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Chinese musician and poet (210–263)

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  • Library of Chinese Classics
  • Songs of My Heart

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Ruan Ji (Chinese: 阮籍; pinyin: Ruǎn Jí; Wade–Giles: Juan Chi; 210–263) was a poet and musician who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody, Jiukuang (酒狂 "Drunken Ecstasy", or "Wine Mad") is believed to have been composed by him. The China of the 3rd century saw an overall interest in music. Music in China was a matter of national importance. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ruan+Ji">

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Quotes

  • Inscribe on your heartEvery inch of the time at sunset.
  • Autumn is beginning, the weather is turning chill.Crickets move in to sing under my bed.A thousand things surge into my mindAnd grieve my heart. A thousand tales search for words;But to whom will they be told?The morning breeze flows under my sleeves,The moonlight thins,And the cock crows,As I turn my horses' heads towards home.

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