In 262 AD, the ruler Sima Zhao ordered Ji Kang to be executed. On the execution ground, three thousand imperial students petitioned the imperial court to pardon Ji Kang and to worship Ji Kang as their teacher. This clearly demonstrated Ji Kang's academic status and charisma to the society, but of course this "unreasonable request" Will not be accepted by those in power.

What Ji Kang was thinking about at this moment was not that his brilliant life was about to end, but that there was no successor to this wonderful piece of music. He asked to pass a harp, and on the high execution platform, facing thousands of people who came to see him off, he played the last "Guangling San". The clang of the harp and the mysterious melody were overwhelming. drifted into everyone's heart. After playing the game, Ji Kang calmly led the way and killed him. He was only thirty-nine years old at the time.

Extended information:

The earliest appearance of the Qin music in "Guangling San" was around the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In Cai Yong's "Qin Cao" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the assassination became a folk tale. In this story, Nie Zheng killed not the Prime Minister of Han, but the King of Han. Nie Zheng did not assassinate Yan Zhongzi, but to avenge his father. It turned out that Nie Zheng's father made a sword for the King of Han, but was killed because he could not deliver it in time. So Nie Zheng became a posthumous son. When he grew up, Nie Zheng met an immortal in the mountains and learned the art of playing the drum and harp.

Nie Zheng also mastered the art of disfigurement and no one recognized him. One day Nie Zheng was playing the harp in a busy city. "The spectators came and went, but the horses and cattle stopped listening." When the King of Han heard about it, he immediately summoned Nie Zheng and ordered him to play the harp in public. At this time, Nie Zheng took out the sword hidden in the piano and assassinated King Han in one fell swoop, avenging his father. Later, it was not Nie Rong but Nie Zheng's mother who lay wailing over Nie Zheng's body. This story was named "Nie Zheng Assassins the King of Han" by Cai Yong.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangling Powder