[Complete manuscript ready, approximately 80,000 words, a short novel]
Ji Jinse, a music conservatory student, happened upon an ancient Tang dynasty guqin in an antique shop. Named "Jinse," it bore the same name as her, as if fate had brought them together. When she plucked its strings, the music awakened a memory that had lain dormant for a thousand years: the spirit of Ji Wanqing, a court musician from the Tang dynasty, was bound to the instrument. She had waited a thousand years, all to fulfill the mission she had left unfinished.
Ji Jinse's musical skills improved by leaps and bounds thanks to the guqin, but she was also gradually consumed by Ji Wanqing's memories. She dreamed of musical feasts in the Pear Garden during the height of the Tang dynasty, the flames of war during the An Lushan Rebellion, and the bloody betrayal at Mawei Slope. Meanwhile, Mo Xian, a mysterious senior student in the piano department, warned her that the instrument carried an ancient curse, and that everyone who owned it met a tragic end.
Thirty years ago, a musician went mad after playing this guqin. Three hundred years ago, a zither player lost their family and home because of it. And twelve hundred years ago, Ji Wanqing sealed away the instrument's dark power with her life. Now, the music of chaos is about to awaken. Only by uncovering the truth behind the guqin "Jinse" can Ji Jinse stop history's tragedy from repeating itself.
As a modern girl and a Tang dynasty musician share one existence, and a thousand years of grudges reach their end on the night of a total lunar eclipse, Ji Jinse must make a choice: sever the ties of fate, or accept her destiny?
Theme: Finding harmony with oneself in fate's symphony.
Haha, is this the old man's version of Earl D?