Best Chinese Music - 中国经典音乐 - v4.03, Dr. Herong Yang
250 - Jiu Kuang (酒狂) - The Drunkard
Jiu Kuang (酒狂) - The Drunkard, lyre music (古琴曲), composed by Ruan Ji (阮籍) in Three Kingdoms Period 220 - 280.
Year: 220 - 280, Three Kingdoms Period (三国时代) Title: Jiu Kuang (酒狂) - The Drunkard Composer: Ruan Ji (阮籍) Genre: Lyre music (古琴曲)
The Drunkard is a zither composition by Ruan Ji, a famous writer and musician during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280). It is said that Ruan Ji was a righthearted man and looked down upon snoblings. Sima Zhao, the then ruler, asked someone to propose to Ruan Ji's son. Run Ji kept drinking for 60 days and got drunk to slide over the person. The Drunkard was created in such a situation.
《酒狂》的作者阮籍是中国三国时代(公元220──公元280)著名的文学家和音乐家 。传说阮籍为人正直，号称“青白眼”，对势利之人，投以白眼；对志同道合的人 ，报以青眼。据说统治者司马昭派人向阮籍的儿子求婚，阮籍曾一连六十天喝得酩 酊大醉，避而不见。《酒狂》这首乐曲就是在这种情况下创作出来的。
《酒狂》这首乐曲采用了八分之三拍这个特定的节拍，音乐形象非常鲜明，比较准 确的表现了一种醉意恍惚的神态和蹒跚行进，步履踉跄的醉酒者的形象。最后的标 题是：“仙人吐酒气”使人感到虽然满腹的酒气徐徐吐出，但是除此之外依旧如此 ，反映了这位嗜酒者苦闷的内心世界和佯醉的心态。
Additional resources:
- Chinese medium Ruan music: 酒狂, YouTube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6dY-fWlmlE
- The Drunkard, Introduction and on-line listening, http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/96Arts2221.html
- The Drunkard - Guqin Melody, Introduction, http://4en.veduchina.com/html/74/n-1774.html
- 酒狂, Introduction, http://baike.baidu.com/view/391189.htm
Table of Contents
2000 - 2099: Best 21st Century Music
1950 - 1999: Best Music in the Second Half of the 20th Century
1900 - 1949: Best Music in the First Half of the 20th Century
►Before 1900: Best Ancient Music
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750 - Yang Guan San Die (阳关三叠) - Adios at Yangguan
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750 - Shi Mian Mai Fu (十面埋伏) - Ambush from Ten Sides
750 - Jiang Jun Ling (将军令) - Song of the General
375 - Mei Hua San Nong (梅花三弄) - Plum Blossom Melodies
►250 - Jiu Kuang (酒狂) - The Drunkard
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