Tao Te Ching

“As the master touched his lute so lovingly and slow—when the sound of music broke the stillness of the night—a rapture swayed me without bounds as I listened to the sounds.”

— Su Shi 苏轼 1037 – 1101 CE via Listening to a Lute in a Boat (tr: Charles Budd, Shan Dao)
(Dongpo, Su Tungpo)
"pre-eminent personality of 11th century China"