"Du You"( Solitude and seclusion ) Seven-stringed Instrument Qin (Top)

The qin is a musical instrument that was played by a very small group of elite intellectuals in ancient China.This qin is one of the few well-known qin in China that enjoyed the fame of “Hongbao” (refers to the best qin in Chinese).On the back of the qin are the inscription of two Chinese characters of “Du You” (means solitude and seclusion) in wild cursive script in the middle of the shoulder; at the rear part of the instrument are poems and other words inscribed by famous artists.This qin was in the collection of Wang Chuanshan during the turn from the Ming to Qing dynasties. A century later, in the Republican Period, it was obtained by Li Jing, a qin player from Hunan.