Table of Contents ³

  --  Chen Jing preface (I/397)
  --  Contents (I/398)
  --  General qin glossary (63 techniqes w/their symbols)
  --  Right hand fingerings (20 terms briefly explained)
  --  Left hand fingerings (23 terms briefly explained

(Gong Mode)
1. Shenpin Gong Yi (Celestial Air defining Gong [mode]; QPZC #3; I/401)
   (Differs from 1425)

2. Meihua Yin (10*; Prelude to "Plum Blossom"; QPZC #4; I/401)
   Also called Meihua Sannong
   (Quite different from 1425 [and from QPZC #2])

3. Yang Chun (13; Bright Spring; QPZC #5; I/404)
   神品宮曲，卽龍門桃浪引 Shenpin Gong melody; same as Longmen Taolang Yin
   (Melody related to 1525)

4. Qingdu Yin (10; Clear City Prelude; QPZC #18; I/406)
   "Shenpin Gong melody; also called Guanghan You (QPZC #51); by (Mao) Minzhong
   Piaoweng edited it and Old Qiushan further revised it" (from 1425)

   (Gushang Mode)

5. Shenpin Gushang Yi (Celestial Air Defining Old-Shang [mode]; QPZC #24; I/408)
   (from 1425)

6. 奇品商意 Qipin Shang Yi (Marvelous Piece Defining Shang [mode]QPZC, [#25]; I/408)
   (Only here and QPZC)

7. Yasheng Cao (7; Proximate Sage Melody; QPZC #26; I/408)
   Also called Yan Hui (from 1511 [but shorter])

8. Bai Xue (9; White Snow; QPZC #27; I/409)
   (from 1425 [two sections divided differently])

9. Chang Qing (9*; Long Clarity; QPZC #19; I/411)
   "The first of Xi Kang's Four Melodies. It was especially 曉翁 Xiaoweng who grasped its meaning"; (from 1425)

10. Yi Lan (11; Esteemed Orchid; QPZC #20; I/413)
    This melody is one that 超出 excels among celestial airs (from 1425)

11. He Ming Jiugao (10*; Cranes Cry in the Nine Bends of the Marsh; QPZC #6; I/416)
    (See #8; quite different from 1425; usually included with shang mode pieces)

12. Yuan He Shuang Qing (9*; Paired Clarity of Ape and Crane; QPZC #7; I/418)
    (Usually included with shang mode pieces; related to 1511)

    (Shang Mode [No modal prelude])

13. Gui Qu Lai Ci (6L; Come Away Home Poem; QPZC #9; I/421)
    Shang mode (same lyrics but completely different melody from 1511)

14. Yikuang Yin (3; Calmly Expansive Chant; QPZC #10; I/423)
    神品即懷古吟商調 Celestial Air; same as Huai Gu Yin (1525); shang mode
    (This is the second known publication after 1525; see chart under the 1525 Huai Gu Yin)

    (Jiao Mode)

15. Jiao Yi (Defining Jiao [mode]; QPZC #11; I/424)
    (similar to 1425 SPJY)

16. Yu Feng Xing (8; Ride the Wind Action; QPZC #12; I/424)
    神品角曲 Shenpin Jiao Melody; by Mao Minzhong (like Liezi Yu Feng)

    Shangjiao Mode

17. Shangjiao Yi (Defining Shangjiao [mode]; QPZC #13; I/426)
    (from 1425)

18. Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (8; Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream; QPZC #14; I/426)
    Shangjiao melody (from 1425)

    (Zhi Mode)

19. Shenpin Zhi Yi (Celestial Air Defining Zhi [mode]; QPZC #15; I/428)
    (see also #15; from 1425)

20. Wen Wang Cao (8; Wen Wang's Melody; QPZC #22; I/428)
    "the same as the melody Wen Wang Si Shi"
    (this is the title of 1561 #16, which is a different version of the same melody; from <1491)

21. Guan Ju (8; Osprey Cries; QPZC #57; I/430)
    Zhi melody (see also #52; from <1491)

22. Yu Hui Tushan (12; Emperor Yu's Meeting at Mount Tu; QPZC #58; I/431)
    Also called 上國琯光 Shan'guo Guan'guang (from 1425)

23. Qiao Ge (11; Song of the Woodcutter; QPZC #59; I/434)
    Shenpin Zhi melody; by (Mao) Minzhong; also called Return to Woodcutting (歸樵 Gui Qiao);
    from 屢訂本 an often edited volume by the two old men Qiushan and Xiaoshan
    (from 1425 [small changes])

24. Yu Ge (10*; Song of the Fisherman; QPZC #60; I/436)
    Same as 山水綠 Shanshui Lü; 歲庚戌九月梅雪窩刪製 1370 (1430?), 9th month, Meixuewo revision
    (Earliest? See 1525)

    Yu Mode

25. He Wu Dongtian (3; Cranes Dance in Paradise; QPZC #28; I/439)
    Shenpin Yu Yi; said to be in Zixiadong Pu; Xiaoweng 詳刪 examined and edited it
    (Second version, after 1525)

26. Shenpin Yu Yi (Celestial Air Defining Yu [mode]; QPZC #29; I/440)
    (from 1425)

27. Zhi Zhao Fei (13; Pheasants Fly in the Morning; QPZC #30; I/440)
    妙品 Beautiful melody; yu mode (from 1425)

28. Pei Lan (13; Fragrant Orchid; QPZC #31; I/443)
    Celestial air; yu melody (from 1539)

29. Wu Ye Ti (9 [7*]; Crows Cry at Night; QPZC #32; I/446)
    Shenpin Yu melody (from 1425 [small differences])

    Fugu Mode 復古調

30. Fugu Diao (Reviving-Ancient-Customs Tone; QPZC #33; I/448)
    緊五慢一各一暉（徽），即世之無射絃也。止用五絃，不用少宮、少商二絃。
    Tighten fifth (string), slacken first, each one position; same as todays's wuyi tuning. Use only five strings: don't use strings 6 and 7 (except in 1597).
    Second of 8 (after 1525), including Fugu Diao, Shenpin Fugu Yi, Fugu Yi Fugu Diao Kao.
    All tuned 1 3 5 6 1 and all precede a Nan Feng Chang except 1590 [which does not have it; see next for name change in 1525];
    also see five string melodies and Emperor Shun)

31. Nan Feng Chang (8; Southern Winds Rhapsody; QPZC #34; I/448)
    "舊名思親操，一名重華引。復古神品曲。舜彈五絃之琴，歌南風之詩
    Old name Si Qin Cao; also called Chonghua Yin. A fugu celestial air; Shun played a 5-string qin and sang Southern Wind lyrics."
    (Melody almost same as that of Yu Shun Si Qin (1525), omitting its section 5 with lyrics; no musical relation to 1511 or 1525 Si Qin)

    Huangzhong Mode

32. Huangzhong Yi (Defining Yellow Bell [mode]; QPZC #35; I/450)
    緊五慢一，卽無射絃也 Tighten fifth, lower first; same as Wu Yi string (should be 調 mode)
    (1 3 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425)

33. Zhaojun Yin (8*; Prelude of [Wang] Zhaojun; QPZC #36; I/450)
    Yellow Bell Melody (= Zhaojun Yuan aka Longshuo Cao [almost same])

    Qiliang Mode

34. Shenpin Qiliang Yi (Celestial Air Defining Qiliang [mode]; QPZC #37; I/452)
    Same as Chushang Yi: tighten 2nd and 5th strings one step
    (tuning 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425)

35. Chu Ge (9*; Song of Chu; QPZC #38; I/452)
    凄凉曲 Qiliang melody (from 1425, but seems closer to 1539)

36. Qu Yuan Wen Du (6; Qu Yuan Asks the Ferry[man]; QPZC #40; I/454)
    凄凉調 Qiliang tune (from <1491 [many diff.]; see also previous)

    Ruibin Mode

37. Shenpin Ruibin Yi (Defining Ruibin [mode]; QPZC #41; I/455)
    Tighten the fifth string one step (from 1425)

38. Xiao Xiang Shui Yun (10; Water and Clouds on the Xiao and Xiang; QPZC #42; I/455)
    Shenpin Ruibin melody, by Guo Chuwang (see also #56; from 1425)

    Qingshang Mode

39. Miaopin Qingshang Yi (Beautiful Air in Qingshang Mode; QPZC #45; I/458)
    Tighten 2nd, 5th and 7th strings one step (tuning 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 )
    (Only here, QPZC and 1589, but music is like 1525 Jiazhong Yi and 1551, Guxian Yi)

40. Shenpin Guxian Yi (Celestial Air Defining Guxian Mode; QPZC #46; I/458)
    (same tuning as #45; from 1425 [very similar])

41. Feiming Yin (3; Chant of Calling Out While Flying; QPZC #47; I/458)
    (from 1425 [quite close])

42. Qiu Hong (36*; Autumn Geese; QPZC #48; I/459)
    Tablature of Guo Chuwang; all the Xu masters 訂潤 revised and adorned it; qingshang melody
    (from 1425 [quite close], but no mention of Zhu Quan)

  --    Afterword by Huang Xian (I/465)
         Discusses his Xumen background

 
 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. In Qinqu Jicheng, I, pp.397 - 465
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2. Huang Xian (1485 - 1561), a eunuch, is discussed in Xu Jian, Qinshi Chubian, Chapter 7.A.
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3. The 29 melodies and other parts of Qinpu Zhengchuan (see its ToC) not in Wugang Qinpu are as follows: