1560 - Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) - Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter

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∟1560 - Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) - Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter

Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) - Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter, Lyre music (古琴曲), published in 1560.

Year: 1560
Title: Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) - 
   Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter
Genre: Lyre music (古琴曲)

Listed as one of ten best ancient Chinese music pieces, "Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter" is a piece of lyre music with smooth and melodious tunes. Its melody depicts the scene of wild geese's hovering in the distant horizon before alighting on the sandbank. The music reflects the longing of hermit-minded person for a life of fishing and woodcutting, a life free of the trammels of worldly affairs. The music uses the rising tune to indicate a question and the falling tune to imply an answer. By imitating the dialogue between the fisherman and the woodcutter, the music exhibits the pleasures of the fisherman and the woodcutter in strolling freely among the green mountains and clear rivers, revealing a distain for pursuers of fame and fortune.

《渔樵问答》是一首古琴曲，为中国著名十大古曲之一。此曲在历代传谱中，有30 多种版本，有的还附有歌词。曲谱最早见于《杏庄太音续谱》（明萧鸾撰于1560年）：“古今兴废有若反掌，青山绿水则固无恙。千载得失是非，尽付渔樵一话而已 ”。此曲反映的是一种隐逸之士对渔樵生活的向往，希望摆脱俗尘凡事的羁绊。音乐形象生动，精确。