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Ruan Xian

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3rd century Chinese scholar and musician

MusiciansLived 234 to 305 · aged 71
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Ruan Xian, courtesy name Zhongrong, was a Chinese scholar who lived in the Six Dynasties period. 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.

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Ruan Xian, courtesy name Zhongrong, was a Chinese scholar who lived in the Six Dynasties period. 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.

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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 234 to 305 · aged 71
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6 languages

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