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Wang Zhi: Introductory Discourse
From Xilutang Qintong |
汪芝：叙論
西麓堂琴統, 1525 (not 1549) |
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What WAS here the fourth paragraph, although it is written entirely in four character phrases except for three additions: "予嘗" at the opening, "乃" a few phrases later, then "耳爾" at the end, there is nor a rhyme scheme that would make it as a poem.
In remote antiquity, when music was first created, the qin truly led the way. Among the eight tones (i.e., the bayin classification), it held its place alongside all others, serving as both guide and companion in the harmony of ruler and minister. Was it not from this source that the entire system arose?