In the vast galaxy of Chinese culture and history, Qin Shi, as one of the oldest stars, still exudes a dazzling light. In the most glorious period, ancient scholars regarded the qin as a sacred object, and regarded playing the qin as a solemn and serious act.

Therefore, there are various requirements and rules for playing the qin. On the one hand, it is mainly the problems summarized by the ancestors in the study of the guqin, as well as the useful experience accumulated and summarized in the long-term practice of playing. The request made by the player himself.

Common 1: Heartless

De refers to moral character, that is, the personality cultivation of a qin person. People with insufficient moral character and lack of self-cultivation do not have a peaceful and pure temperament, are easily subject to the hustle and bustle of the world, and have difficulty learning the piano. If you want to play the qin, it is mostly vulgar and impetuous, and the qin naturally becomes a vulgar qin.

Art is different from technology. Most of the research results of scientific research and technology have little to do with one's own morality; the level of artistic realm is closely related to "morality" and "art".

Common 2: No beard on the mouth

It does not mean that without a beard, it is not suitable to play the piano, but it is suitable to have a certain life experience to play the piano. It is difficult for people who are naive and lack life experience to have a deep understanding of the piano. If you want to play the qin, most of it is to make a lively sound and listen to the sound. Of course, playing the qin without knowing the meaning is the vulgar qin.

Guqin is different from other types of qin, piano and violin need to have a solid childhood skill if they want to be successful early, and there are many young masters, such as Li Yundi, Lang Lang and other performers who are better than blue. Guqin is not completely like this. After reading the qin book, it is not impossible to learn the qin after an adult. There are qin masters who have become successful after becoming a monk: Mr. Li Fengyun, a qin master from Tianjin who learned little of the pipa, and Dai Ru, a Sichuan qin master who first learned the dulcimer and then the guqin. However, there are very few young masters of the guqin today. Gong Yi and Li Xiangting, the recognized masters of the guqin world, have all passed their sixtieth years.

Common 3: No ink in the belly

In Chinese tradition, the "ink" in the belly is often used to indicate the amount of culture, and here it also refers to the uneducated. Most of the people who do not have a certain level of education have no ability to understand the way of the qin, and they will often turn the elegant music into a vulgar sound, and the result is also a vulgar qin.

Since ancient times, there have been many musical instruments in China, but only the Guqin culture is extensive and profound, which is called "qin learning". Its timbre is more like "Four Goods (blue, loose, crisp, smooth)", "Nine virtues (odd, ancient, transparent, moist, quiet, round, even, clear, fragrant)", and the words are concise and unlearned. How to understand.

According to the traditional saying, because the warriors are fierce and rough, the merchants are greedy, the actors are vulgar and glamorous in order to entertain people, and the Baigong is inevitably vulgar.

With the changing situation of modern society, such a statement is no longer applicable. With the popularity of sports, not all people who practice martial arts are brutal and rough; with economic and social development, everyone can be commercialized, and it cannot be said that all businessmen are greedy for profit. Those who are greedy; today’s performing arts industry is not exactly the same as the actors in the old society, so it can’t be said that they are all pleasing to others with vulgarity; modern compulsory education is popularized, and the literacy level of Baigong is also improving, naturally not all are vulgar.

Today in the 21st century, the guqin with a history of more than 3,000 years is no longer a special culture that only a few people can learn, but it is not an instrument suitable for all people. There are some suitable and some taboos for the qin, and the cultural requirements of the group are relatively high, which is also one of the obvious characteristics of qin learning that is different from other popular cultures.

And Qin's "do not spread rumors" shows that the teacher of Qin studies is more strict with the standards for accepting students, and it is a consideration for the subsequent improvement of scholars' Qin status, which is also a very normal thing.