Guqin 古琴 Yuan Jung-ping performs Lament of Departure on Guqin, 袁中平古琴演奏長亭怨慢

[glorywong]

（此词“渐”、“向”、“望”、“怕”、“算”五字定用去声。“­远浦萦回，暮帆零乱”是四言对句，接以“向何许”三字紧束。“矣­”、“此”皆属第三部韵，与第四部同叶，盖用方音）　去平仄、平平平仄（韵）。　渐吹尽、枝头香絮，　仄仄平平，仄平平仄（韵）。　是处人家，绿深门户。　『仄仄平平，仄平平仄』，去平仄（韵）。　远浦萦回，暮帆零乱，向何许？　仄平平仄（韵），平仄仄、平平仄（韵）。　阅人多矣，谁得似、长亭树？　仄仄仄平平，仄仄仄、平平平仄（韵）。　树若有情时，不会得、青青如此！　仄仄（韵），　日暮，　去平平仄仄，仄仄仄平平仄（韵）。　望高城不见，只见乱山无数。　平平仄仄，仄仄仄、仄平平仄（韵）。　韦郎去也，怎忘得、玉环分付？　仄仄仄、仄仄平平，去平仄、平平平仄（韵）。　第一是、早早归来，怕红萼、无人为主。　去仄仄平平，平仄平平平仄（韵）。　算空有并刀，难剪离愁幾許



[MalachiNorvell]

你有福以華美與大師大師像播放的聲音。

[Co0kieNo0dle]

His calligraphy is beautiful. I love it.

[TheSpin17Channel]

OMG. I'm an American-born Chinese and I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard anything like this before! This is freakin' awesome! Those harmonics...!

[amy8296]

今之古人，難得難得~ 若能用河洛話來唸詩，或許會有不同意境~

[henryshoots]

@amy8296 河洛話? 亦得。南管就用河洛話。

[PETRILIOTISZOE]

THIS MASTER LOOKS LIKE THE CONFUCIUS REINCARNATION....HE IS SO WISE......

[TheHreel]

Very good.

I wish I could play my Guqin just as good.

I admire you for your talent and

I think you're a good teacher.

With best regards, Robin Alvarado Lietz

[yogurtmantotherescue]

@TheHreel I wish I COULD play a GuQin. The only thing I could play is the Xun.

[witboek]

What does he says?

[chengyanslc]

不知道能不能购买此曲减字谱.

[amber123]

i really want the insterment now lol its very peaceful i would love to learn and play it

[suckmeballsalot]

I find myself replaying this song several times. It's such an amazing piece.

[PirateKing1256]

The chinese is so Profound!!!

[Durepanya]

I feel silly saying this...but..my eyes are wet... IT MAKES ME CRY!!!!

[mouson1984]

It's too brilliant to describe with any words. So proud of you!!

[Selina828]

美哉 雅矣

本来满脑子琐事堵得气压低低的

听君一曲 心变得静静的 安宁得几欲落泪的样子

虽然还有满硬盘的工作可以凭籍去忘却原来的负情绪 还是不如这清琴慢赋

纵是首离词 满溢的也是那年月里恬淡的墨香和出岫的逸态

[TheOrientalEast]

There is such an extraordinary feeling when the lower note chords are sounding...

[moonylife1978]

百聽不膩 不慍不火的曲子

[PakDaeHan]

His singing playing of Guqin and Chinese calligraphy are all beautiful!

[PakDaeHan]

His singing playing or guqin and chinese calligraphy are are beautiful!

[Max0Inq]

Without the microphone the scene would look just like somebody interrupted a Chinese master's meditation few thousands years ago.

And by the way - minor chords appearing from time to time in this piece are native to Chinese music or they are Western influence? Or they don't think about them as "chords" in way Western music theory understand them?

[henryshoots]

@Max0Inq thanks. My budget for audio is quite low but hope to do better next time without a little mic in he middle. Chords? Did you meant the harmony [light plucking]? It's not an influence of the west; harmony [in addition to other techniques] is part of Guqin music the way it's written for over a thousand years. The unwritten scores go back further then that.

[NJAW]

@henryshoots Harmony, Minor, Major, and Chords are all just different terms for thing we can feel. Humans were born with a natural affinity towards music. Harmony is simply emotion portrayed with sound. Major can be power, resolution, etc; while Minor can be conflict, confrontation, unsettling, and even more. The two together creating chords the feelings of a story or experience that a musician is attempting to make their listeners experience. This story is told well.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots I think that microphone is not a problem at all, problem here is that Manchu clothing. Why man? Can't you just wear Hanfu?

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 I am not the musician; I am the camera, audio and editing person.

Regarding the outfit:

1.politically, since 1911, Manchurian is part of the greater Chinese culture. Manchurians is pretty much "Han hua 漢化."

2. Culturally, during the Qing Dynasty, Guqin was very popular as well. There's nothing wrong with wearing a Manchu outfit.

hence, politically and culturally, there's nothing wrong.

Guqin is not Han-only practice.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Manchurians imposed their culture on China. By force. There are many beautiful Chinese clothes, so Manchurian ones are not needed. And I really do not care if Manchu's are of Chinese origin (which they are), they imposed their culture. I would accept Manchu clothing if it was cultural exchange, but it actually was culture imposing. That's why I don't like it

[tiejingang]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 They also adopted many aspects of Han culture that they admired. Get over it, it was over a century ago. You are angry at ghosts.

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 if you look at the long history of Han, Hans had influenced other cultures in much more profound manner.

Qing was able to govern Han for over 300 years [while Yuan only 96 years] partly due to this reason: they were some of the most "sinocized" people out there. The Qing court was filled with Han daxueshi and military leaders.

When they entered the gates, they were fearful they will never return home as a Manchu, so clothing was one of the few things they imposed on Han.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Yes. Manchu, Mongols, and other mongolic peoples were and are descendants of the Chinese nation. But still, we shall consider wearing hanfu instead of Manchu clothing. That's all I want to point out.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Yes. Manchu, Mongols, and other mongolic peoples were and are descendants of the Chinese nation. But still, we shall consider wearing hanfu instead of Manchu clothing. That's all I want to point out. By the way, you know the reason why Yuan ruled China, and why Manchus ruled China. Their leadership was a betrayal and betrayal created it. I guess you know that...

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 there are deep and historical reasons for Yuan and Qing ruling the Middle Kingdom. Yuan and Qing were the strongest empires of their time, Han lost, simple as that. But during other times, Han had ruled other nations for many thousands of years. Hence the term "年年進貢，歲歲來朝." Back in the days, Han and none-Han influenced each other tremendously.

Today, popular culture, and the lack of truthful history studies, created a fake, unrealistic ancient history.

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 what people don't realize is, a lot of kingdoms around various Han dynasties hired many Han scholars and bureaucratic staffs to run their own country. From merchants, to doctors, to international banks, were usually ran and owned by Han spanning generations.

Even famous stories such as Zhao Jun departing the frontier are examples of Han Dynasty's might against the Xiong Nu, but later bastardized by pop culture and folklore into a story of foreign invasion.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots in Song dynasty, Jurchen asked help to overthrow Liao dynasty (Jurchen dynasty) which was terrorizing them, Song army helped and after that, Song emperor and officials considered Jurchen a sworn brothers, Jurchen took the opportunity and kidnapped the emperor, north fell in Jurchen hands, that's why Mongols conquered north and created Yuan dynasty.

Late Ming dynasty, general Wu Sangui betrayed Chinese and opened the gates and led Manchus, Qing appears. Betrayal, not weakness...

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 Mongol conquered most of the known world of the time, do you think they conquered Middle Kingdom by luck and pure accident? No. It's their military POWER that wiped out Jin, Song, and most of Middle East and eastern Europe. You trying to pin an immense military victory as a single incident of betrayal? This is not Disney World.

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 Ming was not defeated by Qing. It was over threw by Li Zicheng, himself a Han. Wu Sangui of late-Ming then opened the gate to the Manchurians. But most popular culture pin it on Qing instead of Zicheng; it's easier this way.

Before Manchu entered the gates, a lot of the top officials and bureaucrats were already Han. The Qing emperors often had Han blood in them.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Zichengs bastards horribly weakened Mings, but Wu Sangui led Qing into final destriction of Ming dynasty. It was like a finishing move that ended Chinese civilization, that destruction is still lasting today, CCP is leading it. Let's just hope traditional ways will return...

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Also I've told you how Mongols took north of China. I do not need to repeat myself.

[ouoh1]

@henryshoots 漢化:sinocized

[jts1702a]

@Max0Inq Guqin music comes from a long line of Chinese court music tradition, and hence has the heptatonic musical tradition of Qingshang music passed on over. The only difference with the Western scale is that our "fa" (zhong 中) and "si" (he 和) are slightly raised and lowered, respectively.

And then of course, there's the issue of temperament...

[urielamuka]

@Max0Inq @Max0Inq Actually there were minor chords already in the traditional Chinese music, but the absolute frequency is a little different, for example, the chord between E and G is not F but closer to F#. There is another origin of minor chords which are from the normadic people in the north and northwest.

[vulvatronic]

i simply love this. lovely piece and masterfully performed. never heard guqin music before this piece but I´m coming back to this again and again. deep.

[xxAsteriskxx]

I've been rather disappointed with the lack of great videos on youtube for Chinese traditional music. Usually it's just a photo and the performance is lost by the quality. But I would of never imagined getting something as beautiful as this. It's full of living art, and culture, and presented so cinematically . . .

[easley93]

sono estasiato

[Mreleezy]

若配上我汉民族之华服就更加好了

[henryshoots]

@Mreleezy 道袍亦甚為妥當。飄逸出世。：）

[jingyun1]

@Mreleezy 施主 切要放下世俗心

[Krummablod]

Wonderful, my thoughts were lost on the past during this song. But I'd like to know how do we know that the song should be sung with this melody ?

[henryshoots]

@Krummablod the melody is actually not originally a Guqin piece. Mr Yuan transcript it from an ancient Chinese melody into a Guqin piece. And the lyric is the same since it's ancient poetry.

[silversobe]

-.-

[lubbo]

What is he singing about ?



[henryshoots]

@lubbo the lyric is in the video description.

[CControl]

Feels like in ancient times...simply perfect! Best Guqin/Lyrics-Performance i have ever heard! Thank you, for sharing this incredible rare art!!! :D

[henryshoots]

@CControl thank you. Restoring Chinese culture and art in its proper, original, dignified manner is a life time goal for me.

[JanaMaffetka]

I felt in love with this video and listened this and also other Mr. Yuan's videos almost half of the day. I have listened other guqin players before, but probably I never had so peacefull mind to be able to enjoy it. But now I think that this man helped to open my ears, with his gentle skilled playing and calming voice and I am able to feel and understand this music different way than I did before. :-) Thank you for this.

[henryshoots]

@JanaMaffetka Thank you for your comment. Appreciating Guqin in its proper, dignified manner is a life-long pursuit.

[Krummablod]

*sigh* If only a quarter of all the young chinese people were like you, it'll be so good :(

[shuqinlee]

利而不害

[paonmao00]

feel like a confucious philosopher when see this and hear this. awesome

[ntmedical]

今人,古人,古琴也有喜好复古的做法.

[chiuwenyuan]

真有意思

[bryantuten]

Very beautifully done on all aspects of this video. Very moving

[marcellabear]

I really like this!!! I feel like in the ancient period .......

Mr. henryshoots, would u pls upload more shots of Mr. Yuan Jung-ping, thx!! : D

[henryshoots]

@marcellabear I will try, thank you for your compliment, I appreciate it!

[Qigarden]

This is the most beautifully played, sung and shot guqin piece!!