This famous ancient Guqin piece was believed to have been composed by Ruan Ji (阮籍, 210 – 263 AD), a Chinese musician during the Three Kingdoms and Wei/Jin periods. An aspiring politician of the royal courts who had dreams of serving the masses, he was subsequently disillusioned by the corruption and infighting there. He left politics and retreated into the deep woods where he was completely surrounded in solitude by nature and spent his days playing music and composing poems, often while intoxicated.

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The Could Over Xiao Xiang Rivers (Xiao Xiang Shui Yun 瀟湘水雲) is one of the most popular qugin melodies. Composed during the Song Dynasty (1127 – 1279 AD), this piece portraits a serene and beautiful scenery of the waters and cloud-hidden mountains in the area surrounded by the Xiao and Xiang Rivers.

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