Guqin - Wu Ye Ti 《烏夜諦》 [Evening Call of the Raven]
Wu Ye Ti 《烏夜諦》 or '
Evening Call of the
Raven' is from the Shenqi Mipu 【神竒秘譜】 (1425) tablature collection. It is about a price by the name of Yikang who was banished to Yuzhang and met the governer who both cried together at his situation.
The Emperor heard of this and took offense, so he summoned Yikang to the palace which cause him to panic at what might happen.
Later, his servants heard of the cawing of ravens during the evening and they told him that it is a good omen. He finally met the
Emperor who transferred him Yan Jiu.
Generally, raven calls are considered unlucky but it is assumed that the timing of the call makes a
difference between a lucky (before 10pm) and an unlucky (10pm and after) omen.
There is a section in the melody entitled 'fighting for the nest' which tries to mimi
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