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John Thompson has been studying the guqin—a silk string zither—and classical Chinese music since 1974. Here he is with Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Shing Hon performing a drinking song first published 1589 and attributed to third-century poet Ruan Ji: Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad)

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