Subject: Re: "common" words

From: "Alfred W. Tueting (Tüting)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 22:06:17 -0000

--- In [email-masked], "Alfred W. Tueting (Tüting)" <Ti@f...> wrote:

Oh, sorry, somehow the text didn't get through entirely - so, one more try:=

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There was a man named Po-ya who knew to play* the Ch'in very well.
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His friend Chung Tzu-ch'i would listen to the Ch'in and be able to perfectl=
y comprehend its playing.

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One day when Po-ya was playing the Ch'in, Chung Tzu-ch'i sat beside him, li=
stening in silence to the music.
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And when Po-ya was performing a sketch of the song "Lofty Mountain", Chung =
Tzu-ch'i uttered:
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"Oh, how excellent! (My impression really is) It's rising up up high, like =
a big mountain!"

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And when Po-ya then gave the melody of "Flowing Stream", Chung Tzu-ch'i aga=
in expressed:

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"Oh, how excellent! A vast expanse of flowing waters, it's like a stream, i=
ndeed!"

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One day, Po-ya and Chung Tzu-ch'i went on a pleasure outing together to the=
north slope of a big mountain,

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when all of a sudden coming into a cloudburst. After having found shelter u=
nder the precipice of a rock,

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Po-ya again began to play on his Ch'in.

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Playing his instrument, he began to describe the music of the heavy rain's =
incessant pouring down,

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and, later on, he went on playing to picture the melody of the mountain's l=
andslide.

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Chung Tzu-ch'i listened to his playing, getting all the deep sense from it.=

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Po-ya (becoming aware of this) was very moved,

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realizing that Chung Tzu-ch'i had the very ability to comprehend the sound =
of his heart.

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Later on, when Chung Tzu-ch'i had died, Po-ya was very distressed so he wou=
ldn't play on his Ch'in any more,

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since becoming aware of that there no longer would be a man like Chung Tzu-=
ch'i to understand his music.

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After that, this story of "Comprehending the music" ("chih yin") was spread=
out by the people, and the metaphorical
phrase "the one who knows me/my heart/my music" became a pretty saying *** =
among them.

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In the "Spring and Autumn" period, there were played about more than twenty=
other kinds of musical instruments
like "chung" (clock), "ku" (drum), "hsiao" (flute), "kuan" (flute) etc.

Notes:
* in good old German like in Chinese: "schlagen"= to beat/pluck, e.g. "die =
Leier schlagen" (lit. to beat the lute)
** added by me
*** lit.: interesting anecdote

(tr. A.W. Tueting)

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