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The name Xi Kang (223 - 262) is now commonly pronounced Ji Kang, but historical records indicate his family pronounced the surname as Xi.He has a number of connections to the qin, mentioned further below, but is best known in the qin world as the author of Qin Fu (Rhapsody on the Qin 5 ), the first known physical description of the qin.Some of the physical attributes mentioned in the Rhapsody are discussed further here.At the time this was in the area ruled by the Wei dynasty, which had been started by Cao Cao (155 -220) during the Three Kingdoms period.
Xi Kang married a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of Cao Cao, leading him originally to a government position in the Wei capital, Luoyang. However, by the time he was an adult the Wei was under the control of the Sima clan, which in 265 founded the Jin dynasty. Around 245 he left Luoyang to live across the Yangzi River in Shanyang, 7 about 60 km northeast of Luoyang. Several other mentioning qin are related in Van Gulik. There are also paintings on this theme. ![]() He taught students to preserve his own way, lived correctly while waiting for appropriate times, but died without getting an appointment in those ruinous times. The Qin Shi entry omits the opening but includes the rest of the poem.). This last paragraph tells of Xi Kangs conflict with Zhong Hui leading to his death and the demise of the melody Guangling San (see its original preface ). He is discussed in detail in QSCB, Chapter 3.A. See also his biographies in Knechtges, Wen Xuan III, pp.3901, and in R. H. Van Gulik, Hsi Kang and his Poetic Essay on the Lute. According to the History of Jin they then changed their family name from Xi to (8500: name of a mountain in Anhui; the entry says it can be pronounced either Xi or Ji, but apparently it is normally pronounced Ji). This new name was derived from the final syllable of their native place, Guiji, except that they wrote it with mountain in the lower right portion of the character and pronounced Ji as Xi, so that they wouldnt have to change the pronunciation of their surname. Zhongsan Daifu is used in the Qin Shi biography of Xi Kangs son, Xi Shao. Xi Kang continued working, sitting with his legs apart, and this arrogant disregard for rank led in time to his execution. In addition, the Cleveland Art Museum website has a painting said to have a similar theme. The original is in Wen Xuan, Chapter 43 (pp. The whole letter is translated by James Hightower in Birch, ed, Anthology of Chinese Literature, Vol.
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