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Classical New Chapters 30 · Zhu Zhiwu’s Persuasion III · Consider It, My Lord

古典新章30·燭之武退秦師03·唯君圖之

2026-10-15 · 3:59

After Qin is persuaded to withdraw, a call to attack meets three reasons for restraint.

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One refusal brings an army to a halt.

Creative direction: literary chamber-folk · guitar and zhongruanWhat do these music words mean? ↓

The appeal to consider the consequences gives way to an alliance and a debate within Jin. Changed action, rather than a celebratory refrain, closes the passage: the choice to return makes the argument concrete.

Chamber art-folk is a combined stylistic label, read here as small-ensemble folk storytelling with literary expression, not a fixed traditional genre. The brief proposes guitar, zhongruan and a few other parts. Follow the narrative line, then notice small answering fragments instead of treating the instrument list as a listening verdict.

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[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] 夫晉,何厭之有?既東封鄭,又欲肆其西封。 若不闕秦,將焉取之?闕秦以利晉,唯君圖之。」 [Verse 2] 秦伯說,與鄭人盟,使杞子、逢孫、楊孫戍之,乃還。 子犯請擊之,公曰:「不可。微夫人之力不及此。 [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] 因人之力而敝之,不仁;失其所與,不知; 以亂易整,不武。吾其還也。」亦去之。 [Instrumental Outro]

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