of the thin old school teacher in the Jinci Temple appeared before Zhang Zhidong's eyes again.What does the old school teacher have to say?Zhang Zhidong unconsciously said solemnly: "What the old gentleman said to you also gave me a lot of insight as a person who loves music but doesn't understand music." Peiyu looked at the bright moon outside the window, concentrating for a long time, and then slowly said: "It was also a bright moon night, after my father listened to me play the ancient music "Qishan Fengming", he sent me a message with great interest. He said that the sages attached great importance to music, and regarded music and rituals as the two most important means of governing the country and the people. Therefore, in "The Book of Music", music and rituals were repeatedly mentioned together. For example: music, heaven and earth The harmony is also; ritual is the festival of heaven and earth. He also said: what is joy is what moves inside; what is ritual is what moves outside. My father said that the sages believe that ritual is hierarchical and orderly from the outside The land controls the state; music is to cultivate the people's state of mind from the inside. The sages have always valued the education of people's hearts, so the status of music is actually in the ceremony. And the function of music, the sage summed it up with the word "he". The word "he" truly embodies the highest wisdom of our country of China." Peiyu paused for a moment when she said this, and Zhang Zhidong was shocked. The words "Music, the harmony of heaven and earth" did appear repeatedly in the "Le Ji", but I didn't delve into it, let alone have such a high understanding of the word "harmony".He sincerely said to Peiyu: "Your Majesty must have had some discussion on the word 'and' marked by the saint, and I am willing to listen to it." Peiyu smiled lightly and said: "My father said that the word 'harmony' was mentioned in many ancient books. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Taishi said that 'harmony with real creatures, the same is not continued', and it was said that 'the use of rituals, Harmony is the most precious', Mencius said that 'the right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people', "The Doctrine of the Mean" said that "harmony is the way of the world", Dong Zhongshu said that "virtue is greater than harmony, and harmony is the righteousness of heaven and earth '. It can be seen that the ancient sages and sages all paid attention to "harmony" and regarded "harmony" as the only right way between heaven and earth." Zhang Zhidong suddenly realized why the three halls in the palace: Baohe, Zhonghe, and Taihe are all named after "harmony".As the highest representative of state power, the three halls are all named "harmony", which fully expresses the importance attached to "harmony" by the sages, and also shows that the state of "harmony" is the highest state they strive to pursue. "My father said that the creation of the word 'and' was inspired by music." Peiyu's words immediately caught Zhang Zhidong's attention, and he listened carefully. "Various musical instruments, such as qin, se, sheng, yu, flute, etc., when played alone, produce different sounds. If they are played together, there are two situations: one is that they sound chaotic and disorderly. , messy, this kind of sound is called miscellaneous; one is that it sounds appropriate, and the harmony of all the tones makes people feel comfortable, and this kind of sound is harmonious." "Yes, good explanation!" Zhang Zhidong nodded repeatedly. "My father said that the sage regards the beauty of harmony produced by the harmony of all tones as the greatest beauty in the world. This beauty is based on harmony. If the sound of the sheng is high, it should be played at a lower level, and the sound of the flute will be slower. , then speed up, and find out a voice that everyone can accept through the adjustment and control of each other. Then, the harmony is produced, and the beauty of the world appears. The reason why the saint surpasses the mortal is that It is to extrapolate this to the human world, so as to understand the way to govern the people. The world is complicated, and all living beings are just like the sound of the qin, se, and shengyu. If they are adjusted to their own appropriateness and harmony with each other, Then the harmony in the world can be played. In this way, the people will be governed well. Therefore, throughout the ages, the sages have been pursuing a kind of moderation, the middle way, the middle way, and the middle section, trying to find such a harmonious sound, so that To achieve the goal of uniting all nations and all nations. This is called Zhizhonghe." The sage's way of governing the country is produced by listening to music.Zhang Zhidong secretly admired this principle for the old school teacher to say it so logically. "My father said that this is the way that the sage extends from music to governing the country. At the same time, the sage extends it to the way of governing the heart. The voice of a person's heart and the sounds of heaven and earth are like the relationship between Qin, Se, Sheng and Yu. If people If the voice of one's heart can be adjusted to the point where it is in harmony with the voices of all sounds in heaven and earth, then the voice of man's heart and the voices of all sounds in heaven and earth form a harmony. This harmony exceeds the harmony of governing the people, and is The highest harmony is called Ritaihe. This kind of Taihe was explained by Wang Fuzhi. He said that Yin and Yang are in harmony, and God and Qi are in harmony. " Zhang Zhidong was completely attracted by the words of the female qin teacher. "Harmony between man and nature" is the goal he has been pursuing with all his heart since he studied and learned the truth.He suffers from not knowing how to achieve it, that is, not knowing where the ferry is.Listening to Peiyu's recitation of this long speech by his father tonight, he seems to have vaguely seen a ferry through which he can lead to the other side of "the unity of man and nature". "The three stars are already tilted, and the night is already very deep. Peiyu doesn't know the importance, she talks nonsense, and talks too much. Please go back to the room early to rest. What is wrong, I hope that Peiyu is ignorant and ignorant." For the sake of the little girl, I forgive you." Zhang Zhidong hurriedly got up and said, "I have learned a lot tonight. Next time you go back to Jinci Temple to visit your parents, please be sure to convey my thanks to your father. When I have free time, either I will go to Jinci Temple, or invite the old man to come." Fufu, let's take a good look at it." Peiyu thanked Futai deeply for his kindness. Back in the bedroom, Zhang Zhidong couldn't sleep for a long time looking at the Sanjin Ancient Plains under the moonlight outside the window.Tonight, he realized a lot.The harmony of the mean, what he saw in the past was the means of the sages to govern the country, but it turned out to be the highest beauty of life that the sages pursued in their minds.This kind of beautiful environment should be a balanced, stable, peaceful and elegant atmosphere, warm and transparent like jade, soft on the outside and strong on the inside, just like the warm sun in a blue field and the strange smoke in willows, filled with a kind of diluted, faint, remote and remote. harmonious atmosphere.However, I am too stubborn by nature and tend to be self-willed in doing things, so I need to be more disciplined in these aspects in the future.As a ruler, one should be a brilliant musician, who can harmonize the voices of the people into a harmonious and pleasant music. This is the most successful governance.When I read history in the past, I saw that the sages defined the duty of the prime minister as "reconciling yin and yang", and I always felt that it was too vague and difficult to understand.Tonight, he had an epiphany.He seemed to realize that he already had the talent of a prime minister, and he was very excited for a moment. He thought again: as far as music is concerned, harmony is actually a new sound.This sound is to be produced in the synthesis of different sounds.If all the voices made one sound, there would only be a loud voice without harmony.As the master of one aspect, let the subordinates speak their own words, and then coordinate the opinions of the public to form a new theory.Isn't this the principle of learning from others and brewing flowers into honey? In the silent autumn night, in the highest yamen in Taiyuan City, Zhang Zhidong was thinking quietly...