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Chapter Four: Northern and Southern Dynasties
Xu Jian, Introductory History of the Qin, pp. 42		 第四章﹕南北朝
許健﹕琴史初編，第42頁

B. Qin Melodies1

During the period of the northern and southern dynasties qin melodies had a close relationship with qingshang music.2 This situation is similar to the relationship during the Han dynasty between qin melodies and matching songs.3 In antiquity there are the clearly-written tablatures for Secluded Orchid in Stone-Tablet Mode and Raven's Evening Call which have survived to the present. These song titles, for our understanding of the musical circumstances of those times, have provided the first actual materials.

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Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Discussed in this chapter are

1. Jieshi Diao You Lan
2. Wu Ye Ti
3. Aonong Ge)
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2. Yuefu Shiji Sections 44-51 are called 清商曲辭 Qingshang Quci (Song Lyrics in Qingshang Mode). (Return)

3. Yuefu Shiji Sections 26-43 are called 相和歌 Xianghe Ge (Matching Songs) (Return)

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