Lei Jianfu, the governor of Yazhou, is famous for the three Sus. However, what few people know is that Su Shi's home has a Tang Dynasty guqin, which is made of paulownia wood in Lingkai Mountain, Yazhou, and has been handed down from generation to generation. Regarding the specific location of Lingkai Mountain, time flies, and there is no conclusive clue. However, the history book does have Yazhou Lingkai Mountain, and the mountain is rich in piano-making paulownia. Su Shi mentioned this qin many times in the article, that is, the Lei Qin, which is respected as the treasure of ancient China. According to legend, it was made by the Tang Dynasty qin worker Lei Wei, hence the name Lei Qin.
The article "Family Collection of Leiqin" in the Dongpo Inscription records the mystery of this Baoqin: "The Yu family has a qin, and its surface is made of snake and worm patterns, and the pond on it is Mingyun: 'Made in the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Yazhou Ling opened the material. Chi Mingyun under it: "Lei Jiaji, eight days together." I don't know what the words 'eight-day combination' areSu Shi's confusion about the term "eight-day combination" seems to contain deep meaning. Is it made on the eighth day of the first month, or does it take eight days?The fog of doubt is inexhaustible after thousands of years.
In the upper and lower pools of the guqin, the inscriptions are clearly legible. Su Shi said: "You can't get the law by asking for it, but you can't get it, but you can break the thunder qin hidden in it and ask for it." "The sound of the leiqin comes from between the two pools, and the back of the piano is slightly rumbling, like a shallot leaf. The rhyme is both eager and narrow, lingering and reverberating, and the aftersound is long, which makes this indescribable sound wonderful.
The dragon pond and the phoenix swamp of the guqin are arranged in the middle and tail of the bottom plate, each with a different shape of holes, and the upper and lower pools of the leiqin in Su Shi's collection are engraved with inscriptions. He said: "The Lei family's record, eight days together." The interpretation of the "Eight Days" was answered as early as the era in which Su Shi lived. He Xue revealed in "The Chronicles of Chunzhu" that the ancient character "thunder" was composed of four "Tian" characters, which were dismantled into eight "day" characters. "Eight days together" is "Lei He", that is, Lei's work.
However, this explanation He Xue thinks that Su Shi is deliberately confused, which is thought-provoking. Maybe Su Shi is not a disguise, after all, the word "thunder" and the four "Tian" are very ancient, maybe Su Shi may not understand. For the word "合", in addition to indicating production, it also has the meaning of a trade name logo. The "Lei Family Record" in the inscription is Lei's work, and the mark is like a registered trademark today, which is a symbol of luthier craftsmanship.
The material of Lei Qin originated from Yazhou, and the history book of the origin of the qin worker Lei Wei is slightly blurred. However, records show that the paulownia wood used in Leiqin is produced in Lingkai Mountain, Yazhou. Although the exact location of the mountain is difficult to ascertain, the historical records of the Song Dynasty and later generations still confirm its existence. Ya'an produces good wood, the land of tribute wood in all dynasties, and the paulownia wood for making pianos is naturally abundant here.
Su Shi, a native of Meishan, Sichuan, has been smart and talented since childhood. He had frequent contacts with the ancestors and grandchildren of the Three Sus, and Lei Jianfu strongly recommended the "Three Sus" to become famous. The trip to Yazhou of Guqin has achieved the mystery of Leiqin.