Chapter 72 Part 5 - Stunning (1/2)

“The heart of guqin?” Liu Xu blanked.

“Playing till the end of《Wild Geese on the Shoal》 , the composer showed the sinister things of the world, realizing it wasn’t as good as the wild geese. When it fell, the sand was flat and the water was far away, the mind was at ease, the companion was unsuspecting, there’s a narration of the male and female. The music sound was calm, beautifully stretched, long and unbroken. There’s movement in the calmness, there’s calm in the movement. Each stillness and movement should match and the posture relaxes.” Jiang Li spoke quietly: “But due to Jiang You Yao’s heart of guqin, the ‘simplicity’ is missing quite a bit. Therefore, her qin sound lacks ‘lightheartedness’.”

Liu Xu listened carefully to Jiang Li.

“My third sister really plays this song《Wild Geese on the Shoal》 to perfection. But even if she plays 1,000 times or 10,000 times, as long as she hasn’t comprehend the mood and touched the heart of guqin, the sound of her playing will always be lacking something. Then she won’t be the best.”

“What you said is reasonable.” Liu Xu listened and felt it. But she then shook her head and said: “These two words, heart of guqin, it’s easy for you to say but it’s not so easy to touch. Some musicians, even towards the end of their lives, were still unable to get it. Afraid in our Ming Yi Hall, there’s even more nobody who possesses it. This artistic mood, to understand it is too hard!”

Jiang Li smiled, it was indeed so. Wanting to let the noble ladies who were raised in the boudoir to understand the wild geese’s distant relations and openness, the simple and bold life of living in the vast expanse of heaven and earth, this was somewhat nonsensical. Not mentioning the noble daughters, even ordinary people who were older may not necessarily be exposed to it.

During their talk, Jiang You Yao’s song was nearing the end. She completed the final part beautifully and as the last qin tone stopped, very quickly the sound of cheering and clapping rang out in the field.

This didn’t happen in the previous female students’ performances.

Jiang You Yao was also very happy to receive this special honor and her smile became even more brilliant. She walked towards the examiners and gave a courtesy, then neither hurriedly nor slowly walked down the stage.

Sweat came out from Liu Xu’s nervous palms. She spoke to Jiang Li: “What to do? It’s your turn.”

“It’s fine.” Jiang Li comforted her in turn: “I’ll soon return.” She spoke as she was leaving, but Liu Xu grabbed her sleeve.

Liu Xu said: “Wait! I haven’t asked you, what are you going to play?”