Six Avoidances (Chinese Music)

In Chinese traditional culture, regarding playing Gu-qin, the player should avoid six kinds of occasions:

#Avoid the time of learning of someone's death;
#Avoid the time of crying sorrowfully;
#Avoid the time of being busy with something else;
#Avoid the time of being angry;
#Avoid the time of sex;
#Avoid the time of astonishment.

References

* The Six Avoidances in playing Gu-qin is recorded in "Jing Shi Tong Yan", which is a Chinese ancient collection of novels written by Feng Meng-long (Feng Menglong) of Ming Dynasty.

* The Six Avoidances in playing Gu-qin is also addressed in a Chinese classical literature masterpiece "Feng Shen Bang" (Gods of Honor).

ee also

* Seven Should-not-plays (Chinese Music)

External Link

* [http://www.foreigners-in-china.com/chinese-musical-instrument.html Chinese Music and Chinese Musical Instruments]