Excuse me, what does "Kui, tell you to play music and teach your son" mean?

Well, I put you in charge of music and teaching young people.

From the Book of History Yao Dian, the emperor said, "Hey! I command you to learn music and teach your son to be straight and warm, broad and chestnut, firm but not humiliating, simple but not proud. Poetry expresses ambition, song always speaks, voice always follows, law and harmony. Eight-tone harmony, no phase, harmony between man and nature.

Interpretation of the whole sentence: Emperor Shun said: "Loss! You have been appointed to be in charge of music affairs and to teach young people to be honest and gentle, generous and firm, resolute but not rude, simple but not arrogant.

Poetry is the expression of thoughts and feelings, songs are the language of singing, five tones are formulated according to the content of singing, and six tones are harmonious. If the sounds of the eight musical instruments can be coordinated and not go wrong, then God and man will be in harmony.

Extended data

Shangshu is a symbol of China's ancient prose. The articles in the book are gradually complete in structure, have a certain level, and pay attention to the use of kung fu in the design of life.

Some chapters in Shangshu have certain literary talent and modality. Pan Geng (3 chapters), for example, is Pan Geng's motto of mobilizing his subjects to change their minds. His tone is firm and decisive, which shows Pan Geng's vision. Among them, it is more vivid to use the metaphor of "if the fire burns in the same place, it can't catch you" to incite the masses to "float words" and to sit idly by and watch the country decline with the metaphor of "getting rich and stinking after taking a boat".

In Wuyi, Duke Zhou advised him to become a king: "Ho ho! A gentleman has nothing to escape, and it is difficult for a prophet to escape, so he knows the dependence of a villain. "

After Qin Mugong defeated the Qin family, he reviewed that he had not accepted Uncle Jian's advice and said, "As the ancients said,' You only blame yourself!'" "The worry of my heart, the sun and the moon exceed the sky, if the clouds come!" There is a sincere attitude in the speech.

In addition, there are Yao Dian and Mo. Full of myths, or with poems at the end. Therefore, although Shangshu was regarded as "voluminous" by later generations in language (Han Yu's Xue Jie), it was difficult to read in ancient times, but in fact, essayists of all ages have learned some lessons from it.

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Baidu encyclopedia-shangshuyao branch