Chapter 35 Huang Fanchuo/There must be an ear that understands music

Huang Fanchuo, a musician during Tang Xuanzong's time, was good at playing clappers, so clappers are also called "chuopan." There is no score for clappers. Once, Tang Xuanzong asked Huang Fanchuo to make a score.Huang Fanchuo drew two big ears on the paper and gave it to Xuanzong.Tang Xuanzong asked him what he meant, Huang Fanchuo said: "As long as you have ears that understand music, the rhythm will not be wrong." Huang Fanchuo's music appreciation ability is very high.Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty often summoned prostitutes from Jiaofang to sing.When the people in Yichun Courtyard with superb skills sang, Huang Fanchuo praised them; when the people in the two courtyards with mediocre acting skills sang, Huang Fanchuo satirized them.

Once, Huang Fanchuo was on duty in the inner court for more than 50 days, but Tang Xuanzong did not summon him.He felt that there was nothing wrong, so he sneaked out of the palace to handle errands. How could he know that Tang Xuanzong had something to look for him as soon as he left.The people sent to look for him didn't know where he had gone. Xuanzong was very angry and sent people to look for him in an endless stream.Later, Huang Fanchuo finally came, and when he rushed to the outside of the hall, he heard Xuanzong beating the drums, his voice was impassioned, impassioned, hasty and powerful.Therefore, Huang Fanchuo begged the servant, "I'll report to the emperor later, I'm going in straight now, maybe I can only come out sideways later."

After a while, Xuanzong asked Huang Fanchuo if he had come, but Huang Fanchuo refused to say.After Xuanzong finished playing one piece, he played another one. As soon as he played dozens of times, Huang Fanchuo immediately got dressed and entered the hall to bow down.When Xuanzong saw Huang Fanchuo coming, he nodded and continued to beat the drums. When the song was over, he asked, "Where did you go just now?" "Fortunately, you came to see me at this time. If you had been a step earlier, you would have had a good meal. I am thinking now that you have been in the palace for more than 50 days, and it is nothing to go out temporarily." Thank you Huang Fanchuo.Some of the servants on the left and right were laughing and whispering, Xuanzong was very strange, so he asked them why they were laughing, and they told Xuanzong that Huang Fanchuo had come a long time ago, stood outside the hall listening to the drums and couldn't get in, and waited until the right time to go in .Xuanzong was very surprised, and said angrily: "Can you hear the drumbeat to know what I'm thinking?" But he forgave him.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), An Lushan rebelled and quickly entered Chang'an. Tang Xuanzong fled to Shu County in a hurry. is also among them.After Tang Jun put down the "Anshi Rebellion", he captured Huang Fanchuo. Tang Xuanzong always loved him, so he still kept him by his side.