The author of the guqin song "Drunken Madness" is Ruan Ji.

"Drunken Madness", Guqin music. According to legend, it was written by Ruan Ji, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest during the Three Kingdoms period. Regarding the background of this song, one theory is that the government at that time was dim and dark, and the scholar-bureaucrat Ruan Ji felt that it was out of step with the times. In order to avoid disaster, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, played the harp and recited poems, drank and drank, and took pleasure in it.

The music score of this piece was compiled by guqin player Yao Bingyan based on "Magic Secret Music" and with reference to "Xilutang Qin Tradition". The music depicts chaotic and hazy moods to vent the pent-up injustice in the heart. The music is implicit and profound in meaning.

He lived in the early Wei and Jin Dynasties and served as a court official. He originally had the ambition to help the world politically, but after the death of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui, the court was in turmoil and the political situation was very dangerous, so he had to give up. For this reason, most of Ruan Ji's poems are obscure and tortuous, using nature to express his sadness.

Analysis of "Drunken Mania":

Ruan Ji was a famous figure who opposed the dark rule at that time. In order to avoid being persecuted by the ruler, he expressed his criticism of the ruler by being drunk and pretending to be crazy. and uncooperative. This point is more clearly stated in the music interpretation of Yang Luan's "Taikou Yiyin": "In the era of Gai Qidianwu, the king is secretive and the queen is fierce." "It is because of the sages of the Ruan family" that "the sun is intoxicated" and "the common people are not tabooed by others".

The guqin performer Mr. Yao Bingyan used the blueprint of "Magical Secret Music Score" and the "Xilutang Qin System" to organize and score the music, and processed the music into a 6/8 time signature that is rare in guqin music. Because heavy bass or long sounds often appear in weak beats, the music is unstable and reflects the staggering demeanor of a drunk person.

At the same time, he does not focus on expressing the superficial madness, but vents the pent-up injustice in his heart by describing the chaotic mood. The music is implicit and profound.

The music uses variations and repetitions of the basic melody, and the rhythm pattern of the first two bars of the song runs through the whole song. In addition, a fixed cadence of two measures appears in the first, second, and third paragraphs. At the end of the music, there is a text prompt of "The Immortal spits out wine".

A series of repetitions of the same sound played by the "Long Lock" fingering make the music flow like a note, as if full of anger is vented, expressing the artistic conception of drunkenness and madness on the outside, and evil in the heart. It is a rare and excellent song Guqin repertoire.