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• 調絃入弄 Tiaoxian Runong: Beginning Melody (1585 #1)
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• 泛音調弄 Fanyin Diaonong: Harmonics Melody (1585 #2
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• 五徽調弄 Wuhui Tiaonong Fifth Position Melody (1585 #3
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1. Gong Yi (1) (1585 #4)
   Related to 1425;

2. Yang Chun (15) (1585 #6)
   Melodically related to 1539 but completely different lyrics;

3. Meihua Sannong (12) (1585 #7)
   12th pu, from 1425; lyrics related to 1511

4. Jin Lü (Under the Bridge; 7) (1585 #18)
   Same story but longer melody than 1539's Yi Qiao Jin Lü; completely different lyrics

5. Jiu Kuang (6) (1585 #15)
   4th pu, from 1425; melody and lyrics most closely related to <1609

6. Gao Shan (4) (1585 #10)
   5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics; melodically very different and lyrics won't fit
   (See #8 above for note on switched pages)

7. 遇仙吟 Yu Xian Yin (Meeting an Immortal; 5) (1585 #5)
   Guide 25/211/384 : lyrics (貢川居士楊西峰...) by (and about) Yang Biaozheng himself

8. 浩浩歌 Haohao Ge (Lift Voices in Song; 3) (1585 #8)
   Guide 25/212/385; in CXZC and 1618 (VIII/197; same lyrics, similar music)
   17932.19xxx; Lyrics (浩浩歌，天地萬物於吾何....) attrib. 馬存字子才 Ma Cun ( 11/12th c., Bio/59)
   (Note: In QQJC IV, p.311 top [the song's second page] has been switched with p.316, top)

9. Shang Yi #1 (1585 #27; doesn't have #2; 1)
   Lyrics 秋風秋風清，鴻雁末賓.... and music are as in Gu Qiu Feng of 1511

10. Si Xian Cao (7) (1585 #28)
    Lyrics and music about Yan Hui; related to Ya Sheng Cao in 1511

11. Kechuang Yehua (10) (1585 #29)
    Lyrics and music related to 1511

12. Yuan He Shuang Qing (12) (1585 #35)
    Music is related to 1511 (Shuang Qing Zhuan), but the lyrics (露零零，秋動蓬瀛....) are completely different

13. Gui Qu Ci (6) (1585 #31)
    Lyrics and music related to 1511, etc.

14. 對月吟 Dui Yue Yin (12) (1585 #44)
    Guide 26/216/411 : only here
    Preface attributes this to Li Bai; lyrics: 良夜四山寂靜....

15. 聖德頌 Sheng De Song (8; Hymn of Holy Moral Virtue) (1585 #48)
    Guide 26/217/414: only here (not related to 盛德頌 Sheng De Song, Hymn of Grand Moral Virtue)
    Lyrics: 仁天開景運，際昇平....

16. Wang Ji (2) (1585 #13)
    5th pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit but melody seems quite different
    Attributed to Liu Zhifang

17. Bai Xue (9) (1585 #43)
    10th pu, from 1425, first with lyrics: related music, but lyrics won't fit

18. Yi Lan (11) (1585 #45)
    11th pu, from 1425; melodically related but lyrics won't fit
    Section 1 (漪漪揚揚草其行國其香....) paraphrases the Han Yu lyrics

19. Xiang Fei Yuan (4) (1585 #46)
    Lyrics are the same as in 1511; the music is almost the same

20. Boya Diao Ziqi (1585 #47)
    Guide 14/149/256 groups various pieces of this title; the music seems very different here
    The lyrics are related to 1511

21. 滕王閣序 Teng Wang Ge Xu (Preface to 'Pavilion of Prince Teng', in Nanchang; 14) (1585 #41)
    Guide 26/216/408 : only here, 1611 and 1618 (VIII/198); the music differs, but all have the same lyrics:
    南昌古郡，洪都新府.... by 王勃 Wang Bo (649-676; translated in Columbia Anthology, p.552)

22. 相思曲 Xiang Si Qu (1; IV.376) (1585 #38)
    Related to later versions, now usually called 古琴吟 Gu Qin Yin

23. Feng Ru Song (1) (1585 #37)
    Lyrics are the same as in 1511, but the music is rather different

24. Chun Jiang Qu (1) (1585 #36)
    Lyrics and music are as in 1511

25. Lüshuang Cao (1) (1585 #39)
    Han Yu lyrics, the same as in 1511; the music is similar

26. Jiang Gui Cao (1) (1585 #54)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody

27. Si Qin Cao (1) (1585 #53)
    The lyrics same as 1511; quite different melody

28. Qishan Cao (1) (1585 #49)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody

29. Juyou Cao (1) (1585 #51)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody

30. Wen Wang Cao (1) (1585 #50)
    YFSJ lyrics, same as 1511; different melody

31. Yueshang Cao (1) (1585 #52)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody

32. Si Gui Yin (1) (1585 #60)
    The lyrics same as 1511; similar melody

33. Bie Gu (1) (1585 #61)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody

34. Ba Gong Cao (1) (1585 #58)
    The lyrics same as 1511; somewhat different melody

35. Can Xing Cao (1) (1585 #59)
    Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat different melody

36. Xing Tan Yin (1) (1585 #56)
    The lyrics same as for Section 10 of Xing Tan (1525); different melody

37. Ke Shang Cao (1) (1585 #57)
    The lyrics same as 1511; different melody fragment, here written out twice

38. Shangjiao Yi (1) (1585 #67)
    10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

39. Chu Ge (12) (1585 #68)
    11th pu, from 1425: lyrics same as 1511 but melody is quite different
    Seems to use standard tuning, as would be appropriate for this mode

40. Meng Die (Zhuangzhou Meng Die; 8) (1585 #66)
    12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

41. Shenhua Yin (3) (1585 #65)
    7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

42. Jiao Yi (1) (1585 #62)
    10th (?) pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics seem to fit
    (also see  <1491 and comments)

43. Liezi Yu Feng (9) (1585 #63)
    11th pu, from 1425: melody quite different but lyrics will fit
    Lyrics are the same as what survives of the  <1491 version

44. Lingxu Yin (3) (1585 #64)
    8th pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics will fit (see  <1491)

45. Zhi Yi (1) (1585 #76)
    12th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics same as  <1491

46. (Yu Hui) Tushan (12) (1585 #78)
    11th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

47. Qiao Ge (11) (1585 #79)
    12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

48. Shanju Yin (4) (1585 #81)
    9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

49. Nanxun Ge (2) (1585 #80)
    Related not to  <1491 but to 1511

50. Guan Ju (10) (1585 #77)
    14th pu from  <1491; melody quite different but lyrics are related

51. Yu Yi (1) (1585 #85)
    12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

52. Wu Ye Ti (9) (1585 #87)
    13th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

53. Zhi Zhao Fei (14) (1585 #86)
    12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

54. Feng Qiu Huang (1) (1585 #88)
    Lyrics almost same as 1539 Wenjun Cao, but different melody

55. 詩吟 Shi Yin (not in 1585?)
    (This item is either not in 1585, or it has there a different title)

56. Ruibin Yi (1) (1585 #89)
    10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics (人生南北路...) same as  <1491

57. Yuge Diao (1) (1585 #90)
    4th pu, from  <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics

58. Yu Ge (18) (1585 #91)
    5th pu in this tuning, from  <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics

59. Huangzhong Yi (1) (1585 #93)
    9th (?) pu, from 1425 (Shenpin Wuyi Yi)
    Melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

60. Zhaojun Yuan (8) (1585 #94)
    11th pu, from 1425 (Longshuo Cao): melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

61. Qiliang Yi (1) (1585 #99)
    6th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

62. Qu Yuan Wen Du (8) (1585 #100)
    9th pu from  <1491, but melody quite different and lyrics are like 1530

63. 春江送別 Chun Jiang Song Bie ( = 秋江送別 Qiu Jiang Song Bie? ; 9; Ruibin) (1585 #101)
    Departure at the River in Spring, Guide 31/241/457: 1618 and 1738; but those are also elsewhere called:
    Departure at the River in Autumn (Qiu Jiang Song Bie; Guide 26/217/416);
    These all have lyrics and music very similar to  <1491 (different refrain)
    This is the long version of Yangguan Sandie (12/124/222; compare short version, below)

64. Yangguan Sandie (3; Ruibin!) (1585 #102)
    Second short version of Yang Guan: first is 1530; opening phrase is different and words differ throughout, but melody is related

65. 清江引 Qing Jiang Yin (1) (1585 #105)
    Guide 26/--/418: only here; there is no commentary, except the lyrics themselves (Yang's own?):
    "走盡了天下路，則是知音的少，能有幾個通玄妙。買的無處，賣的無人要。可惜好光陰，則是錯過去了。"

     

     

    --------------------- 1585 melodies not previously published in 1573 -----------------------

     

     

    Folio 3
    1. 金陵弔古 Jinling Diao Gu (In Nanjing Mourning the Olden Days; 9)
       Guide 25/212/386; only here; see further details
       Lyrics (始皇巡狩馭飛龍....) commemorate returning to Nanjing in 1579

    2. Liu Shui (8)
       5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics; melodically very different and lyrics won't fit

    3. Zhao Yin (3)
       3rd pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit, but the melody seems completely different

    4. Yin De (3)
       4th pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit but melody seems quite different
       Preface says revised by Mao Minzhong

        
       Folio 4

    5. 前出師表 Qian Chu Shi Biao (First Memorial on Dispatching the Troops; 10)
       1839.183 Zhuge Liang's advice before marching on 魏 Wei; Guide 26/213/390: only here and 1618
       Lyrics (先帝創業未半....) are all of Chu Shi Biao in Wen Xuan, Chapter 37 (pp. 1670 - 75)

    6. 後出師表 Hou Chu Shi Biao (Second Memorial on Dispatching the Troops; 10)
       Guide 26/214/392; only here; lyrics (先帝慮深以....) not in Wen Xuan

    7. 陳情表 Chen Qing Biao (Memorial Expressing My Feelings; 5)
       42618.735 (and Wen Xuan, I, p. 43); Guide 26/214/394; only here
       Lyrics 臣密言；臣以險釁.... by 李密 Li Mi (Wen Xuan 37, 陳情事表, pp. 1696 - 1700) express filial devotion

    8. 牡丹賦 Mudan Fu (Rhapsody on Peonies; 1)
       Guide 26/214/396; only here (see further details)
       Lyrics (柏林陰陰飛香雨....) recall in spring 1575 friends going together to the 都察院 Court of Censors (then in Nanjing?) to see peonies

    9. Loushi Ming (1)
       Same lyrics but much different music from 1539

    10. 大學章句 Da Xue Zhang Ju (4)
        First of five to 1884; same text, but musically unrelated to Kongsheng Jing

    11. Guanghan You (9)
        Compare 1425: melody quite diffent but the lyrics might fit

    12. Xuan Mei (5)
        6th pu, from 1425; same preface, related music, lyrics could fit

    13. Huo Lin (6)
        4th pu, from 1425; music quite different but lyrics might fit

    14. 醒心集 Xing Xin Ji (5)
        40827.1 clear state of mind; Guide 26/215/396: only here, 1618 and 1876 (same)
        陳震述於華山.... Chen Zhen (Bio/1356: 1447 - 1525?) wrote it at Hua Shan; lyrics: 窩雖小，清以寧....

         
        Folio 5

    15. Qiu Jiang Wan Diao (8)
        Lyrics and music related to 1530

    16. Yu Qiao Wenda (9)
        Music related to earlier versions; lyrics are in the form of a dialogue

    17. Qian Chibi Fu (8)
        Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different

    18. Hou Chibi Fu (6)
        Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different

         
        Folio 6

    19. Shang Yi #2 (compare #1; 1)
        Guide 1/6/7 , but seems unrelated to those; commentary is technical
        Lyrics: 霜落海門秋，今古思愁....

    20. Xue Chuang (10)
        6th of 7 versions from 1539, Xue Chuang Ye Hua (see chart)

    21. Gui Shan Cao (1)
        Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody

         
        Folio 7

    22. 慢角意 Manjiao Yi ("also called 碧玉意、無媒意 Biyu Yi and Wumei Yi"; 1)
        This title only here, but compare Shenpin Biyu Yi in 1425 (lyrics might fit) and Huangzhong Yi in 1525
        Different tuning from the Huangzhong Yi here

    23. 蘇武思君 Su Wu Si Jun (9)
        Related to Li Ling Si Han in 1525

    24. Dunshi Cao (10)
        4th pu, from 1425; melody seems different but the lyrics might fit

    25. Baji You (6)
        Compare 1425: melody different but lyrics might fit

    26. Huaxu Yin (3)
        4th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

    27. Da Ya (9)
        12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491

    28. Yi Zhen (4); IV/430
        4th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics as  <1491; titles expanded from there
        1876 is same, but gets tuning wrong (?)

         
        Folio 8

    29. Si Shun (9)
        12th pu from  <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics

    30. Shi Xian (8)
        2nd pu, after  <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics

    31. Tiantai Yin (11)
        2nd pu, but the first (<1491) has only the first two sections and the start of the third
        For this section the lyrics here are almost the same, the music rather different

         
        Folio 9

    32. Qiu Hong (36; Guxian!)
        9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics very similar to  <1491

         
        Folio 10

    33. Xiao Hujia (6)
        4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491;

    34. Huangyun Qiusai (3)
        7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different; lyrics somewhat different from  <1491

    35. Qiuyue Zhao Maoting (5)
        4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491

    36. Shanzhong Si Guren (3)
        4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491

    37. Li Sao (18)
        9th pu, from 1425: melody seems quite different but lyrics same as  <1491
        (Not the original Qu Yuan text)

    38. Zepan Yin (4)
        8th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as  <1491
    -- Afterword by Chen Shuzhen
    -- Afterword by Yao Shiwei  
    Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

    1 The 105 pu (tablatures) in this qinpu (qin handbook) include 45 of the 64 titles from 1425. (Return)

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