Left hand techniques

五音 Wu Yin: Names the "five sounds" then has five columns with commentary
Each column first states what each represents, then says what each belongs and are associated
內調 Nei diao: "inner tunings"
Lists five melodies that use standard tunings (亞聖 Ya Sheng, 梅花 Mei Hua, 雙清 Shuang Qing, 鶴鳴九臯 He Ming Jiu Gao, 猗蘭 Yi Lan) then has what seem to be tuning instructions but they are quite inscrutable.
外調 Wai diao: "outer tunings"
Lists one melody, 昭君 Zhao Jun and describes the tuning fairly clearly.
右手指法 Right hand finger techniques
Gives the shorthand forms then a brief explanations of each: first the 8 basic strokes then 14 compound strokes plus 散 (open string) and 省 (pause).

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左手指法 Left hand finger techniques
Gives the shorthand forms then brief explanations of 24.

(The last two of the 24 techniques are on the next page.)

Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1.Taiyin Daquanji
See comments with right hand technique explanations. The Taigu Yiyin in Qin Fu p. 102 is more clear.
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2. Explanations by translator
See comments concerning the structure of the original text. This section continued what is in some versions of this handbook a section (see QQJC I/94 - 103) that is considered either as a continuation of Folio 5 or of Folio 6. From pp. 94-101 it has a section with no overall title but with 24 numbered entries on a variety of themes, including finger techniques and rules that should be followed.
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