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True Friends Quoted "Long long ago in China, there were two friends, one who played the harp skilfully and one who listened skilfully. When the one played or sang about a mountain, the other would say: 'i can see the mountain before us.' When the one played about water, the listener would exclaim: 'Here is the running stream.' But the listener fell sick and died. The player cut the strings of his harp and never played again. Since that time the cutting of harp strings has always been a sign of intimate friendship." My words: friendship and understanding to this extent! The player cut the string for he thought w/o the true listener, there's no meaning for his playing. So exclusive. Therefore, a Chinese saying, "Having one soul mate in life suffices." (my remarks: the harp mentioned here is guqin, a very demanding ancient Chinese musical instrument, having a history of over 3000 years. There is really a guqin piece titled High Mountains and Flowing Water.) Pic.: a painting "guqin" by Si Tu Qiao(1902-195  ; the guqin shown in pic is painter's artistic reflection form, real one is different.
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3/30/2006 3:55 am |
Yes i have heard of this story before. Its indeed very true and rare to find such friendship in this world.
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