Allusions to high mountains and flowing water

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Boya was good at playing strings, and Zhong Ziqi was good at listening to sounds and distinguishing meanings. Once, when Boya visited the north of Mount Tai (now Guishan in Hanyang, Wuhan), he was suddenly caught in a rainstorm and had to stay under the rock and play the piano. "Good song! What a good song! " It turned out that Zhong Ziqi, who was chopping wood on the mountain, was listening to the rain nearby for a long time, and he expressed his heartfelt appreciation.

when Yu Boya heard the compliment, she quickly got up and greeted Zhong Ziqi, and then she continued to play. Boya was absorbed in the high mountain, and his intention was in the tune. After listening in, Zhong Ziqi nodded frequently: "Well, it's really like a towering mountain!" Boya pondered over the running water again, but the hidden feelings were beyond the melody. After listening to this, Zhong Ziqi clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, mighty, just like a river running!"

Every time Boya plays a piano piece, Zhong Ziqi can fully hear its meaning and interest. Boya sighed with surprise: "Good! Good! Your skills in listening, distinguishing directions and understanding meanings are really brilliant. What you said is exactly the same as what I thought. How can my piano sound escape your ears? "

So they became bosom friends and made an appointment to meet again the next year to discuss the piano. But when Boya came to Zhong Ziqi the next year, he learned that Zhong Ziqi had died of illness not long ago. Yu Boya deplored his sadness, which was difficult to express in words, so he broke his guqin, which never left his body, and never played the strings again, in order to thank his rare bosom friend.

Extended information

"Mountain flowing water" is often used to describe a bosom friend or confidant.

Other allusions about confidants

1. Lu Yu and Jiao Ran

Lu Yu and Jiao Ran's "friendship of forgetting the past year" reached this height. After the Anshi Rebellion, Lu Yu took refuge in Huzhou, stayed at Miaoxi Temple, and met Jiao Ran by chance. The two met each other after a brief encounter.

At that time, Jiao Ran was in his forties, and he was a top master of tea ceremony. He took Buddhism as the tea ceremony, and put forward "the way to drink tea, the way to cultivate tea, and the way to drink tea". He introduced the young Lu Yu to celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River, took him on a field trip to tea in various places, and later helped him complete his masterpiece Tea Classic.

In the fourth year of Dali, Jiao Ran built Tiaoxi Caotang for Lu Yu, and personally went to southern Jiangsu to invite him back to Huzhou. During the middle age of Jian, Lu Yu went to Shangrao, Jiangxi Province to plant tea. Jiao Ran personally invited him to Shangrao to return to Huzhou, regardless of his seventy years old. Soon, Jiao Ran passed away in Miaoxi Temple, and later Lu Yu was buried here after his death. His place was across the mountain from the brick tower in Jiao Ran to renew friendship.

2. Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya

Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, people from the State of Qi, are very close friends. When Guan Zhong was young, he had a hard time and had to take care of his old mother. When Bao Shuya knew it, he asked him to do business with him in order to help him.

Because Guan Zhong has no money, almost all the business capital is paid by Bao Shuya. However, after making money, Guan Zhong got much more money than Bao Shuya. Bao Shuya's servant felt aggrieved by his master after reading it: "How can this Guan Zhong behave like this? He doesn't want to pay for business, but he takes much more money than our master." When Bao Shuya knew it, he said to his servant, "Don't say that again! Guan Zhong's family is not good, and he has to support his old mother. It is appropriate to divide more money. "

Later, Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya joined the army and went to the battlefield to fight. Every time they attacked, Guan Zhong did not rush forward, but hid in the back. Other soldiers condemned Guan Zhong and said, "Guan Zhong is a man who is afraid of death! Shrinking turtle! " Whenever this happens, Bao Shuya will defend Guan Zhong: "Guan Zhong is not such a person. He is not afraid of death, but wants to save his life to take care of his old mother." Guan Zhong was very grateful after knowing it, and said, "The people who gave birth to me are my parents, but the people who know me are Bao Shuya!"

After a period of time, the king of Qi died, and the eldest princes became kings. They were addicted to eating, drinking and not asking about political affairs every day. Bao Shuya had a premonition that Qi would soon face civil strife, so he took the little prince Bai to hide in Ju 'an, while Guan Zhong took the little prince to Lu. As Bao Shuya had expected, the eldest princes were killed and civil strife broke out in Qi. Guan Zhong wanted to kill Bai so that he could sit on the throne smoothly, but when he was plotting against Bai, he missed the arrow and Bai didn't die. Later, Bao Shuya and Bai returned to Qi before Guan Zhonghe, and Bai became the king of Qi.

Bai wants to make Bao Shuya prime minister after he starts to manage state affairs. Bao Shuya repeatedly said, "Guan Zhong is better than me in all aspects, and he is more qualified to be a prime minister." Bai Yi was a little unhappy: "Guan Zhong wants to kill me. He is my enemy. How can he be the prime minister?" "How can you blame him? Correction is Guan Zhong's master, and he will naturally be loyal to correction. If his master becomes you, he will certainly be loyal to you. " Bai adopted Bao Shuya's suggestion and asked Guan Zhong to return to Qi as prime minister. After becoming prime minister, Guan Zhong helped Bai to manage Qi in an orderly way.

After the story of Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya was widely circulated, when people praised their friends for their good friendship, they would say that they were "friends of Guan Bao".

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