a guzheng. In fact, we have a huge version of such an instrument in the house right now. The CD introduced me to the classical guzheng piece of the same name, "Gaoshan Liushui" - it is beautiful indeed, and I recommend Googling or Youtube'ing it.

There are several versions of a similar story underlying the name. A certain "Boya" (circa 240 BC) was a guqin player in the Zhou Dynasty, and found in Zhong Ziqi, a simple man, often portrayed as a woodcutter, who could appreciate his music. As told in the Liezi (known as Lieh Tsu to most English schoolchildren), a guqin player should play only if he can find someone able to appreciate his music. In Zhong Ziqi, the appreciation came from the most humble type ofand deep thought, lie has occupied, besides other important stations, the otlice of United States Senator and was Secretary of the Treasury under the lamented Harrison. In his public career he has always exhibited a liili order of tnlftils as a statesman. As a speaker, in the Senate, iu the assembly or in the i'orum, ho is noted for the earnestness and eloquence of his maimer. Hisl-wi-guage is simple and expressive, never rising to highlv adorned and euphoueous sentences, but loaded wild meaning. His sentiments ore neither of lotty for-fetched uhutractions nor trite common place, but mark ed liy their strong practical common sense, illuntruted and enlivened by information from every department of knowledge. His gesticulation is somewhat ungraceful, but even this given it an expression of strength.