The word "Pai" in "Hujia Eighteen Pai" is pronounced as ?pāi.

1. Pinyin: hú jiā shí bā pāi

2. Interpretation:

Hu Jia Eighteen Beats is a famous Chinese guqin song, said to be composed by Cai Wenji , one of the top ten famous songs in ancient China. "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" is an ancient Yuefu Qin music lyrics, one chapter is one beat, and lasts for eighteen chapters, hence the name, which reflects the theme of "Wen Ji returns to the Han Dynasty". The whole poem consists of eighteen sections, and a set of eighteen songs was composed. According to Guo Moruo, in Turkic language, "Shou" is called "Pai", and "Eighteen Pai" means eighteen songs. And because the poem was written by her in response to the lamentation of Hu Jia, it was named "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" or "Hu Jia Ming". It was originally a Qin song, but after the Wei and Jin Dynasties it gradually evolved into two different instrumental music, called "Da Hu Jia Ming" and "Xiao Hu Jia Ming". The former is the direct successor of "Eighteen Pats of Hujia".

Three: Introduction to the author:

Cai Yan, courtesy name Wenji and Chen Liuren. Cai Yong, the father of Cai Yan, was a famous writer, calligrapher and musician in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The book "Qin Cao" written by Cai Yong made a great contribution to the spread of famous Chinese songs such as "High Mountains and Flowing Waters" and "Guangling San" in later generations. "Book of the Later Han·Biography of Lienv" calls Cai Yan "erudite and talented in argumentation, and also good at music and rhythm". Under the influence of his father, Cai Yan has been interested in music since childhood and has profound attainments. Li Xian's annotation in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" quoted Liu Zhao's "Young Child's Biography" as saying, "Yong plays the harp at night, and the strings are all broken. Yan said: The second string. Yong said: I got the ear by chance. So I cut off one string and asked, Yan Said: The fourth string is not wrong.

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