Ruan Xian
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| Ruan Xian (right) and Rong Qiqi (left), in a relief dating from the 4th century AD. | |||
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Ruan Xian (Chinese: 阮咸; pinyin: Ruǎn Xián; fl. 3rd century), a Chinese scholar who lived during the Six Dynasties period, is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. He was a skilled player of the Chinese lute, an old version of pipa which has been called ruan after his name since the Tang Dynasty. His achievement in music reached such high as to be described as "divine understanding" in the Book of Jin. Ruan Xian had a Xianbei slave who gave birth to his son, Ruan Fu.[1]
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- ^ Mi Zhou, Ankeney Weitz (2002). Zhou Mi's record of clouds and mist passing before one's eyes: an annotated translation. BRILL. p. 85. ISBN 9004126058. http://books.google.com/books?id=T7K_fHZkywUC&pg=PA85&dq=ruan+fu+was+the+son+of+ruan+xian+by+a+xianbei+slave+one+of+the+seven+worthies+of+bamboo+grove&hl=en&ei=5HGsTbvBEIPUgQeMq5WxAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%20was%20the%20son%20of%20ruan%20xian%20by%20a%20xianbei%20slave%20one%20of%20the%20seven%20worthies%20of%20bamboo%20grove&f=false. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
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