Confucius traveled around the world and experienced setbacks several times, but he finally listened to the persuasion of his disciples to return to the state of Lu. On the way back to Lu, the "You Lan Cao" also marked the end of Confucius and his group's wandering around the world. The Lord's hard-to-seek emotion.

Legend has it that Confucius thought that the unicorn was a spiritual beast, and "hunting the unicorn in the west" was not a good sign. I was afraid that the country would perish and his own life would come to an end.

In the 14th year of Duke Ai of Lu, the Shusun clan was hunting in the wild. On the way, his driver, Fangshang, caught a beast with a body like a musk deer, a tail like a dragon's tail, a head like a lion, a deer like a deer but horns on its head. . Fang Shang saw that this beast was rare, and was afraid, but wanted to take credit, so he wounded it and brought it to his uncle. The uncle and grandson were also surprised to see this beast, but he thought it was a monster and unlucky, so he ordered someone to throw it outside the city, and then returned to the city with a group of people. But during the journey, my uncle and grandson walked and recalled the monster he had just seen. The more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy. Then he remembered that Confucius had a lot of knowledge and maybe he knew the origin of this beast, so he sent someone to invite him.

When Confucius heard this, he immediately set off for the city. After seeing that the monster whose front leg was injured was a unicorn outside the city, he sighed, "Kirin, qilin, why are you here!" After saying this, he couldn't help but burst into tears. At this time, Uncle Sun heard that the beast was not a monster but a unicorn. He was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to transport it to the city.

Disciple Zi Gong saw Confucius weeping, and wondered in his heart: "Master, why are you so sad and weeping?" Confucius replied: "The unicorn is an auspicious beast. The unicorn was born at an untimely time, met people unkindly, and suffered tragic injuries. I can't help but think of the various incidents I have experienced in my life, isn't it just like this injured unicorn?"

The unicorn originally appeared for a peaceful and prosperous world in the world. Confucius was saddened that the auspicious beast "Kirin" was captured and abandoned outside the city as soon as it appeared in the world. It came out for the sake of the master, but was harmed by others, and used this to describe the regret of a virtuous person who was born out of time and was not used by others.

Music knowledge:

"Huo Lin Cao" is one of the earliest guqin pieces in China. According to legend, it was composed by Confucius. The music is based on the Yu-mode, and the Zheng-mode and the Gong-mode appear alternately. Using overtones and dispersions to interweave into tunes, double tones are used in many places, including: octaves, fifths, thirds, seconds, homology, etc. It is very characteristic in form.