Meng Ou: Alliance with Seagulls

This melody, the fifth of the five surviving from Wusheng Qinpu (1453), is generally said to have been created by the handbook's author/compiler, the Lazy Immortal. However, there is no commentary accompanying the present tablature (the only one with commentary is #3 Xian Shan Yue), and there is evidence that at least some other melodies may have been copied from earlier tablature.⁴

No further information at present.

Original Preface
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Music
Twelve Sections (untitled)

Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Seagull Alliance (盟鷗 Meng Ou) references
3555.26 盟鷗 meng ou，與鷗交遊，謂隱居也. To wander with seagulls; also the name of a mansion in Fujian province. It makes no mention of music.

7/1443 盟鷗 meng ou has several more references; they also suggest reclusion. It also makes no mention of music.
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2. Yu mode (羽徵調 yu diao)
For more on this mode see Shenpin Yu Yi.
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4. Earliest?
See comments on #1 Chun Yu and #3 Xian Shan Yue.
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