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Chongxiu Zhenchuan Qinpu
Revised Qin Handbook in the Orthodox Tradition 1 |
重修真傳琴譜
1585 Original 1585 Table of Contents |
-- Preface by Yang Biaozheng (QQJC, IV/255)
-- Anonymous Preface
-- Preface by Liu Yu
-- Praise for the man himself
-- Praise of Meizhuang (Secret Cottage)
-- Praise of the small image of Master Yang Biaozheng
-- List of essays about the qin (?)
-- Discussion of studies (?)
Folio 1 (IV/258)
-- Listing of qin pieces
-- Listing of sages (connected with qin; includes Qu Xian [Zhu Quan], Xi Xian and Antiquarian Gong)
-- Names of qin friends who have received the Correct Tradition
-- What one should know concerning the qin
-- Miscellaneous remarks about playing the qin (translated by VG in Lore of the Chinese Lute, pp.76-79)
-- Discussion of the 12 modes
-- Discussion of the 12 modes accompanying....
-- Discussion of the 5 sounds and 5 tones
-- Discussion of the origin of music instruments
-- Discussion of music-related essays (?? 19 1/2 double pages commenting on old writings)
Folio 2 (IV/277)
-- Discusssion of what is suitable for the qin
-- Discussion of the five gentlemen piece
-- Discussion of silk and wood in harmony
-- Discussion of good materials for the qin
-- Discussion of strings not being appropriate to the text and music
-- Discussion of mysterious rules concerning qin play
-- Discussion of beginning techniques for making a qin
-- What to call parts of the qin top (IV/286)
-- What to call parts of the qin bottom
-- Discussion of important qin fingerings
-- Discussion of changing qin sounds from light to heavy
-- Discussion of the common qin
-- Discussion of the qin Sound of Thunder
-- Discussion of the Burnt-tail Qin
-- Discussion of the 100-piece qins
-- Discussion of the 1-string qin
-- Discussion of the 7 strings (to what elements they correspond, etc.)
-- (Rules for playing qin [this title only in QQJC Toc!]; there are 11 entries, IV/288)
-- The first 9 are as in Shilin Guangji.
-- The 10th is 14 appropriate times to play qin
(as in 1539;
translated by VG, pp.61-2)
-- The 11th is 14 inappropriate times to play qin
(as in 1539;
translated by VG; IV/289)
-- Discussion of what must be avoided on the qin (there are 8 things)
-- Generally speaking about what one must know about the qin
-- Fingerings for playing the qin
-- Ways of indicating fingers of the left and right hands
-- Tones of the 13 hui
-- Important left hand fingerings (IV/290)
-- Important right hand fingerings
-- Diagrams of hand positions (IV/291)
-- Qin has four emptinesses (IV/296)
-- Discussion of beginning rules for studying qin
-- Important rules for approaching the qin
-- Important rules speaking about fixing the string positions (IV/297)
Folio 3 (IV/298)
Related to 1425; lyrics 惠風膏雨沐花天....
Guide 25/211/384 : only here; lyrics (貢川居士楊西峰...) by (and about) Yang Biaozheng himself
Melodically related to 1539 but lyrics (天氣下降，地氣上騰....) are completely different
12th pu, from 1425; lyrics (溪山晴朗了，滄浪寒月曉....) related to 1511
Guide 25/212/385; only here 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)
Guide 25/212/386; only here; see
further details
Lyrics (始皇巡狩馭飛龍....) commemorate returning to Nanjing in 1579
5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics (懸崖削壁，天外雲間....); melodically very different and lyrics won't fit 1425
(See #8 above for note on switched pages)
5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics (水東流，長江萬里悠悠....); melodically very different and lyrics won't fit 1425
3rd pu, from 1425; lyrics (杖策荒塗，馳騁此身軀....) might fit, but the melody seems completely different
5th pu, from 1425; lyrics (止水湛寒波，敺鷗與那鷺友結和....) might fit 1425 but melody seems quite different
Attributed to Liu Zhifang
4th pu, from 1425; lyrics (山陰溪曲，抱長才隱居林麓....) might fit 1425 but melody seems quite different
Preface says revised by Mao Minzhong
Folio 4
4th pu, from 1425, first with lyrics (世事奔忙，誰弱誰強....); closely related to 1589 version
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)
Guide 26/214/392; only here; lyrics (先帝慮深以....) not in Wen Xuan
Same story but longer melody than 1539's
Yi Qiao Jin Lü; lyrics (日出圯橋東，碧暘長虹....) are completely different
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
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
Same lyrics but much different music from
1539
First of five to 1884; same text, but musically unrelated to Kongsheng Jing
Compare 1425: melody quite diffent but the lyrics (晚免雲開，煙霞藹藹...) might fit 1425
6th pu, from 1425; same preface, related music, lyrics (矧機諴，小天而小地....) could fit 1425
4th pu, from 1425; music quite different but lyrics (麟兮麟兮，合仁抱義....) might fit 1425
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
Lyrics 秋風秋風清，鴻雁末賓.... and music are similar to those of Gu Qiu Feng of 1511
Lyrics and music about Yan Hui; related to
Ya Sheng Cao in 1511
Lyrics and music related to
1511
Lyrics and music related to
1530
Lyrics and music related to
1511, etc.
Music related to earlier versions; lyrics are in the form of a dialogue
Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different
Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different
Music is related to 1511 (Shuang Qing Zhuan), but the lyrics (露零零，秋動蓬瀛....) are completely different
Lyrics and music are as in 1511
Lyrics are the same as in 1511, but the music is rather different
Related to later versions, now usually called 古琴吟 Gu Qin Yin; lyrics 音音音，恁負心....
Han Yu lyrics, the same as in 1511; the music is similar
Folio 6
Guide 1/6/7 , but seems unrelated to those; commentary is technical
Lyrics: 霜落海門秋，今古思愁....
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)
6th of 7 versions from 1539, Xue Chuang Ye Hua
(see chart)
10th pu, from 1425, first with lyrics (): related music, but lyrics won't fit 1425
Guide 26/216/411 : only here
Preface attributes this to Li Bai; lyrics: 良夜四山寂靜....
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
Lyrics are the same as in 1511; the music is almost the same
Guide 14/149/256 groups various pieces of this title; the music seems very different here
The lyrics are related to 1511, not
1525
Guide 26/217/414: only here (but see list; not related to 盛德頌 Sheng De Song, Hymn of Grand Moral Virtue)
Lyrics: 仁天開景運，際昇平....
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody
YFSJ lyrics, same as 1511; different melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody
The lyrics same as 1511; quite different melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody
The lyrics same as for Section 10 of
Xing Tan (1525); different melody
The lyrics same as 1511; different melody fragment, here written out twice
The lyrics same as 1511; somewhat different melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat different melody
The lyrics same as 1511; similar melody
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody
Folio 7
10th (?) pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics seem to fit
(also see <1491 and comments)
11th pu, from 1425: melody quite different but lyrics will fit
Lyrics are the same as what survives of the
<1491 version
8th pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics will fit
(see <1491)
7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
11th pu, from 1425: lyrics are same as 1511 but melody is quite different
Seems to use standard tuning, as would be appropriate for this mode
This title only here, but compare
Shenpin Biyu Yin in 1425 (lyrics might fit) and Huangzhong Yi in 1525
Different tuning from the Huangzhong Yi here
Related to Li Ling Si Han in 1525
4th pu, from 1425; melody seems different but the lyrics might fit
Compare 1425: melody is quite different but the lyrics might fit
(comment)
4th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
4th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics as
<1491; titles expanded from there
1876 is same, but gets tuning wrong (?)
Folio 8
12th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics same as
<1491
14th pu from <1491; melody quite different but lyrics are related
11th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
Related not to <1491 but to
1511
9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
12th pu from <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
2nd pu, after <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
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
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
13th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
Lyrics almost same as 1539 Wenjun Cao, but different melody
10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics (人生南北路...) same as
<1491
4th pu, from <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
5th pu in this tuning, from
<1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics very similar to
<1491
Folio 10
9th (?) pu, from 1425 (Shenpin Wuyi Yi)
Melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
11th pu, from 1425 (Longshuo Cao): "also called 龍翔操 Longxiang Cao";
Melody seems different, but it has lyrics same as
<1491
4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491;
7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different; lyrics somewhat different from
<1491
4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491
4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491
6th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
9th pu from <1491, but melody quite different and lyrics are like 1530
Guide 26/217/416: "only here", but lyrics and music are very similar to
<1491 (different refrain)
This is the long version of Yangguan Sandie (12/124/222; compare short version, below)
"Departure at the River in Autumn"; in 1573 the same melody is
"Departure at the River in Spring"
Second short version of Yang Guan: first is
1530; opening phrase is different and words differ throughout, but melody is related
9th pu, from 1425: melody seems quite different but lyrics same as
<1491
(Not the original Qu Yuan text)
8th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as
<1491
Guide 26/--/418: only here, though mentioned in 1511 and in
ancient lists; 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。"
1.
The 105 pu (tablatures) in this qinpu (qin handbook) include 45 of the 64 titles from 1425.
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