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Tuesday, September 1, 2026 · 673 words · 6 minutes · 0 reads · Intermediate

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This graded Chinese reading practice article combines authentic reading with optional pinyin, translation, audio, vocabulary, and comprehension practice.

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HSK Read
Published
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Updated
Sunday, September 20, 2026

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“对牛弹琴”的启示

Reading questions and answers

What scene did Gongming Yi see in the countryside that made him decide to play the qin?

A cow was leisurely grazing.

How did the cow react when Gongming Yi first played 'The Exercise of Qingjiao'?

Showed no reaction and continued eating grass.

Why did the cow raise its head and listen the second time?

Imitated sounds of mosquitoes and a calf.

Why did Mou Rong use Confucian classics to explain Buddhist scriptures?

Because the Confucian scholars were familiar with Confucian classics, so they could truly understand.

According to the story, what does the idiom 'playing music to a cow' originally remind people to do?

When speaking, consider whether the other can understand.

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