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Guqin Handbooks
1
An Annotated List |
Volume 1 of Qinqu Jicheng
includes #1-5, 7-12 and 14 |
Qin music is collected in qinpu (qin handbooks). The annotated Catalogue of Qin Books has many that no longer exist, but the ones listed here all do. A few, such as #4 Taiyin Daquanji (see also Other Qin Books and Tablature) have only instructive articles, but most have qin melodies written out in the distinctive qin tablature.
In China in the 1950s Zha Fuxi led a project of locating old qin handbooks, as well as players and instruments. In 1958 the findings were published in his "Guide", and many of these handbooks have since been re-published in the anthology Qinqu Jicheng, several at a time, starting with Vol. I in 1981, and (except for Vol. XV) now up to Vol. XVII.2 (This was in fact a new series, replacing a less complete old series.3) Zha Fuxi intentionally omitted hand-copied books that only included tablature published elsewhere,4 and since then some further handbooks have been discovered.5
The following annotated list includes links for further information about most of the surviving qinpu up through 1590, including ones not in Qinqu Jicheng. The ones on which I have done the most work are also included on a separate list; the other linked volumes here have little more than translations of the prefaces, done hastily while I was examining these later handbooks to compare the melodies with the versions in Shen Qi Mi Pu. None is a finished product.
| Surviving Qin Handbooks （現存琴譜列表） 6 | 古琴目錄 |
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1. 琴譜 qinpu; the Chinese characters here are unicode traditional (Return)
2.
琴曲集成Qinqu Jicheng (Collection of Qin Melodies)
New series, 中華書局出版發行 Zhonghua Shuju Chuban Faxing, Beijing (Vol. 1 - 8) and Shanghai (Vols 9 - 17, except 15)
Apparently this series was originally planned to reprint all known surviving handbooks in 24 volumes. However, no new volumes of Qinqu Jicheng have been published since Vol. XVII was printed in 1991.
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3.
琴曲集成Qinqu Jicheng (Collection of Qin Melodies), Old Series
The old series, also published by Zhonghua Shuju, first appeared in 1963. Apparently just two volumes were planned, but the second volume was never published; it was then superceded by the new series. See details.
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4. Zha Fuxi' Guide Part 4 lists handbooks of which he was aware, but which he did not include in his index. Some were in Taiwan and so not available to him at that time; others were hand-copies with material published elsewhere. (Return)
5. Some further handbooks were discovered in time to include in Qinqu Jicheng. Others of which Zha Fuxi was not aware in the 1950s include the following,
6.
References to Facsimile Editions
Volumes in this list included in Qinqu Jicheng or Qin Fu are indicated by number. Thus I/2 means this listed handbook is the second one reprinted in QQJC Volume I. QF/2 means the second handbook in Qin Fu. In addition, a number of these books are available in facsimile reprint. Most of these are being published by Zhongguo Shudian.
中國書店 Zhongguo Shudian (ZGSD)
Zhongguo Shudian (China Bookstore) has a shop in Liuli Chang, an area of Beijing that sells books and curios. Their address is: 北京市宣武區琉璃廠東街一一五號 #115 East Street, Liulichang, Xuanwu District, Beijing (entrance on 南新華路 South Xinhua Street). Some of their facsimile reprints include new commentary on the handbooks. They list currently available facsimile reprints of qin handbooks on their website, http://www.zgsd.net/. Most of them can be found by searching under 书名 book name for 琴谱 (simplified characters). However, this search does not find volumes (e.g. Qinxue Rumen) which do not include "qinpu" in their title.
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