High Mountains and Flowing Waters Guqin: Xu Yuanbai

"High Mountains and Flowing Waters" was performed by Hou Zuowu according to "Tianwen Pavilion Qin Score". "Liezi Tangwen" records: Boya is good at playing the qin, and Zhong Ziqi is good at listening to the qin. Once, Boya played a majestic piece of music with towering mountains. Zhong Ziqi said appreciatively: "The towering ambition is high in the mountains." Boya played another piece of turbulent and turbulent music. Zhong Ziqi also said: "The ambition of Yangyang is in flowing water." Zhong Ziqi was able to deeply understand the connotation of the music "Mountains and Flowing Waters" played by Boya. From then on, the two of them became close friends, which has been passed down through the ages. The story of Boya's drum and harp is also recorded in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: Original Flavor Chapter". The extant score was first published in "Magical Secret Score" (written by Zhu Quan in 1425). The explanation of the score says: ""High Mountain" and "Flowing Water" were originally only one piece. In the Tang Dynasty, they were divided into two pieces, not divided into sections. In the Song Dynasty, they were divided into four sections for "High Mountain" and eight sections for "Flowing Water." The most widely circulated one is "Liu Shui" (contained in "Tianwen Pavilion Music Score", 1876), which was processed and developed by Zhang Kongshan, a qin player of the Sichuan School in the Qing Dynasty. The melody is roughly the same as "Flowing Water" from "Magical Secret Score". Seventy-two rolling fingering techniques are added to the sixth and eighth sections to make the effect of turbulent and surging water more realistic.