During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there were many people who understood **, such as Xun Miao, who was the same age as Ruan Xian, who was well versed in music theory. The oxen pulling the goods, with a bell around their necks, passed through the street. Others listened to it very ordinarily, but Xun Miao heard the rhyme. "The New Language of the World: Artistic Explanation" refers to "dark" through "knowing", which means that the special ability of being familiar with Xun Xun is called "dark solution".
In other words, Xun Miao is extremely familiar with the rhythm of music.
Therefore, whenever the court plays Yale, Xun Miao, who is in the confidential department and is also in charge of ** affairs, has to tune in. After listening to Xun Miao's adjusted rhythm, everyone felt that it was very harmonious, and praised him for his subtlety. At that time, Ruan Xian also became an official, so he had the opportunity to hear Yale. However, Ruan Xian never praised Xun Miao a word, but said to others: "Xun Xun is a little higher, so that the music is a little sad." He adjusted it according to the ruler, which shows that the size of the current ruler is different from the previous standard ruler!”
Xun Miao used to discuss ** with Ruan Xian, and he felt that he was much worse than him. Now that he knew Ruan Xian's words, Xun Miao was annoyed and ashamed. So, he used his power in the confidential department to find an excuse to demote Ruan Xian to other places.
Many years later, a farmer was in the field and stumbled upon a jade ruler from the Zhou Dynasty. After Xun Miao got this ruler, he made a detailed comparison with the rhythms of various musical instruments he had debugged, and he suddenly found that these rhythms were shorter than the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty, and this "little bit" was only the length of a grain of millet. In ancient times, the length of a hundred grains of millet was regarded as one foot, and this size was used to make a legal pipe. Such a tiny gap could be detected by Ruan Xian. "The New Language of the World: Interpretation of Techniques" refers to Ruan Xian's special talent as "Divine Solution".
Ruan Xian, a ** talent, also has infinite creativity. At that time, the pipa was mostly a plow-shaped speaker, and on the speaker was a slightly curved neck, which was called the "curved top pipa". Ruan Xian changed the speaker to a round shape, and changed the neck on the speaker to a real one. He often played this modified pipa, drank and chatted with the people, and had a great time. This Xi has not been changed until death.
About 400 years later, during the Wu Zetian period, someone found a bronze musical instrument from the ancient tomb, which looked like a pipa, but had a straight neck and a round belly. Yuan Xingchong, a scholar at the time, judged that this was the instrument that Ruan Xian had played. Since the instrument was covered in patina, Yuan Xingchong asked people to make an imitation of wood and tried to play it, and the sound was clear and elegant. Since then, this instrument has been called "Nguyen Ham", or "Nguyen" for short. It has the same name as the instrument, and it has been with the instrument for centuries - I don't know if Ruan Xian expected it back then?
To outsiders, Ruan Xian's life seems to be a "life of dislike". However, Ruan Cheng himself did not feel this way. In this life, he thinks what I think, loves what I love, and does what I want. And so, very well.