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Classical New Chapters 37 · Guan Zhong and Yan Ying I · Bao Shu Knew Me

古典新章37·管晏列傳01·知我鮑子

2026-10-15 · 3:59

Money, plans, retreat and humiliation become successive moments of a friend understanding the circumstances.

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Behind each apparent failing, a friend sees a reason.

Creative direction: literary narrative song · plucked guitar and cello contrastWhat do these music words mean? ↓

Guan Zhong lists possible accusations, each met by Bao Shu’s understanding of circumstances. The recognition of a friend gathers the recollections together, while the ending shifts praise toward Bao Shu’s capacity to understand people.

Repeated wording does not by itself create a musical chorus. Follow the similar sentence shapes, then ask whether their melodies return. The proposed plucked guitar and longer cello lines offer another comparison: sounds can begin, sustain and fade in different ways.

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[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] 管仲夷吾者,潁上人也。少時常與鮑叔牙游,鮑叔知其賢。管仲貧困,常欺鮑叔,鮑叔終善遇之,不以為言。 [Verse 2] 已而鮑叔事齊公子小白,管仲事公子糾。及小白立為桓公,公子糾死,管仲囚焉。鮑叔遂進管仲。管仲既用,任政於齊,齊桓公以霸,九合諸侯,一匡天下,管仲之謀也。 管仲曰:「吾始困時,嘗與鮑叔賈,分財利多自與,鮑叔不以我為貪,知我貧也。吾嘗為鮑叔謀事而更窮困,鮑叔不以我為愚,知時有利不利也。 [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] 吾嘗三仕三見逐於君,鮑叔不以我為不肖,知我不遭時也。吾嘗三戰三走,鮑叔不以我怯,知我有老母也。公子糾敗,召忽死之,吾幽囚受辱,鮑叔不以我為無恥,知我不羞小節而恥功名不顯于天下也。生我者父母,知我者鮑子也。」 鮑叔既進管仲,以身下之。子孫世祿於齊,有封邑者十餘世,常為名大夫。天下不多管仲之賢而多鮑叔能知人也。 [Instrumental Outro]

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