Boya Guqin Calligraphy Works

The calligraphy works of Boya Guqin are as follows, only partial excerpts, which are collected by Feng Zizhen's calligraphy title "Boya Guqin in Wang Zhenpeng in Yuan Dynasty" and the Palace Museum.

Boya Guqin is a story about Boya visiting relatives. This story was first handed down orally by the people, and there is no exact record in history. Among the ancient books, there is a folk story about playing a solo in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals, which established the lofty standard of interpersonal relationship and friendship of the Chinese nation.

Boya meets "bosom friend"

The story of "mountains and rivers meet bosom friends" has been passed down through the ages, so the word "bosom friends" has been passed down.

It is said that one year, Boya was ordered by the king of Jin to go to Chu. On August 15, we arrived at Hanyang estuary by boat. Parked at the foot of a hill in the storm. In the evening, the wind and waves gradually subsided, the clouds cleared and the scenery was very charming. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Qin was so excited that she took out the piano she brought with her and played it wholeheartedly. He played one tune after another. Just as he was completely immersed in the wonderful piano sound, he suddenly saw a man standing motionless on the shore.

Boya was taken aback, and his men pulled hard, and a string broke with a bang. Boya was wondering why the man on the shore came, when she heard the man loudly say to him, "Sir, don't be suspicious. I am a woodcutter. I came home late. I heard you play the piano when I came, and I felt the piano was wonderful. I can't help standing here and listening. " ?

Boya looked at it carefully by moonlight, and there was a pile of dry wood beside the man. This is really a woodcutter. Boya thought, how can a woodcutter who splits wood understand my piano? So he asked, "Since you know the sound of the piano, please tell me what tune I am playing?" After listening to Boya's question, the woodcutter replied with a smile, "Sir, what you just played was Confucius' song praising his disciple Yan Hui. Unfortunately, when you played the fourth sentence, the string broke. " The woodcutter's answer was completely correct, and Boya was overjoyed and invited him aboard to discuss it in detail. When the woodcutter saw the piano played by Boya, he said, "This is a lyre! Legend has it that it was produced in the government. " Then he told the story of the lyre.

After listening to the woodcutter's words, Boya could not help secretly admiring. Then, Boya played several tunes for the woodcutter, so that he could identify the meaning. When he played the grand piano, the woodcutter said, "This piano expresses the majestic momentum of the mountain." When the sound of the piano became fresh and smooth, the woodcutter said, "The sound of the piano played after that expresses endless running water." Boya can't help but be surprised and happy. No one can understand what he said with the sound of the past piano, but the woodcutter in front of him can hear it clearly.

Unexpectedly, under this wild ridge, I met a long-lost bosom friend, so he asked the woodcutter's name, Zhong Ziqi, to have a drink with him. The more they talk, the more speculative they become. After a brief meeting, they became sworn brothers. Make an appointment to meet here next Mid-Autumn Festival. Zhong Ziqi said goodbye in tears at the Mid-Autumn Festival the following year. Boya came to Hanyang estuary as promised, but he waited and waited, but Zhong Ziqi didn't come as promised, so he played the piano to summon his bosom friend, but after a long time, no one came.

The next day, Boya asked an old man about the whereabouts of Zhong Ziqi. The old man told him that Zhong Ziqi had died of illness. Before he died, he left his last words, saying that he would build the tomb by the river and listen to Yu Boya's piano when he met on August 15. Boya was very sad after listening to the old man's words. He came to Zhong Ziqi's grave and sadly played the ancient song "Mountains and Streams".

With a bang, he broke the string, sighed and smashed his beloved lyre on the bluestone. He said sadly, my only confidant is dead. Who can I play this piano for? "

The friendship between the two "bosom friends" touched future generations, and people built a guqintai where they met. Until modern times, people often use "bosom friends" to describe the friendship between friends.