Folio One

Melodies for seven string qin

本調宮音 Standard tuning gong mode

1. Meihua Sannong (11; VIII/183)
   Melody related to SQMP version
2. Jiu Kuang (7; VIII/188)
   Related to SQMP version melody
3. Yang Chun (15; VIII/190)
   Related to 1539 version but melody and lyrics very different
4. Lu Ming (3; VIII/196)
   First of 6 but unrelated to later ones, from 1745 to 1910
5. Haohao Ge (3; VIII/197)
   Compare 1585

   本調商音 Standard tuning shang mode

6. Tengwang Ge Fu (14; VIII/198)
   Compare 1585
7. Kechuang Yehua (10; VIII/203)
   Compare 1511
8. Fusheng Cao (5; VIII/207)
   Compare 1511 Yasheng Cao; here "大哉顏回" begins Section 2

   Folio Two

9. Yuan He Shuang Qing (12; VIII/209)
   Compare 1511 Shuang Qing Zhuan
10. Bai Xue (9; VIII/214)
    Compare 1425
11. Guiqulai Ce (6; VIII/216)
    Compare 1511
12. Shitan Zhang (VIII/218)
    Compare 1592
13. Du Jiangjun Ge (6; VIII/222)
    Only here
14. Xiangfei Yuan (4; VIII/224)
    Compare 1511

    本調角音 Standard tuning jiao mode

15. Liezi Yu Feng (10; VIII/226)
    Compare 1425
16. Qiusheng Fu (7; VIII/230)
    Compare 1589, etc.
17. Si Zhao Yuan (4; VIII/232)
    Only here
18. Ba Jiu Wen Yue (2; VIII/235)
    Only here

    本調徴音 Standard tuning zhi mode

19. Yu Qiao Wenda (12; VIII/236)
    Compare 1559, etc.
20. Guan Ju (10; VIII/240)
    Compare 1585
21. Xing Tan Yin (1; VIII/243)
    Compare 1549, etc.

    本調羽音 Standard tuning yu mode

22. Han Gong Qiu Yue (10; VIII/244)
    Compare 1549, etc.
23. Shuilong Yin (2; VIII/247)
    Compare 1589
24. Feng Qiu Huang (1; VIII/248)
    Compare from 1539 Wenjun Cao
25. Xiangsi Qu (1; VIII/249)
    Compare 1585; same as Japan

     
    Folio Three

    別調七絃 Non-standard tunings, seven-string qin
    (24 melodies in 20 non-standard tunings; further comment under the Xilutang Qintong chart)

26. 慢宮 Mangong ("lower 1, 3, 6; same as 夷則 [same as 1549 yize, 南呂 nanlü"; VIII/250)
      猗蘭操 Yilan Cao (2 sections, titled)
    Section 1 lyrics as 1511 and Japan; Section 2 lyrics: 曄曄秋蘭，孤無俗態....(source not identified)
27. 黃鐘 Huangzhong ("raise 5, lower 1" [same as 1549 wuyi, #32 dalü]; VIII/251)
      昭君怨 Zhaojun Yuan (8T)
28. Again Huangzhong (same tuning as previous; VIII/255)
      前赤壁賦 Qian Chibi Fu (11)
29. 姑洗 Guxian ("raise 2, 5, 7; same as 夾鍾 jiazhong, 清商 qingshang" [same as 1549 guxian] ; VIII/258)
      有回行 You Hui Xing (5; only here)
30. 蕤賓 Ruibin ("raise 1" [same as 1549 ruibin]; VIII/260)
      秋鴻 Qiu Hong (36; compare guxian in 1425!)
31. 無射 Wuyi ("lower 1, 2" [melody tends to avoid these 2 strings!]; VIII/271)
      梅花十五弄 Mei Hua Shiwu Nong (q.v.; unrelated to other Meihua; 15T)
32. 大呂 Dalü ("raise 5, lower 1; 如黃鍾但" [same as #27 Huangzhong; again as 1549 wuyi]); VIII/274)
      三癖操 San Pi Cao (3; "three cravings"; only here)
33. 慢商 Manshang ("lower 1, 3"; same as 1549 yunü; VIII/275)
      結客少年塲 Jie Ke Shaonian Chang (3; only here)
34. 慢角 Manjiao ("lower 3, 6" [same as 1549 wumei; compare wumei below]; VIII/276)
      將進酒 Jiang Jin Jiu (2; only here)
35. 清角 Qing Jiao ("lower 1, 6, raise 3"; VIII/277)
      妾薄命 Qie Bo Ming (4; by 張子 Zhang Zi; only here)
36. 清徵 Qingzhi ("raise 4, lower 5"; VIII/279)
      茶歌 Cha Ge (4; only here; Tea Song [only qin tune about tea])
37. 慢羽 Manyu ("lower 5"; VIII/280)
      過義士橋 Guo Yishi Qiao (2; only here)
38. 清羽 Qingyu ("raise 2, 4"; VIII/281)
      手挽長河行 Shouwan Chang He Xing (4; only here)
39. 側羽 Ceyu ("raise 7"; VIII/284)
      飲中八仙歌 Yinzhong Baxian Ge (2; lyrics by Du Fu; only here)
40. 凄凉 Qiliang ("raise 2, 5"; as 1549; VIII/285)
      屈原問渡 Qu Yuan Wen Du (9)
41. Again Qiliang (same tuning; VIII/288)
      陽關三疊 Yangguan Sandie (3)
42. Again Qiliang (same tuning; VIII/289)
      春江送別 Chunjiang Songbie (9; title only here and 1738, but it is actually a version of Yangguan Sandie)
43. 碧玉 Biyu ("raise 3, 5, 7" [same as #49 below; compare 1549 and 1425]; VIII/292)
      陌上桑 Moshang Sang (3; only here and an unrelated 1597)
44. 側蜀 Ceshu ("lower 3" [as 1549 huangzhong, etc.; VIII/294)
      醒心集 Xing Xin Ji (5; see the unrelated 1585)
45. 側楚 Cechu ("raise 7, lower 2"; VIII/296)
      孝順歌 Xiao Shun Ge (3; only here)
46. 無媒 Wumei ("raise 2, 6"; VIII/298)
      白頭吟 Baitou Yin (4; only here; see details and compare Manjiao above)
47. 清調 Qingdiao ("raise 5, 7"; VIII/299)
      Wang Mingjun Yin (3; only here)
48. 離憂 Liyou ("lower 1, 2"; VIII/301 [reverses order with next])
      東飛伯勞歌 Dong Fei Bo Lao Ge (2; only here)
49. 泉鳴 Quanming ("tighten 3, 5, 7" [same as #43 above]; VIII/302)
      相逢行 Xiang Feng Xing (2; only here)

     
    Folio Four (23 Melodies for five, nine and one string qin)

    Five string qin melodies
    (see as theme)

50. 關雎     Guan Ju (3; VIII/303)
    new version;
51. 蓼莪     Lu E (6; VIII/305)
    Liao E? only here
52. 襄陽歌 Xiangyang Ge (3; VIII/306)
    1579 diff (VIII/306)
53. 兵車行 Bing Che Xing (3; VIII/307)
    only here
54. 風入松 Feng Ru Song (1; VIII/309)
    1511 diff.
55. 獲麟解 Huo Lin Jie (3; VIII/310)
    only here
56. 南薰歌 Nan Xun Ge (2; VIII/311)
    <1491 diff.
57. 思親操 Si Qin Cao (1; VIII/312)
    1511 diff.
58. 拘幽操 Ju You Cao (1; VIII/312)
    1511 diff.
59. 西銘     Xi Ming (3; VIII/313)
    only here
60. 履霜操 Lü Shuang Cao (1; VIII/314)
    1511 diff.
61. 四愁詩 Si Chou Shi (4; VIII/315)
    Raise 5th, lower 1st strings; only here
62. 漁父辭 Yu Fu Ci (4; VIII/317)
    Raise 2nd and 5th strings; only here

    Nine string qin melodies
    (see Song Taizong)

63. 前岀師表 Qian Chu Shi Biao (9; VIII/318)
    Here and 1585 (music seems diff.)
64. 蜀道難 Shu Dao Nan (3; VIII/322)
    1st of three (2nd: 1677 [XII/436] diff; can't find in 1910); lyrics 噫噓[噓戈]，魏乎高哉.... (Li Bai, The Road to Shu is Hard)
65. 獨樂園 Du Le Yuan (3; VIII/324)
    Only here
66. 胡笳十八拍 Hujia Shiba Pai (18; VIII/325)
    Lyrics like 1597 but music diff.
67. 按輿歌 Jie Yu Ge (2; VIII/332)
    only here

    One string qin melodies
    (see images; Xi Xian Cao is rather long, the other four very short)

68. 思賢操 Si Xian Cao (7; VIII/333)
    Compare 1511 Ya Sheng Cao
69. 杏壇吟 Xing Tan Yin (1; VIII/336)
    The lyrics of 1549 Xing Tan
70. 浪淘沙 Lang Tao Sha (1; VIII/336)
    (Tune): 岀古詞府 Chu Gu Ci Fu (see lyrics)
71. 塞上曲 Sai Shang Qu (1; VIII/337)
    By 黃魯直 Huang Luzhi (Huang Tingjian: "十月北風燕草黃...."
72. 水調歌頭 Shui Diao Ge Tou (1; VIII/337)
    1st of 4; preface; lyrics by Su Dongpo begin "明月幾時有，把酒問青天...."

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1. 理性元雅 21475.37 only 理性; 1356 no 元雅.
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