From Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de Fri Dec 01 14:06:28 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_3_1_2); 1 Dec 2000 22:06:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 14717 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2000 22:06:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 1 Dec 2000 22:06:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ef.egroups.com) (10.1.2.111) by mta3 with SMTP; 1 Dec 2000 23:07:33 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de Received: from [10.1.2.240] by ef.egroups.com with NNFMP; 01 Dec 2000 22:06:26 -0000 Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 22:06:17 -0000 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: "common" words Message-ID: <9097cp+52o7@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <90950c+t27f@eGroups.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 4185 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 193.149.49.79 From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Alfred_W._Tueting_(T=FCting)?=" --- In lojban@egroups.com, "Alfred W. Tueting (T=FCting)" wrote: Oh, sorry, somehow the text didn't get through entirely - so, one more try:= =3D=0D =AA=BE=AD=B5=A6=F3=B3B=B4M Where to find an intimate friend =A6C=A4l=A1C=B4=F6=B0=DD=A4=A4=B0O=B8=FC Lieh-tzu - T'ang Wen Chung Chi Tsai =A6=B3=A4@=AD=D3=A5s=A7B=A4=FA=AA=BA=A4H=AB=DC=B7|=BCu=B5^=A1A There was a man named Po-ya who knew to play* the Ch'in very well. =A5L=AA=BA=AAB=A4=CD=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=AB=DC=B7|=C5=A5=B5^=AD=B5=A1C His friend Chung Tzu-ch'i would listen to the Ch'in and be able to perfectl= =3D=0D y comprehend its playing. =A4@=A4=D1=A1A=A7B=A4=FA=BCu=B5^=A1A=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=A6b=A4@=AE=C7=C0R=C5= =A5=A1C One day when Po-ya was playing the Ch'in, Chung Tzu-ch'i sat beside him, li= =3D=0D stening in silence to the music. =B7=ED=A7B=A4=FA=BCu=A8=EC=B1=B9=C3=B8=B0=AA=A4s=AA=BA=A6=B1=BD=D5=AE=C9=A1= A=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=B4N=BB=A1=A1G And when Po-ya was performing a sketch of the song "Lofty Mountain", Chung = =3D=0D Tzu-ch'i uttered: =A1=A7=A6n=A7r=A1I=B0=AA=B0=AA=AA=BA=B9=B3=A4j=A4s=A1C=A1=A8 "Oh, how excellent! (My impression really is) It's rising up up high, like = =3D=0D a big mountain!" =B7=ED=A7B=A4=FA=BCu=A8=EC=B1=B9=BCg=ACy=A4=F4=AA=BA=A6=B1=BD=D5=AE=C9=A1A= =C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=A4S=BB=A1=A1G And when Po-ya then gave the melody of "Flowing Stream", Chung Tzu-ch'i aga= =3D=0D in expressed: =A1=A7=A6n=A7r=A1I=A4@=A4=F9=A8L=A8L=A1A=A6n=A6=FC=A6=BF=AAe=A1C=A1=A8 "Oh, how excellent! A vast expanse of flowing waters, it's like a stream, i= =3D=0D ndeed!" =20=20 =A4@=A4=D1=A1A=A7B=A4=FA=A9M=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=A8=EC=A4@=AEy=A4j=A4s=AA=BA=A5= _=AD=B1=B9C=AA=B1=A1A One day, Po-ya and Chung Tzu-ch'i went on a pleasure outing together to the= =3D=0D north slope of a big mountain, =B9J=A4W=BC=C9=ABB=A1A=A5L=AD=CC=A6b=A5=DB=A4U=C1=D7=ABB=A1A when all of a sudden coming into a cloudburst. After having found shelter u= =3D=0D nder the precipice of a rock, =A7B=A4=FA=A4S=A6b=BCu=B0_=B5^=A8=D3=A1C Po-ya again began to play on his Ch'in. =B6}=A9l=BCu=A7=CE=AEe=B3s=C4=F2=A4U=A4j=ABB=AA=BA=AD=B5=BC=D6=A1A Playing his instrument, he began to describe the music of the heavy rain's = =3D=0D incessant pouring down, =AB=E1=A8=D3=A4S=BCu=A4=CF=ACM=A4s=B1Y=AA=BA=BC=D6=BD=D5=A1A and, later on, he went on playing to picture the melody of the mountain's l= =3D=0D andslide. =C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=B3=A3=A7=B9=A5=FE=C5=A5=A5X=A4F=A8=E4=A4=A4=AA=BA=B7N=AB= =E4=A1C Chung Tzu-ch'i listened to his playing, getting all the deep sense from it.= =3D=0D =A7B=A4=FA=AC=B0=A6=B9=A4Q=A4=C0=B7P=B0=CA=A1A Po-ya (becoming aware of this) was very moved, =BB{=AC=B0=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=ACO=B3=CC=AF=E0=BB=E2=B7|=A5L=AA=BA=A4=DF=AD=B5= =AA=BA=A4H=A1C realizing that Chung Tzu-ch'i had the very ability to comprehend the sound = =3D=0D of his heart. =20=20 =AB=E1=A8=D3=A1A=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=A6=BA=A4F=A1A=A7B=A4=FA=AB=DC=B6=CB=A4=DF= =A1A=A4=A3=A6b=BCu=B5^=A1A Later on, when Chung Tzu-ch'i had died, Po-ya was very distressed so he wou= =3D=0D ldn't play on his Ch'in any more, =A6]=AC=B0=A5L=BB{=AC=B0=A8S=A6=B3=A4H=A4=F1=C4=C1=A4l=B4=C1=A7=F3=C0=B4=B1= o=A5L=AA=BA=AD=B5=BC=D6=A4F=A1C since becoming aware of that there no longer would be a man like Chung Tzu-= =3D=0D ch'i to understand his music. =20=20 =AB=E1=A8=D3=A1A=A4H=AD=CC=A4@=AA=BD=B6=C7=B3o=A6U=A1=A7=AA=BE=AD=B5=A1=A8= =ACG=A8=C6=A1A=A8=C3=A7=E2=A5=A6=A4=F1=B3=EB=B0=B5=A1=A7=AA=BE=A4v=A1=A8=A1= ]=AA=BE=A4=DF=A1B=AA=BE=AD=B5=A1^**=A6=A8=AC=B0=A4=3D=0D H=AD=CC=AA=BA=AC=FC=BD=CD=A1C After that, this story of "Comprehending the music" ("chih yin") was spread= =3D=0D out by the people, and the metaphorical phrase "the one who knows me/my heart/my music" became a pretty saying *** = =3D=0D among them. =20=20 =ACK=AC=EE=AE=C9=B4=C1=BC=D6=AEv=AD=CC=A7=F3=A5=CE=AA=BA=BC=D6=BE=B9=A4j=AC= =F9=A6=B3=A4G=A4Q=A6h=BA=D8=A1A=A6p=C4=C1=A1B=B9=AA=A1B=C2=AD=A1B=BA=DE=A8= =E4=A5=A6=A1 In the "Spring and Autumn" period, there were played about more than twenty= =3D=0D other kinds of musical instruments like "chung" (clock), "ku" (drum), "hsiao" (flute), "kuan" (flute) etc. =20=20 Notes: * in good old German like in Chinese: "schlagen"=3D to beat/pluck, e.g. "di= e =3D=0D Leier schlagen" (lit. to beat the lute) ** added by me *** lit.: interesting anecdote (tr. A.W. Tueting) co'o mi'e .aulun. =B6=F8=C0s