It seems that there is no more primitive instrument than the guqin. At first glance, it is simple and muted, and because the volume is not high, its playing also seems to be speaking alone.

I have also listened to its ensemble with other instruments, and somehow, I always feel that it has lost its original character because of its flattering.

Perhaps, only loneliness will keep the sage's quietness from the guqin from being drowned in the garish and noisy.

The music that can better reflect the characteristics of the guqin may be "The Fisherman's Questions and Answers". This piece always revolves in the bass part. The iconic dust-like echo of the bass of the guqin will quickly sink your heart to the deepest.

The music is like a freehand ink painting, leaving a blank for your imagination. What it expresses is the yearning for a peaceful rural life, an epiphany after the world, a kind of indifference after the vicissitudes of life.

Although the temperament of the guqin is calm, once it erupts, it also has the power of a volcanic eruption. For example, "Flowing Water" is only a seven-string solo, but it also presents a magnificent symphony like the Yellow River.

It uses the seventy-two rolls of the guqin technique to play the scene of running water, and its intensity makes the listeners sigh.

Water droplets, trickles, creeks, then shoals, rapids, waterfalls, and then the music slides back and forth in a loop, pushing the water wave after wave into the big river...

Throughout the ancient Qin people, from Confucius to Qu Yuan, from Zhuge Liang to Li Bai, all of them were wise. In the empty city plan, Zhuge Liang used a guqin to retreat. The enemy troops approached the city, but the city was empty of talents, and the wind was blowing.

Among Western musical instruments, the piano is known as the king of musical instruments, while among Chinese national musical instruments, the guqin undoubtedly represents the essence of traditional Chinese culture, and its kingly style is irreplaceable for any musical instrument.