Ji Kang is famous for his "Guangling San".

Ji Kang, courtesy name Shuye, was from Zhi County, Qiao State. Thinker, musician, and writer of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. The spiritual leader of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, he pioneered a new trend in metaphysics. "Guangling San" is a large-scale guqin piece in ancient China. It is a very famous guqin piece in the history of Chinese music and one of the top ten famous guqin pieces. Ji Kang, a qin master in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, was famous for his skill in playing this piece of music. Before his execution, he took his time and played the piece on his qin, and sighed with emotion: "Guangling San" is now extinct!"

Ji Kang was a great qin player. A master of art, he wrote "The Theory of No Sound of Sadness", "The Theory of Difficult Nature to Love Learning", "The Master's Proverbs", "The Theory of Ming Dan", "The Theory of Private Interpretation", and "The Theory of Health Preservation" which have been passed down through the ages, and he is good at playing. He is good at playing the piano and is especially good at playing "Guangling San", which has attracted much attention. At that time, he was as famous as Ruan Ji, who was thirteen years older than him. In the history of music, there is often a saying of "Ji Qin and Ruan Xiao", but in terms of thought and personality, Ji Kang was superior to Ruan Ji.

The story behind "Guangling San"

"Guangling San" is also known as "Nie Zheng's Assassination of Han Puppet". The story behind it tells the story of Nie Zheng's assassination of Han, and the fearless spirit of Nie Zheng that "a scholar will die for his confidant". After the assassination was successful, he cut his face, gouged out his eyes, and had his belly disemboweled, fearing that his confidants would be implicated. Ji Kang played "Guangling San" because the story behind it made him feel the same way. The impassioned music was in line with the mood at that time, and the tone of the music was in line with Ji Kang's character. Even in death, he was calm and independent, and I am still the unruly person. The unruly boy in white.