A Story about Guqin

There are many stories about the guqin. It is said that, Yu Boya was good at playing the guqin, while Zhong Ziqi was good at listening to guqin songs. Zhong Ziqi knew what Yu Boya was thinking. 

Once,Yu was thinking of lofty mountains when he was playing the qin, and Zhong said, "Fantastic, it makes me think of the Taishan Mountain." Then, Yu started to think of flowing water, and Zhong said,"Wonderful, it makes me think of flowing water." Later, after Zhong died,Yu played the last song for Zhong and then destroyed his qin, meaning he would never play the guqin any more,because there would not be a kindred spirit like Zhong. That's why Gao Shan Liu Shui (meaning the lofty mountain and flowing water) has a meaning of kindred spirits or confidant.