Six Avoidances (Chinese music)

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

1. Avoid the time of learning of someone's death;
2. Avoid the time of crying sorrowfully;
3. Avoid the time of being busy with something else;
4. Avoid the time of being angry;
5. Avoid the time of sex;
6. Avoid the time of astonishment.

Gu-Qin

See also

• Seven Should-not-plays (Chinese Music)

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).

External links

• Chinese Music and Chinese Musical Instruments