弄》LoftyMountainsandFlowingWater《高山流水》onsolingtheMindwithMusicTextstudyIntroductionThetraditionofChinesemusicdatesbacktoremoteantiquity.Governingthecountryandnourishingthemindthroughmusicaretwoofthemainfunctionsofthistradition.ordingtoancientChineseculture:Ritualsprovidedthenormsofconductforpeople.Thegoaltomaintainsocialorder.Musicwasforthemind’scultivationandexpression.Itspurposewastoenhancepeople’soutlookonlifeandimbue(灌输)themwithenergyandcreativity,suchthattheycouldenjoyamoreharmoniousandhappierspirituallife.GovernanceTroughMusicThehighestlevelofancientChinesemusicwastorepresentspiritualharmonywithnature.Chimebells(编钟)himebellswereatypicalmusicalinstrumentintheearlytimesofancientChina.ChimebellswerefirstusedintheShangDynasty,andbecamequitepopularduringtheWesternZhouDynasty.Chimebells(编钟)