The ancient and modern meanings of silk and bamboo are the same. They all refer to the traditional national stringed instruments and bamboo wind instruments in China. It also refers to music. Harp, flute and other musical instruments, "silk" refers to stringed instruments and "bamboo" refers to wind instruments.

source: Tang Yuxi's "humble room inscription" can tune the lute and read the golden classics. There is no confusion, and there is no cumbersome form. Zhuge Lu in Nanyang and Yunting Pavilion in West Shu. Kong Ziyun: What's wrong with it?

Vernacular interpretation:

You can usually play elegant guqin and read Buddhist scriptures written in clay gold. No music disturbs the ears, and no official documents make the body tired. Nanyang has Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage, and Xishu has a pavilion of Yangzi Cloud. Confucius said, "What's so simple about this?" Extended information

Writing background:

The Book of Humble Rooms was written in Hezhou (824-826). "Records of Liyang": "Humble room, in the state, was built by Liu Yuxi, the secretariat of the Tang and Zhou Dynasties, with an inscription and a tablet written by Liu Gongquan."

The author took part in Wang Shuwen's "Yongzhen Reform" and opposed the separatist forces of eunuchs and buffer regions. After the failure of innovation, he was demoted to Anhui and Zhouxian as a general judge. According to the regulations, Tongguan should live in three three-compartment houses in the county government. However, seeing that the author was demoted, he deliberately made things difficult for him. The county magistrate of Hezhou first arranged for him to live in the river south of the city. Instead of complaining, the author was very happy. He also casually wrote two sentences and posted them on the door: "Facing the great river, watching the white sail, arguing with the state."

The magistrate of Hezhou was very angry when he learned about it. He ordered the officers in Yali to move the author's residence from the south gate of the county to the north gate of the county, and the area was reduced from three to one and a half. The new house is located by the Desheng River, with weeping willows nearby, and the environment is also acceptable. The author still doesn't care, and sees the scenery, and writes two sentences on the door: "The weeping willows are beside the green river, and people are in Liyang and the heart is in Beijing."

seeing that he was still carefree and carefree, the magistrate of a county sent someone to transfer him to the middle of the county again, and only gave him a small room with only one bed, one table and one chair. In half a year, the magistrate of a county forced the author to move three times, and the area was smaller every time, and finally it was just a room. The author then angrily wrote this "Humble Room Inscription" and asked someone to carve a stone tablet and stand in front of the door.

About the author:

Liu Yuxi (772-842) was born in Luoyang (now Luoyang, Henan). Literati in the middle Tang Dynasty. Tang Dezong Zhenyuan nine years (793) Jinshi. Because of his failure to participate in the progressive political reform of Wang Shuwen Group, he was demoted to the official position of Sima in Langzhou (now Changde City, Hunan Province) and spent more than 2 years in other places. Later, he entered the DPRK as a guest doctor, served as a guest of the prince in his later years, and added the history of the proofreading department. The world is called Liu Binke. He is good at poetry and has a deep friendship with Liu Zongyuan, who is called "Liu Liu"; He sang a lot with Bai Juyi and called it "Liu Bai". Liu Mengde's Anthology has been handed down from generation to generation.