What kind of person is Shi Kuang?

He is a famous musician in the state of Jin, named Kuang, and a master of music (now Hongdong, Shanxi) (the name of the highest-ranking musician at that time was often preceded by the word "teacher"). He lived in 572-532 BC, during the reign of Duke Mourn of Jin and Duke Ping of Jin. Shi Kuang was not born blind, just because he gouged out his eyes to avoid being confused by the colorful world outside. Therefore, he called himself a blind minister, also known as a minister. Jin Yisheng, also known as Jinye. He was a famous musician at that time, and was famous for his "Shi Kuang's wisdom". He is also an outstanding political activist and knowledgeable scholar, and people call him "long heard".

Music knowledge is very rich, not only familiar with piano music, but also good at using piano sound to express the sound of nature and describe the beautiful posture and singing of birds flying. Excellent listening and sound discrimination. Literature before the Han Dynasty often used him to represent people with a particularly keen sense of voice. "About the training of Huainanzi. "Rhyme" said: "If the stone beads also move up and down, there is no dimension, not alto." Zhou Shu records that he is not only good at playing the piano, but also plays the harp. Shi Kuang is also familiar with the tunes of north and south folk songs and musical instruments. "Zuo Zhuan" records: "Jin people heard of Teacher Chu and said,' It's harmless! I suddenly sang the north and south winds. The south wind does not dispute, Chu is ineffective! "

Once, Shi Kuang heard that the tone of the big clock cast by Duke Jinping was inaccurate. He told the truth, but Jin Pinggong disagreed. Later, Guo Wei musician Shi Juan confirmed this, and that's what happened.

In his later years, Shi Kuang mastered the skill of counting stars and wrote 100 volume Fu Bao. In the music score of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yangchun, Snow White and Xuan Mo were misinterpreted as Shi Kuang's works.

Shi Kuang has extraordinary musical talent, but he is very conservative. Duke Jinping likes new sounds. Once listening to Shi Juan playing a new song, Shi Kuang attacked it on the spot as "the voice of decadence" and "the voice of national subjugation". Shi Kuang believes that virtue can be spread through music.

Although Shi Kuang was only a musician and lived in the palace all his life, his position was different from that of ordinary musicians. He has his own views on politics and dares to express his views in front of Wei Hou. He also made many demands on the King of Jin. On one occasion, Duke Jinping lamented that Shi Kuang was born blind and suffered from darkness. Shi Kuang said that there are five kinds of darkness in the world. One is that the king does not know that officials pay bribes and the people are wronged. Second, the king improperly employs people; The third is that kings do not distinguish between virtuous and foolish; The fourth is monarchical militarism; Fifth, the king doesn't know the people's plans. Shi Kuang even beat Jin Pinggong with a harp to persuade Jin Pinggong not to indulge in personal pleasure.

When Wei Xiangong was driven away by the people of China because of tyranny, Duke Xiang of Jin thought that the people had gone too far. Shi Kuang retorted: "A good monarch, of course, the people will support him. The tyrannical king made the people despair. Why can't you drive him away? " Duke Jin felt very reasonable and asked the way of governing the country. Shi Kuang simply called it "benevolence".

At that time, Qi was very powerful and asked for advice on politics. Shi Kuang put forward the idea that "a monarch should benefit the people", which showed that Shi Kuang had a strong people-oriented thought, so he was deeply respected by the rulers and people at that time. In the legend of later generations, he was evolved into the god of music, the prototype of clairaudient ears and the founder of blind fortune telling.