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Music Bequeathed from Antiquity (1511 and 1515)
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Table of Contents Alphabetical by "Author"" from the general ToC; also see 中文版 Chinese version)
    Many attributions, especially those in "quotes", are inreliable. Most of the individual commentaries are incomplete.
    As I have no poetry experts to help me determine rhythms, my focus has been more on the instrumental repertoire.

  1. Guan Ju Qu (Osprey Cry Tune; anonymous lyrics are Shi Jing poems 1-5; I/277)
  2. Wen Wang Qu (Wen Wang's Tune; related to Si Shun in Zheyin); anonymous lyrics are Shi Jing #236-8 (I/280)
  3. He Ming Jiugao (Cranes Cry in the Nine Bends of the Marsh); anonymous (I/283)
  4. Meihua Qu (Plum Blossom Tune); anonymous (I/302)

  5. Ting Qin Fu (Ode about Listening to the Qin; 1st of 2 pu); "by Bo Ya", source unknown (I/308)
  6. Boya Diao Ziqi (Boya Mourns Ziqi; 1st of 5 pu); "by Bo Ya", source unknown (I/310)
  7. Yasheng Cao (Proximate Sage Melody; 1st of 26 pu); lyrics "by Confucius" (true source unknown; I/289)
  8. Bie Gu Cao (Parting Snowgoose Melody; 1st of 2 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #9 (YFSJ 58, #11; I/291)
  9. Zhi Zhao Fei (The Pheasant Flies in the Morning); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #8 (YFSJ 57, #23; I/292)
  10. Jiang Gui Cao (About to Return Melody; 1st of 7 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #1 (YFSJ 58, #4; I/289)
  11. Guishan Cao (Turtle Mountain Melody; 1st of 3 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #3 (YFSJ 58, #5; I/289)
  12. Yueshang Cao (Yueshang Melody; 1st of 6 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #4 (YFSJ 57, #17; I/283)
  13. Qishan Cao (Melody of Mount Qi; 1st of 5 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #6 (YFSJ 57, #18; I/276)
  14. Juyou Cao (Gloomy-Detention Melody; 1st of 4 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #5 (YFSJ 57, #13; I/276)
  15. Lü Shuang Cao (Walking-in-the-Frost Melody; 1st of 6 pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #7 (YFSJ 57, #21; I/283)
  16. Can Xing Cao (Partial Form Melody; 1st of two pu); lyrics are Han Yu's Qin Cao #10 (YFSJ 58, #6; I/291)
  17. Feng Ru Song Ge (Song of Wind Through the Pines; 1st of 7 pu); lyrics by Jiao Ran the Monk (YFSJ 60, #7; I/307)
  18. Huangzhong Diao (Yellow Bell Tune [modal prelude]; only here); no preface; lyrics by Li He (compare with YFSJ 82; I/301)
  19. Si Gui Yin (Longing to Return Prelude; 1st of 2 pu); lyrics by Shi Chong (YFSJ 58, #1; I/307)
  20. Bagong Cao (Melody of the Eight Dukes; 1st of 3 pu); lyrics "by Liu An, prince of Huai Nan" (YFSJ 58, #25; I/297)
  21. Kechuang Yehua (Evening Talk by a Guest's Window; 1st of 23 pu); no pu attributes melody; some say lyrics are by Liu Ji (1311-1375; I/318).
  22. Qian Chibi Fu (Former Red Cliff Ode; 1st of 11 pu, but others are all unrelated); lyrics are poem of Su Dongpo (I/328)
  23. Hou Chibi Fu (Latter Red Cliff Ode; 1st of 4 pu); lyrics are poem of Su Dongpo (I/330)
  24. Gui Qu Lai Ci (Come Away Home; 1st of 25 pu); lyrics by Tao Yuanming (I/301)
  25. Yangguan Qu (Yang Pass Tune); lyrics by Wang Wei (YFSJ 80, #last; I/311)
  26. Wen Wang Cao (Wen Wang Melody); lyrics "by Wen Wang" (YFSJ 57, #14; I/279)
  27. Ke Shang Cao (Attacking Shang Melody; 1st of 2 pu); lyrics "by Wu Wang (YFSJ 57, #15; I/280)

  28. Xiang Fei Yuan (Lament of the Xiang River Concubines; 1st of 13 pu); later attribution of lyrics: Liang Yiniang (I/275)
  29. Nanfeng Ge (Song of the South Wind; 1st of 5 pu); lyrics " by Yu Shun" (YFSJ 57, #5; I/274)
  30. Si Qin Cao (Thinking-of-Parents Melody; 1st of 9 pu); lyrics "by Yu Shun" (YFSJ 57, #4; I/275)
  31. Shuang Qing Zhuan (Paired Clarity Chronicle; also Yuan He Shuang Qing; 1st of 17 pu); lyrics attrib. (Song) Recluse (Shi Yangxiu? Source?; I/313)
  32. Zheng Qi Ge (Song of Correct Attitude; 1st of 2 pu); lyrics by Wen Tianxiang (I/316)
  33. Gu Qiu Feng (Ancient Autumn Breeze; melody and lyrics related to several Shang Yi); lyrics diff. from this title in Yuefu Shiji; source unknown (I/318)

    Multiple authorship credited

  34. Yilan Cao (Esteemed Orchid Melody); lyrics by "Confucius", Xin Deyuan, Han Yu (Qin Cao #2), Bao Zhao and Cui Tu (YFSJ 58, #2 & 3; I/288)
  35. Chu Ge (Song of Chu); opening lyrics "by Xiang Yu" (YFSJ 58, #20); source of remaining lyrics unknown (I/292) (YFSJ 59, #2; I/295)
  36. Caishi Wunong (Five Melodies of the Cai Clan; 1st of 3 pu); lyrics in are by Wang Wei, Linghu Chu, Jiang Huan, Wu Jun, Jiang Hong, Li Bai, Li He and Gu Kuang
  37. Zhaojun Yuan (Lament of [Princess] Zhao Jun); lyrics by "Wang Zhaojun", Wang Shuying's wife Ms. Liu, last ruler of Chen dynasty, Bai Juyi, Zhang Hu, Liang Shiqiong, Yang Ling (YFSJ 59, #1; I/298)
  38. Chun Jiang Qu (Springtime River Melody; 1st of 6 pu); lyrics by Guo Zhen, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Zhongsu (compare with YFSJ 77, #2; I/312)

 
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