“参差”是长短不齐、高低不一的意思。它最早出自《诗经·关雎》:“参差荇菜,左右采之。”追根溯源,“参差”本为古代一种吹奏乐器,它由一排长短不一的竹管排列而成,类似今天的笙。《九歌·湘君》:“望夫君兮未来,吹参差兮谁思?”句中的“参差”就是乐器。古籍中,“参差”这种乐器有着不少的别名:箫、籁、龠。 “Varied” is the length of different, different levels of meaning. It is the earliest from the “Book of Songs Guan”: “Trapped vegetables, about mining. ” Tracing the source, “mixed ” This is an ancient wind instrument, which consists of a row of bamboo arranged in different lengths Into, similar to today’s Sheng. “Nine Song · Xiang Jun”: “Wang Fu Jun Xi future, blown mixed Xi Who?” Sentence “mixed” is the instrument. Ancient books, “Varied ” This instrument has many alias: flute, sounds of nature, 龠.