Ruǎn Xián shì Ruǎn Jí de zhízi, yǐ jīngtōng yīnlǜ wénmíng.
Ruan Xian was the nephew of Ruan Ji and was famous for his mastery of music.
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history
The lute is named after 阮咸, one of the 竹林七贤 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', who was famous for playing it. Today it is usually called just 阮, and comes in a family of sizes from the small 小阮 to the bass 大阮.
culture
Because 阮咸 was the nephew of 阮籍, his name, and 小阮 'the younger Ruan', became a polite literary way to refer to someone's nephew.
