Ancient China · Musician

Kuang 曠

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kuang was a Musician.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 117

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 117

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 145Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 · 1 passage

臣等竊以音之所起，出自人心，夔、曠不能長存，人事不能常泰，人亡則音息，世亂則樂崩，若不深知禮樂之情，安能明制作之本。 We hold that music arises from the human heart; masters like Kui and Kuang cannot endure forever, and human affairs cannot always prosper—when men die, music falls silent; when the age is chaotic, music collapses. Without deep understanding of ritual and music, how can one grasp the foundations of cultural order?