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02. North of the Wen
- shang mode ( 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 ) 2 |
汶陽1
Wen Yang |
Wen Yang literally means "North of the Wen", a river in Shandong province running east to west, with Mount Tai to the north and Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, to the south. On the south side of the river, within the state of Lu, there was also a place called Bi.5 On the north side, where there is today a Wenyang distict, was the state of Qi.
However, the use of Wenyang as the title here does concern any of the physical features of the place of this name. Instead it is used an allusion to making a clever excuse to avoid office and go into reclusion. This allusion comes from the following passage in The Analects (Lun Yu, Book 6, Section 9, original text here).6
Because the Wen River formed the boundary between the states of Lu to the south and Qi to the north, Min Ziqian was saying that he would move to another state so that he could not be called to office by someone he considered as an illegitimate or corrupt ruler.
Original Preface
None (but see the story above).
Music (transcription)
Eight Sections (untitled)
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1.
汶陽 Wen Yang references
For references see :
杜甫 Du Fu (712-770)
曾鞏 Zeng Gong (1019-1083); Ouyang Xiu asked him to write an antithesis to Zuiweng Ting (see ICTCL, p.799). Strict Confucian, he became a high official.
翃韓翃 Han Hong (8th c.); see ICTCL, 607/8
Under 汶陽田 Wenyang Tian (Fields of Wenyang?) the story from Lun Yu is again quoted, with an additional comment saying that "後以‘汶陽田’為歸隱的典故。 'Wenyang Tian' was later an allusion to going into reclusion."
Min Ziqian 閔子騫 Min Ziqian was one of Confucius' favorite disciples, original name Min Sun 閔損 (Wiki). There is also an account of him in Qin Shi, where he is called simply
Minzi.
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2.
Shang mode (商調 shang diao)
Standard tuning is usually considered as 5 6 1 2 3 5 6. There is further information on shang mode under Shenpin Shang Yi and Modality in Early Ming Qin Tablature. However, the mode here seems somewhat different. In particular it does not have the flatted mi that are common in other early Ming dynasty shang mode melodies. A number of phrases end on re (shang), however most sections end on sol (zhi) and the entire piece ends on do (gong).
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4.
Earliest?
See comments on #1 Chun Yu and
#3 Xian Shan Yue.
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5.
費 Bi
37565 fei is "wastrel" but pronounced Bi it is 地名 the name of a place in Lu.
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6. It seems to be Section 9 in some editions. (Return)
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