Was the guzheng a jiao tung in ancient times

Jiao Tong: the name of the zither. Cai Yong (蔡邕) of the Eastern Han Dynasty used burnt tung wood to make the zither, and later called the zither Jiao Tong (焦桐). Tang Zhang Hu, "The Soul of Returning Home": "The burnt tung is played and the silk is cut off, and the dark soul of the desert is worried about the moon at night." Ming Chen Ruyuan, "The Golden Lotus": "The sound enters the Blue Bridge and resonates with the Qiong Yao, but I am envious of Jiao Tong's skillfulness in playing a song, and my heart is dispelled all of a sudden." Gong Erwei "nine days in jiyou lushan to blunt an" poem: "day and night and do not come, jiaotong from the feelings of separation."

The guzheng is an ancient national musical instrument, which flourished in Qin during the Warring States period, and was recorded in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian (司马迁的史记). Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" recorded "Li Si Lituan, admonishing the guests" in the quoted information, quite worthy of our attention. Li Si "admonishing the guest in the book" about the Qin music and dance, said: "the urn, knocking percussion, playing the zither, beat the thighs, and sing the whimpering fast ear. The sound of Qin is also true. Zheng Wei sang between, shao Yu, Wu Xiang, the music of foreign countries. Now abandon knocking percussion, hit the urn and on the syndrome Wei, back to play the zheng and take the shao Yu, if so why? The pleasure of the moment, suitable to see just carry on."