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SXGQP     Preface
Songxianguan Qinpu
Qin Handbook of Pine String Hall 1
松絃館琴譜
1614

Table of Contents

    --  薛志學序 Xue Zhixue preface (VIII/69)
    --  嚴澂自序 Yan Cheng's own preface (VIII/70)
    --  目錄 Table of Contents (VIII/71)
    --  觀譜法 Method of Looking at qinpu (brief explanation of tablature; (VIII/72)

     
    Folio One: Gong Mode

  1. Dongtian Chunxiao (18; VIII/73)
    3rd of 28 from
    1602 (almost same) to 1946

  2. Yang Chun (15; VIII/80)
    14th of 32 from 1539 to 1961 (earlier diff; 1647 very similar; 1425 is unrelated)

  3. Xiuxi Yin (3; VIII/85)
    2nd of 9 from 1549 (start/end similar; middle different) to 1876

     
    Shang mode

  4. Gu Jiao Xing (12; VIII/86)
    8th of 17 from 1539 to 1876 (1647 similar)

  5. Feng Lei Yin (9; VIII/90)
    12th of 39 from 1539 to 1910; 1931 is unrelated

  6. Tao Yuan Yin (3; VIII/93)
    2nd of 10 from 1596 (similar) to 1890

  7. Qing Ye Yin (3; VIII/94)
    2 others: 1549 is more elaborate; 1647/92 similar exc. sec. 2 harmonics

  8. Zhong Qiu Yue (3; VIII/95)
    1st of 4 (others: 1647/1692 [almost same], 1692 [same], 1722 [ ? ])

  9. Qiujiang Ye Bo (4; VIII/96)
    1st of many with this title, but comes from Yin De, thus 6th of 34 from 1425 to 1931

  10. Jiao Qi Yin (3; VIII/98)
    2 others: 1549 (many differences) to 1647 (very similar)

  11. Jing Guan Yin (1; VIII/99)
    4th of 35 from 1579 to 1899

     
    Jiao mode

  12. Xishan Qiu Yue (13; VIII/100)
    13 Sections;
    4th of 26 from 1602 (close) to 1878 (溪山: compare 谿山...; also called Jishan Qiu Yue 箕山秋月...)

  13. Cangwu Yuan (13; VIII/106)
    2nd of 14 from 1549 (quite different) to 1876

  14. Liezi Yu Feng (10; VIII/110)
    18th of 40 from 1425 to 1876

  15. Liangxiao Yin (2; VIII/114)
    1st of 31 with this title to 1914 (#2 to #7 [1702] almost same; #8 [1722], 3 sec., but not much different); in 1596 called Cangwu Yin

     
    Folio 2

    Zhi mode

  16. Tu Shan (18; VIII/115)
    18th of 37 from 1425 to 1876

  17. Qiao Ge (13; VIII/121)
    19th of 54 from 1425 to 1946

  18. Yu Ge (18; VIII/125)
    8th of about 30 from 1549 to 1910 (zhi mode only)

  19. Guan Ju (10; VIII/130)
    21st of 59 from <1491 to 1894; long afterword by Yan Cheng (1616; VIII/134)

  20. Shanju Yin (1; VIII/134)
    16th of 46 from 1425 to 1894; can be divided into 3 sections

  21. Weibin Yin (2; VIII/136)
    6th of 10 from 1539 to 1692

  22. Dongting Qiu Si (3; VIII/137)
    3rd of 22 from 1549 to 1890

  23. Huitong Yin (3; VIII/138)
    4th of 5 from 1549 to 1647/1692

     
    Yu mode

  24. Pei Lan (14; VIII/140)
    10th of 40 from 1539 to 1893

  25. Han Gong Qiu (10; VIII/144)
    7th of 49 from 1589 to 1946 (1549 has different tuning)

  26. Chun Xiao Yin (3; VIII/147)
    3rd of 20 from 1549 to 1899

     
    Shangjiao mode

  27. Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (10; VIII/149)
    18th of 43 from 1425 to 1946

  28. Shenhua Yin Shou Duan (1; VIII/152)
    16th of 18 from 1425 to 1670 (like
    Shangjiao Yi); short foreword

  29. Shenhua Yin (5; VIII/153)
    12th of 32 from 1425 to 1914, but quite different from SQMP

     
    Appendix

    Songxuanguan Qinpu Introduction, by 馮復原 Feng Fuyuan (VIII/155)
    Record of a qin made from 楷 kai wood (嚴炳 Yan Bing, from his grandfather Yan Zheng; VIII/156)
    附琴川彙譜序 Qinchuan Huipu Xu Preface to the appendix "Qin Stream Collection of Tablature" (Yan Bing, from Yan Zheng; VIII/158)

  30. Liu Shui (8; VIII/159)
    9th of 38 from 1425 to 1961 (not in Zha's Guide; VIII)

  31. Pu'an Zhou (VIII/162)
    4th of 38 from 1592 to 1931 (not in Zha's Guide); like
    Shitan Zhang, but divisions not indicated; lyrics placed before tablature

    Yan Bing afterword (1656; VIII/166)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

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