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Xiang Fei
Yuefu Shiji, Folio 57, #6 - 9 (here 1 to 4) 1; compare with Xiang Fei Yuan qin song lyrics |
湘妃
又看湘妃怨 |
Yuefu Shiji, Folio 57, #6 to #9 (p. 825/6), has poems connected to the story of the two daughters of Yao lamenting their husband, Shun. None of these is used as lyrics for the popular qin song Xiang Fei Yuan.
The prefaces, which all precede the poem by Liu Zhangqing, are as follows:
《山海經》曰:「洞庭之山,帝之二女居之。」
郭璞云:「天帝之女,處江為神,即《列仙傳》所謂江妃二女也。」
劉向《列女傳》曰:「帝堯之二女,長曰娥皇,次曰女英,堯以妻舜于媯汭。舜既為天子,娥皇為後,女英為妃。舜死於蒼梧,二妃死於江湘之間,俗謂之湘君。」
《湘中記》曰:「舜二妃死為湘水神,故曰湘妃。」
韓愈《黃陵廟碑》曰:「秦博士對始皇帝云:湘君者,堯之二女舜妃者也。劉向鄭玄亦皆以二妃為湘君。而《離騷》《九歌》既有《湘君》,又有《湘夫人》,王逸以為湘君者,自其水神而謂,湘夫人乃二妃,璞與逸俱失也。堯之長女娥皇為舜正妃,故曰君,其二女女英自宜降曰夫人也。故《九歌》謂娥皇為君,女英為帝子,各以其盛者推言之也。禮有小君,明其正自得稱君也。」
(Connects the concubines with passages in the 楚辭
Chu Ci)
按《琴操》有《湘妃怨》,又有《湘夫人》曲。
According to "Qin Cao" there are the melodies Xiangfei Yuan and also Xiang Furen.")
The lyrics, forming the 6th to 9th entries in Folio 57 of Yuefu Shiji are as follows.
I have not yet found any translations.
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1.
Yuefu Shiji, p. 825/6.
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