A long time ago, in the Spring and Autumn
Period, there were two best friends. Their friendship was great and touching.
The story of this friendship, started with a song, Mountain and Flowing Water.
Yu Boya was a royal musician. He was the
greatest musician in the Spring and Autumn Period. He played music for the
emperor. He should have been really happy, but he was kind of depressed. People said
he played music well, but they didn’t knew what he exactly meant in his music.
But once, when he played music on mountain, a
young man came. The young man was Zhong Ziqi. When Boya played about the
mountains, Ziqi asked him, "Are you playing about the mountains around us?”
Boya was so surprised. Ziqi knew what he played, and he was the first person
who knew his music exactly! When Boya played about the water, Ziqi asked, "Are
you playing about the rivers?” Boya said, "Yes! Do you want to be my best
friend?” Ziqi said:” Of course!” They started their friendship and they named
the song; they called it the Mountain and Flowing Water.
They played the music and had fun every day,
but one day, Ziqi died of the illness. Boya was so sad. Then he broke his
zither and threw it off the cliff. He said, "Ziqi is my only best friend; he
knew my music. But now, he’s died; no one can know my feeling. I don’t have to
play music anymore!” One of the greatest musicians in Chinese history, stopped his music life because of his friendship; this is such greatness.
Nowadays, people use “Mountain and Flow Water”
to praise the great friendship. Boya and Ziqi’s story makes us know, friends are
the best.
David, April 2020
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