Rhapsodies (賦 Fu)
1. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.386)
   by 傅毅 Fu Yi (c.47 - c.92; 970.185, Bio/2326; contrast #29 below)
   歷嵩岑而將降。睹鴻梧於幽阻。高百仞而不枉。對脩條以持處。蹈通涯而將圖。遊茲梧之所宜。蓋雅琴之麗樸。乃升伐其孫枝。命離婁使布繩。施公輸之剞劂。遂彫琢而成器。揆神農之初制。盡聲變之奧妙。抒心志之鬱滯。

2. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.386)
   by 馬融 Ma Rong (79-166)
   惟梧桐之所生。在衡山之峻陂。於是遨閒公子。中道失志。孤煢特行。懷閔抱思。昔師曠三奏。而神物下降。玄鶴二八。軒舞於庭。何琴德之深哉。

3. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.386)
   by 蔡邕 Cai Yong (133-192).
   QSCB, Chapter 2.B. (p.19) says that Cai Yong's mention here of Watering Horses at (Water Holes by) the Great Wall (飲馬長城[窟] Yinma Changcheng [Ku]; he also wrote a separate poem of this title) as a qin melody, combined with its inclusion in YFSJ (p.555), suggests the strong connection of the qin with folk melodies.
   （爾乃）言求茂木。周流四垂。觀彼椅桐。層山之陂。丹華煒燁。綠葉參差。甘露潤其末。涼風扇其枝。鸞鳳翔其巔。玄鶴巢其岐。考之詩人。琴瑟是宜。爾乃清聲發兮五音舉。發宮商兮動角羽。曲引興兮繁弦撫。然後哀聲既發。祕弄乃開。左手抑揚。右手徘徊。指掌反覆。抑案藏摧。於是繁弦既抑。雅韻乃揚。仲尼思歸。鹿鳴三章。梁甫悲吟。周公越裳。青雀西飛。別鶴東翔。飲馬長城。楚曲明光。楚姬遺歎。雞鳴高桑。走獸率舞。飛鳥下翔。感激茲歌。一低一昂。

4. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.386)
   by 嵇康 Xi Kang (223 - 262)
   Translations include Van Gulik, Hsi K'ang and his Poetic Essay on the Lute; and
   Knechtges, Wen Xuan III, p.279ff
   余少好音聲，長而翫之。。。（見原文）。

5. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.388)
   by 成公綏 Chenggong Sui (231 - 273; Bio/512; Knechtges, Wen Xuan III, p.374)
   original has 成公緩 Chenggong Huan (xxx; presumably a mistake)
   遂乃創新聲改舊用君山獻曲。伯喈奏弄金飆迴其流聲兮。華堂返其逸響心怡懌而踊躍兮。神感蕩而忽恍。伯牙彈而駟馬仰秣。子野揮而玄鶴鳴。清角發而陽氣亢。白雲奏而風雨零。

6. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.388)
   by 吳淑 Wu Shu (947 - 1002; Bio/1040; 3453.466 noted calligrapher [? not chronological])

7. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.389)
   by 陸瑜 Lu Yu (6th c. [陳]; Bio/1311; 42620.314)

8. 戴逵破琴賦 Rhapsody on a Broken Qin of Dai Kui (V.389)
   Written by 吳融 Wu Rong (9th/10th c; Bio/1046; 3453.778)

9. 舜琴歌南風賦 Rhapsody on Shun's Qin Song Nanfeng Ge (V.389)
   by 舒亶 Shu Dan (1041 - 1103; Bio/2337; 30988.68)

10. 舜琴歌南風賦 Rhapsody on Shun's Qin Song Nan Feng (V.390)
    by 蔣防 Jiang Fang (early 9th c; Bio/2265)

11. 琴瑟合奏賦 Rhapsody on a Qin and Se Duet (V.390)
    by 謝觀 Xie Guan (d. 865; Bio/2370)

12. 聽琴瑟思志義之臣賦 Rhapsody on Hearing a Qin and Se Duet and Thinking of a Resolute Official(V.391)
    by 姚端 Yao Duan (12th c.; Bio/1802)

13. 魚琴賦 Rhapsody on a Qin (made from a wooden) Fish (V.391)
    by 梅堯臣 Mei Yaochen (1002 - 1060)

14. 焦桐入聽賦 Rhapsody on Hearing Scorched Wutong (wood) (V.391)
    by 王起 Wang Qi (760 - 847; Bio/121; 21295.987)

15. 無絃琴賦 Rhapsody on a Stringless Qin (V.392)
    by 張隨 Zhang Sui (Bio/xxx; 10026.xxx; 42806.xxx)
    subtitle: 以舜南風待絃後發為韻 Uses Shun's Nan Feng....for Rhyme

16. 五色琴絃賦 Rhapsody on Five-Color Qin Strings (V.393)
    by 仲子陵 Zhong Ziling (Tang dynasty; Bio/583; 437.7; from 峨眉 Emei Mountain)

17. 孔子彈文王操賦 Rhapsody on Confucius Playing Wen Wang Cao (V.392)
    by 薛勝之 Xue Shengzhi (Bio/xxx; 薛 32929.xxx; 2453.6xxx)

18. 鐘期聽伯牙鼓琴賦 Rhapsody on Zhong Ziqi Listening to Boya Play the Qin (V.393)
    by 林慮山人 the Mountain Recluse of Lin Lü (14856.338xxx: only says place name in Henan)

19. 鍾期聽琴賦 Rhapsody on Zhong Ziqi Listening to the Qin (V.393)
    by 王太真 Wang Taizhen (21295.xxx; 5965.302xxx); also a preface

20. 朱絲繩賦 Rhapsody on Red Silk Strings (V.394)
    by Wang Taizhen above （? Not a separate entry in the Table of Contents; see Yu Chengxuan below)
    Begins 達者睹物而自識，眷繩而象.... No mention of qin; mentions Mozi zhi Bei (see Mozi Bei Si)

21. 朱絲繩賦 Rhapsody on Red Silk Strings (V.394)
    by 庾承宣 Yu Chengxuan (d. 835; Bio/2190)
    Begins 絲之為體兮柔以順德。絲之為以用兮施之則直....

22. 昭文不鼓琴賦 Rhapsody on Zhaowen Not Playing the Qin (V.395)
    by 吳冕 Wu Mian (late Tang?; 3453.xxx; 冕 1576.xxx)
    昭文 14172.3 Zhaowen, style name of (唐)王徽 Wang Hui (d. 890; Bio/156)

23. 贈天台蔡仲玉琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin Presented to Cai Zhongyu of Tiantai (V.395)
    by 楊維禎 Yang Weizhen (1298 - 1370)
    蔡仲玉 Cai Zhongyu (Bio/xxx; 437.38xxx)

24. 哀伯牙琴賦 Rhapsody Lamenting Boya's Qin (V.396)
    by 張耒 Zhang Lei (1054 - 1114; Bio/1204)

25. 無絃琴賦 Rhapsody on a Stringless Qin (V.396)
    by 宋景文 Song Jingwen, style name of 宋祁 Song Qi (996 - 1061; Bio/1108; 7232.137)

26. 古琴賦 Rhapsody on an Old Qin (V.397)
    by 陳古靈 Chen Guling, style name of 陳襄 Chen Xiang (1017 - 1080; Bio/1358)

27. 琴賦 Rhapsody on the Qin (V.397)
    by 胡澹菴 Hu Dan'an, nickname of 胡銓 Hu Quan (1102 - 1180)

28. 春日聽以立鼓瑤峰曲賦 Rhapsody on (V.398)
    by 劉養吾 Liu Yangwu, nickname of 劉將孫 Liu Jiangsun (Yuan dynasty; Bio/689; 2270.768;
    he wrote a 養吾齋集 [45122.67]; see also #56 below)

     
    Ode (琴頌 Song)

29. 琴頌 Qin Ode (V.398)
    by 傅奕 Fu Yi (558 - 639; Giles; 970.73; contrast #1 above)

     
    Praise (贊 Zan)

30. 梧桐贊 Praise of Wutong Trees (V.398)
    by 郭璞 Guo Pu (276 - 324)
    桐是嘉木，鳳凰所棲。爰伐琴瑟，八音克諧。歌以永言，嗈嗈喈喈。

31. 孤桐贊 Praise of a Lonely Wutong Tree (V.398)
    by 宋孝武 Song Xiaowu, reign name of 劉駿 Liu Jun (426 - 464;
    7230.119 宋孝武帝, first emperor of the 劉宋 Liu Song dynasty)

32. 聲律圖贊 In Praise of Music Theory Sketches (V.398)
    by 麴瞻 Qu Zhan
    Consists of four poems; each is (4+4) x 4 .

33. 琴贊 In Praise of Qin (V.399)
    by 商仲堪 Shang Zhongkan (3834.xxx; 仲 437.xxx)

34. 琴贊 In Praise of Qin (V.399)
    by 王珣 Wang Xun (349 - 400; Bio/120 [has four, but this one is the most likely)
    穆穆和琴。至至愔愔。如彼清風。泠焉經林。

35. 琴贊 In Praise of Qin (V.399)
    by 謝惠連 Xie Huilian (397 - 433; Bio/2382; ICTCL, p.427)
    嶧陽孤桐。裁為鳴琴。體兼九絲。聲備五音。重華載揮。以養民心。孫登是玩。取樂山林。

36. 霹靂琴贊 In Praise of a Pili Qin (V.399)
    by 柳宗元 Liu Zongyuan

37. 琴贊 In Praise of Qin (V.399)
    by 李白 Li Bai (see text)

38. 太子少保趙抃作沈竦十一琴贊 Zhao Bian, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, makes Praises of Shen Song's 11 Qin (V.399)
    by 趙抃 Zhao Bian (994 - 1070); Shen Song (17529.xxx).
    Each of the 11 qin is titled; each praise is (4+4) x 2 .

39. 翔龍琴贊 Praise of Soaring Dragon Qin (V.400)
    by 李大初 Li Dachu (14819.xxx; Dachu 5960.363xxx)

40. 實腹琴贊 Praise of the Solid Waist Qin (V.400)
    by 曹勛 Cao Xun (1098 - 1174)
    Shifu (7450.xxx)

41. Also 琴贊 Qin Praise
    by 曹勛 Cao Xun (see #39 above)

42. 琴贊 Qin Praise (V.400)
    by 吳海 Wu Hai (14th c; 3453.397 閩縣人 from Fujian)

43. 重華鼓琴圖贊 Praise of Chonghua Playing the Qin Sketch (V.400)
    by 王惲 Wang Yun (1227 - 1304; Bio/117; 21295.1265: writer)
    Chonghua (41028.267 praise name for Emperor Shun)

44. 書霹靂琴贊後 Writing After-praise of the Pili Qin (V.400)
    by 王惲 Wang Yun (see #41 above)

     
    Inscriptions (銘 Ming)

45. 琴銘 Qin Inscription (V.400)
    by 李尤 Li You (1st/2nd c. CE; Bio/886; 14819.160)
    琴之在音，盪滌邪心。雖有正性，其感亦深。
    去（存？）雅卻鄭，浮侈是禁。條暢和正，樂而不淫。

46. 十二琴銘 Inscriptions for 12 Qin (V.400)
    By 黃庭堅 Huang Tingjian (1050 - 1110); the qins belonged to Zhang Sun

47. 復齋蒙齋二琴銘 Inscriptions for Two Qins, Fuzhai and Mengzhai (V.401)
    by 劉屏山 Liu Pinshan, style name of 劉子翬 Liu Zihui (1101 - 1147; Bio/662)

48. 琴銘 Qin Inscription (V.402)
    by 黃子厚 Huang Zihou, style name of 黃銖 Huang Zhu (1131 - 1199; Bio/2069; friend of Zhu Xi)

49. 琴銘 Qin Inscription (V.402)
    by 紫陽 Zi Yang, nickname of 朱熹 Zhu Xi (28068.308 also of others)

50. 空同琴銘 Inscription for Kongtong Qin (V.402)
    by 虞伯生 Yu Bosheng, style name of 虞集 Yu Ji (1272 - 1348); see also next

51. 霜鍾琴銘 Inscription for Shuangzhong Qin (V.402)
    again by Yu Bosheng? (see #50)
    Shuangzhong (43311.290/2 霜鐘 qin belonging to 張受益 Zhang Shouyi 10026.xxx!)

52. 雷琴銘 Inscription (V.402)
    by 周益公 Zhou Yigong (3597.xxx; Yigong 23498.xxx)

53. 舜五絃琴銘 Inscription for a Shun (-style) Five-String Qin (V.402)
    again by Zhou Yigong? (see #50)

54. 五絃琴銘 Five-String Qin Inscription (V.403)
    by 唐仲友 Tang Zhongyou (1136 - 1188; Bio/2037; 3714.103 金華人)

55. 銘文與可琴 Inscription for the Qin of Wen Yuke (V.403)
    by 東坡 (Su) Dongpo
    與可 Yuke, style name of 文同 Wen Tong (1018 - 1079; Bio/299; 13766.140)

56. 懸永琴銘 Inscription for Xuanyong Qin (V.403)
    by 劉養吾 Liu Yangwu, nickname of 劉將孫 Liu Jiangsun, Yuan dynasty; see also #28 above

57. 琴銘 Qin Inscription (宋風 Songfeng; V.403)
    by 張侃 Zhang Kan (12th/13th c; Bio/1216, son of Zhang Yan
    "人品" 903.0 is an alternate form of 侃; 10026.579 also has a man of 晉 Jin)

58. 再銘所得琴 Again inscribing the qin that was acquired (subtitle: 大雅 Da Ya) (V.403)
    by 衛宗武 Wei Zongwu (d.1289; Bio/50)

59. (Also) 銘所得琴為飛瀑 Inscription for the qin acquired as Water Cascade
    by 衛宗武 Wei Zongwu (see also #58 above)
    Fei Bao (44974.322 water cascade)
    (Not in the Table of Contents)

60. 廣川琴銘跋 Guangchuan Qin Inscription Colophon (V.403)
    (still by Wei Zongwu? see previous)
    N.B. 董逌 Dong You (12th c.; /Bio/2254) wrote a 廣川書跋 (9693.11) Guangchuan Writings Colophon

     
    (Miscellaneous ?)

61. 七發 Seven Methods (V.404)
    by 枚乘 Mei Cheng (d.140 BCE; Bio/1454; 14883.9; recluse, writer)
    An extract is discussed here under hui.

62. 七蠲 Seven Juan (V.404)
    by 後漢崔琦 Cui Qi of the Latter Han (1st/2nd c. CE; Bio/2164)
    (Juan is a finger technique [?])

63. 七歡 Seven Pleasures (V.404)
    by 湛方生 Zhan Fangsheng (Bio/xxx; 18213.xxx; 13936.112xxx)

64. 七命 Seven Decrees (V.404)
    by 張景陽 Zhang Jingyang, style name of 張協 Zhang Xie (2nd/3rd c. CE; Bio/1204; 10026.521;
    younger brother of Zhang Zai)

65. 琴辨引 Qin Distinctions Preface (V.404)
    by 元裕之 Yuan Yuzhi (see Yuan Haowen; here Yu is [mistakenly?] written with the radical 示)

     
    Prefaces (序 Xu)

66. 樂府古題序 Preface to Yue Fu Old Themes (V.405)
    by 元禎 Yuanzhen, style name of 丁仙芝 Ding Xianzhi (8th c.; Bio/10)

67. 上已燕太學聽琴詩序 (V.406)
    by 韓愈 Han Yu (上已 is day of the 修禊 Xiuxi -- 3rd day of 3rd lunar month)

68. 觀石山人彈琴序 Preface to Seeing the Stone Mountain Man Play the Qin (V.405)
    by 梁肅 Liang Su (15135.204 has two, one Tang [753 - 793], one 金 Jin [d.1188]);
    Shishan (24574.20 stoney mountain; mountain in Zhejiang; prefecture in Shandong; hao of 文玉 Wen Yu [宋順慶人 Song])

69. 贈麴桓彈琴序 Preface to Bestowed on Qu Huan Playing the Qin (V.407)
    by 柳開 Liu Kai (8th c.; Bio/1709; 15002.157)
    Qu Huan (48790.xxx)

70. 送楊二赴劍浦序 Preface to Seeing off Yang Er Going to Jianpu (V.407)
    by 六一居士 Liu Yi Jushi, nickname of Ouyang Xiu;
    Yang Er was 楊寘 Yang Zhi (1014 - 1044; 15489.600);
    translated in Ronald Egan, Music, Sadness and the Qin, pp.63/4

71. 送琴士蕭長夫序 Preface to Seeing Off Qin Master Xiao Zhangfu (V.408)
    by 真景元 Zhen Jingyuan, style name of 真德秀 Zhen Dexiu (1178 - 1235; Bio/1855; 23804.219)
    Xiao Zhangfu (32667.xxx; 42022.27 long term/distance servant)

72. 相國寺雍摩院聽琴序 Preface to Hearing the Qin in the Yongmo Hall of Xiangguo Temple (V.408)
    by 曾鞏 Zeng Gong (1019 - 1083; ICTCL p.799; see also Folio 20A, #48);
    Xiangguo Si 23733.189 in Kaifeng; yongmo 42916.xxx (harmonious interaction)

    丹陽集 Danyang Collection (refers to #73 and #74 below?)
    by 范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan (989 - 1052); the following two seem to be from this work

73. 唐異處士詩序 Preface to a Poem of Retired Scholar Tang Yi (V.409)
    (by 范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan? see previous)
    Tang Yi (3714.xxx; 22369.xxx)

74. 贈周道士序 Preface to Presented to Daoist Zhou (V.410)
    (still by 范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan?)

75. 李莊簡公跋海上人琴序 Preface to (V.410)
    李泰發題 Presented by Li Tai (1618 - 652; Bio/915; 14819.943; a Tang prince;
    attribution is written at end; 14819.1122 Lizhuang was a commandery in Hebei or Sichuan;
    27145.xxx Jian Gong; 17933.10? Haishang ren)

76. 宋本苗氏手校琴譜序 Preface to the Song book Mr. Miao's Hand-Revised Qin Tablature (V.410)
    Is this Miao Xiushi?

77. 瓢泉題申仲禮贈宋明義彈琴詩卷序 (V.410)
    By Piaoquan (? 21917.xxx calabash spring); Shen Zhongli 22222.xxx; Zhongli 437.437 style names of many;
    Song Mingyi 7230.xxx; mingyi 14124.467xxx

78. 霞外譜琴序 Preface to Beyond the Rosy Clouds Qin Handbook (V.411)
    by 胡長孺 Hu Zhangru (1249 - 1323; 30073.197; the preface, dated 1311, was written in 虍林山 Hulin Mountain, in Hangzhou);
    Xu Jian, page 90, refers to this text, which mentions Yang Zan and others. It says that 紫霞洞譜十三卷 has 468 melodies, but adds that many must have been lost earlier, since in Xi Kang's time there were over 1,300.
    Zixia 28068.554, dwelling place of immortals. (Zixia is also the style name of [early Song] He Lingtong, 489.72; Zixia Daoshi 28068.558 was the style name of [Yuan] Ma Zhen 45550.821/2; Xiawai Shiji 43315.13, 10 folios, is a collection of poems by Ma Zhen.)

     
    Records (記 Ji)

79. 大周正樂記 Record of Orthodox Music of the Great Zhou (? V.411)
    By ???; 5960.623 Da Zhou has four definitions; 16611.416 Zheng Yue has three, none a book name

80. 琴會記 Record of a Qin Gathering (V.412)
    by 柳識 Liu Shi (7th/8th c.; Bio/1709; 15002.236);
    the event, which took place in 771, was attended by important officials
    Quoted in the biography of Li Xijun

81. 三琴記 Record of Three Qins (V.413)
    by Ouyang Xiu (partial translation in a footnote)
    "Master Ouyang's Collection: In my home I had three qins. One is said to have belonged to 張越 Zhang Yue (see also a Liu Chang poem), one to 樓則 Lou Ze (Bio/xxx), one was a 雷氏 Lei family qin...."

     
    Chronicle (志 Zhi)

82. 斲琴志 Chronicle of Making a Qin (V.413)
    by 舒元輿 Shu Yuanyu (d. 835; Bio/2337; 30988.8 東陽人)

     
    Biography (傳 Zhuan)

83. 六一居士自傳 Autobiography of Ouyang Xiu (V.414)
    by Ouyang Xiu; begins with explanation of "Mr. One-of-Six".

     
    Proclamation (諭 Yu)

84. 琴諭 Qin Proclamation (V.414)
    by 宋濂 Song Lian (1310 - 81)
    Explaining qin to someone (齊氏) who doesn't already know what it is)

     
    (Writing [書 Shu]?)

85. 歐陽修，書梅聲俞詩^蒿_木後 Shu Mei Shengyu Shi Gao Hou (V.415)
    by Ouyang Xiu

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

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