During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician, lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter (name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi (he) listened with full attention. Yu (sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong's imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the (connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided (smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.
Indeed, the guqin— the favored instrument of Confucius — was essential musical instrument of ancient China's educated elite (精英). It (add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.
In April, when President Xi Jinping (meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding the two countries.
