Liu Changqing loves the older music

He doesn't mind telling us that he has better taste than everyone else

Playing the Qin Harp

Liu Changqing

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Let’s coolly pluck the strings,

Like chill wind in the pines.

Few play these songs I love.

They come from older times.

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A poem of quietness and austerity, perhaps reflecting the character of the classical tunes Liu preferred to play.

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刘长卿  弹琴

泠泠七弦上，静听松风寒。

古调虽自爱，今人多不弹。