Zhao Yeli (563 - 639) is particularly important for his surviving explanations of finger technques. He is said to have been one of the inventors of qin tablature (it is not clear whether this refers to the original longhand tablature or to the simplified tablature which developed from it; for more on the latter see Cao Rou).

Qinshu Cunmu, Folio 2, #5 - #8, has information about four works attributed to him:

1. Folio II, #5: 琴敘譜九卷 Qin Xu Pu Jiu Juan jiu juan
2. Folio II, #6: 彈琴手勢譜一卷 Tan Qin Shoushi Pu yi juan
3. Folio II, #7: 彈琴右手法一卷 Tan Qin Youshou Fa yi juan
4. Folio II, #8: 胡笳五弄譜二卷 Hujia Wunongpu er juan

These are all apparently lost. One perhaps preserved in Japan is

Folio II, #57: 琴用指法，一卷 Qinyong Zhifa

3

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 趙耶利 38015.xxx; Bio. xxx; Xu Jian, QSCB, Chapter 5. A. (p.54). (Return)

2 (Return)

3 (Return)

4 (Return)

5 (Return)

6 (Return)

Return to QSCB, or to the Guqin ToC.