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Classical New Chapters 10 · Guo the Tree Planter III · Trees and People

古典新章 10·種樹郭橐駝傳 03·養樹養人

2026-10-15 · 4:00

Guo disclaims expertise in government, then recognises something familiar in officials’ repeated demands on village life.

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A question about trees becomes a question about people.

Creative direction: literary chamber-folk · lower-middle register and breathing spaceWhat do these music words mean? ↓

Demands to plant, harvest, spin, weave and raise a household crowd into one sequence. Official urgency leaves less time for life itself, before the final line names the analogy. Drums and wood struck within the text are not proof of actual instrumental parts in this recording.

The brief combines a lower-middle female register, clear word beginnings and breathing room. Timbre is sound quality, not pitch or proof of a real identity from an “own voice” request. Follow the rising and falling demands, then listen for a short instrumental reply after a sentence.

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[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] 問者曰:「以子之道移之官理可乎?」駝曰:「我知種樹而已,官理,非吾業也。 然吾居鄉,見長人者好煩其令,若甚憐焉,而卒以禍。旦暮吏來而呼曰: [Verse 2] 『官命促爾耕,勖爾植,督爾獲。早繅而緒,早織而縷,字而幼孩,遂而雞豚。』 鳴鼓而聚之,擊木而召之。吾小人輟飧饔以勞吏者,且不得暇,又何以蕃吾生而安吾性耶? [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] 故病且怠。若是,則與吾業者其亦有類乎?」 問者曰:「嘻,不亦善夫!吾問養樹,得養人術。」傳其事,以爲官戒。 [Instrumental Outro]

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