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"The Heart of the Qin You Ji" is composed of two overlapping parts: "The Heart of the Qin You Ji" and "Yi Shan Yi Shui". "The Heart of the Qin Has a Heart" is a prose essay by Huang Haibei, a young scholar from the China Academy of Arts, about his experience in learning the guqin; "Yi Shan Yi Shui" is the biography of Master Rushan, a Korean monk and a doctor of philosophy from Peking University. In "The Heart of the Qin", the author conducts an in-depth study of the subtle connection between the Chinese guqin and Zen culture, and describes in detail the skills and emotions required for the specific performance of many Chinese guqin music. "Returning Words", "Reminiscences of Old Friends", "Mooring on the Autumn River at Night", "Goose Falling on the Flat Sand"... Each song is enough to remind people of the elegant scene of ancient literati sitting quietly under the pine tree, playing the piano and singing softly. Behind these situations, there may be sorrow and separation, or it may be emotion caused by the situation; it may be a calm attitude towards life, or it may be beautiful memories of loved ones. The details of the piano playing skills and the emotions that should be invested when playing are described by the author in a vivid and elegant way. Master Rushan in "Mountains and Waters", with an extreme longing for Chinese culture, traveled from South Korea to Taiwan, China, and from Taiwan to the mainland. He studied Chinese and Chinese culture at Furen University and Peking University, studying under the famous teacher Professor Lou Yulie. Later, Master Rushan met the guqin by chance and became obsessed with it. From then on, he devoted himself to studying it...