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bours, he thinks of his leaders and commanders. When a superior man thus hears his musical instruments, he does not hear only the sounds which they emit. There are associated ideas which accompany these?'
16. Pin-mâu Kia? was sittting with Confucius. Confucius talked with him about music, and said, 'At (the performance of) the Wa, how is it that the preliminary warning (of the drum) continues so long ?' The answer was, “To show (the king's) anxiety that all his multitudes should be of one mind with him.'
How is it that (when the performance has commenced) the singers drawl their notes so long, and the pantomimes move about till they perspire ?' The answer was, 'To show his apprehension that some (princes) might not come up in time for the engagement.'
'How is it that the violent movement of the arms and stamping fiercely with the feet begin so soon?' The answer was, ' To show that the time for the engagement had arrived.'
'How is it that, (in the performance of the Wa,) the pantomimes kneel on the ground with the right
1 With this ffteenth paragraph ends the eighth chapter of the Book called simply · Marquis Wan of Wei's Chapter F ); and the Khien-lung editors say nothing more about it.
Pin-mâu Kiâ must have been a scholar of Confucius' time, a master of music; but, so far as I have read, nothing is known about him beyond what appears here. The Khang Hung at the end of the paragraph was a historiographer of Kâu, with whom Confucius is said to have studied music. The Wa was the dance and music which king Wa is said to have made after his conquest of Shang or Yin.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1885 |
| Total Pages | 2521 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |