Chapter 28 4. Tianzi No.1 Orchestra

Now, we know better why Nan Kuai is not popular. The reason is actually very simple: national ethics and family ethics can be seen from a young age.For example, if a person abuses his parents, but claims to be loyal to the motherland, is it reliable?Similarly, Nan Kuai betrayed the family monarch, but claimed to be loyal to the monarch. Who would believe it?What's more, he is only the minister of Dr. Ji Sun, and the doctor is the minister of the king.Should he be in charge of the affairs of the monarch of the state of Lu?Is such arrogance also called "loyalty"?Sorry, this is called "petitioning"!

What Nan Kuai didn't understand, Wei Jiang understood. Wei Jiang was a doctor of the Duke of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period.Because of his outstanding meritorious service, the Duke of Mourning wanted to give him half of the band dedicated by Zheng Guo, but Wei Jiang said he didn't dare to do it.Wei Jiang said: Music and dance are used to strengthen virtues, so they can comfort the country, enjoy the blessings together, and attract people from afar with softness.This is called "music". strangeness!Le, why can "Dianbangguo, with blessings, come to people from afar"?

Because music is artistic ritual, and ritual is ethical music. Is that right? yes. The music of the Zhou people, and even the music of the ancients, is not just music.To be precise, it is the "trinity" of poetry, music and dance, called "music and dance".Therefore, the "music" that Duke Mourning of Jin planned to bestow on Wei Jiang included a set of chime bells and an eight-member singing and dancing team. However, music and dance are called music because music is the soul.What is the most important thing about music?Rhythm and rhyme.What is the most important thing about ethics?order and harmony.Order is the rhythm of rituals; harmony is the rhythm of rituals.Therefore, a society governed by rites should be like musical works; members of society should be like music.Musical tones are different in pitch, duration, intensity, and timbre.Like members of society, there must be differences.Diversity is the difference.Harmony comes from unity of diversity.

Ritual is what defines difference. The question is: how to define? It's complicated and complicated, and it's simple and simple. It's nothing more than "distinguishing the inside and outside, setting relatives and estrangements, ordering the senior and the young, and distinguishing the noble and the humble."The distinction between Huaxia and barbarians is "the difference between inside and outside"; the distinction between blood relatives and in-laws is "the difference between closeness and sparseness"; the distinction between the old and the young is "the order of seniority";It even manifests as a series of "systems".For example, civilians can't wear hats, they can only tie headscarves, which is called "帻" (read Ru Ze).Among the nobles, scholars only have crowns, but not crowns.The high-sounding ones are the emperor, princes, and doctors.

Obviously, the most important thing here is high or low, and high or low is the "pitch".Followed by closeness, closeness is the "sound length".Once again, it is the elder and the younger, and the elder and the younger are the "sound strength".As for the inside and outside, it may be regarded as "tone color", the Chinese nation is "the sound of the yellow bell", and the barbarian Rongdi is the "sound of the tile cauldron".If "the yellow bell is destroyed and the kettle is thundering", then it is not "the country's subjugation", but "the world's subjugation".

But in the eyes of Zhou people, their world will not perish, because it is like music.The emperor and princes are "treble notes", the officials and scholars are "middle notes", and the common people and slaves are "low notes".Also like a music group, the nation and the nation are the orchestra, the clan and clan are the orchestra, and the emperor, princes, officials, and scholars are the conductors. This is the number one orchestra in Tianzi, playing the most magnificent symphony and the most melodious sonata.The theme is said to be "He". Yes.Distinguish differences in etiquette and unify music.Ritual is to make people obey order.Music is what makes people experience harmony.

Therefore, the nobles want "bells and dishes", and jade.Jade is "the tool of a gentleman".It is noble, elegant, warm, unassuming and gentle.What's more, when jade is worn on the body, it must make a sound.This will remind the host to behave properly and rhythmically.Where there is rhythm, there is restraint, and there is extraordinary bearing. Learning music, watching music and dancing are compulsory homework for nobles.If conditions permit, it should also be promoted to the whole people.When Yan Yan (Ziyou), a student of Confucius, was in charge of the work of Wucheng County, there was the sound of string songs everywhere.Zhou people believed that if there is music in the temple, the monarch and his subjects will be "harmonious and respectful"; if there is music in the village, the clan will be "harmonious";It's no wonder that when Confucius was in class, some students would play the harp.

This is the "Education of Rites and Music".But what does this have to do with "ruling the country by virtue"? Let's do a "field trip".

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