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Guqin Handbooks
1
An Annotated List |
琴譜
Volume 1 of Qinqu Jicheng includes #1-5, 7-12 and 14 2 |
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 players, instruments and handbooks. In 1958 the findings from his search for handbooks were published in his "Guide". The Guide listed all the handbooks he had found, but it did not index them all: Zha commented on and indexed 109 through 1946, then listed separately but did not index 35 hand-copied tablature collections that were unavailable or seemed to include only tablature also published elsewhere.3 Since then quite a few more handbooks have been discovered, most from the 19th and 20th centuries.4 As a result, the list below has 150 through 1946.5
From the start there was a plan to print these, or the earliest of these, in series called Qinqu Jicheng. In the end, though, only one volume was published, in 1963; this volume is referred to here as (part of) the "original series".6
Meanwhile, in Taiwan in 1971 Tong Kin-Woon published his Qin Fu, which has 12 qin handbooks, plus other qin related writings, including some that were then available only in Taiwan.7
After the Cultural Revolution the reissue of old handbooks resumed in China, but with the aim now expanded to include all the available qinpu of note. As a result between 1981 (Volume I) and 1991 (Volume 17, having skipped Volume 15) most of the surviving handbooks up to 1802 were re-published, several at a time. This new anthology was also called Qinqu Jicheng.8
In June 2010 it was announced that the complete Qinqu Jicheng series is now available as a 30-volume set.9 This includes quite a few handbooks not mentioned in the Zha Guide. It should be noted that one can find references to yet more handbooks that may or may not still exist; these include some early Zhucheng school handbooks.10
The following annotated list includes basic information on the 139 qin handbooks included in the various editions of QQJC, plus 11 not included there.11 In addition there are links to further information about all but one of the surviving handbooks through 1614. 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） 12 | 古琴目錄 |
1.
Guqin handbooks (琴譜 qinpu)
琴譜 21570.191 gives a modern description with example. The earliest reference is 唐書，藝文志 Tang History, Art annals: 劉氏周氏琴譜四卷 Handbook in four Folios of the Liu Family and Zhou Family. The other references are to the Song history and a comment by Pi Rixiu.
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2.
Image
Compare with image of Volume 1 from the 2010 series.
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3.
Handbooks "insl": in secondary list of Zha's 1958
Guide (these were not indexed by Zha)
This secondary list (see Zha Fuxi's Guide
Part 4) has the names of 35 handbooks that he mentions but did not index. Some were not available to him at that time, particularly those in Taiwan; others were available to him but were hand-copies with material already published elsewhere. Five handbooks from this secondary list have subsequently been included in QQJC. These are:
These five plus the following two (for reasons noted) have been added to my list above:
All seven are marked above as "insl".
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4.
Handbooks uncovered after Zha's project in the 1950s
A search for "niml" (see next footnote) will show that 9 additional handbooks were discovered in time to be included in the 16 Qinqu Jicheng volumes published between 1981 and 1991, while 26 additions have been included in the rest, i.e., vols. 15 and 18-30 of the 2010 30 volume limited edition.
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5.
Handbooks listed above but "niml": not in main list of Zha's 1958
Guide (hence not indexed by Zha)
Zha Fuxi's Guide to Existing Guqin Pieces in Tablature (1958) indexed 109 handbooks through 1946; three entries have appendices ("apx") which in my list are separate items, making 112 in all. Meanwhile, the list above has altogether 150 titles through 1946, an addition of 38. These 38 can be found by searching this page for "niml". Of the 38, three of the first five are not in QQJC ("niqqjc"), while seven were in the Guide's listed but not indexed section ("insl").
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6.
琴曲集成 Qinqu Jicheng (Collection of Qin Melodies), Original Series
The original series, also published by Zhonghua Shuju, was published in 1963. Apparently two volumes were being prepared, but the second volume was never published. It was then superceded by the new series.
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7.
琴府 Qin Fu
Tong Kin-Woon published his Qin Fu in Taiwan in 1971. For the names of 12 handbooks included in Qin Fu search above for "QF". In addition Tong Kin-Woon's compilation includes many early and modern essays on qin plus two books of transcriptions not then available in Taiwan.
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8.
琴曲集成 Qinqu Jicheng (Collection of Qin Melodies) (QQJC)
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)
Replaced original Qinqu Jicheng
Superceded by 30 volume Qinqu Jicheng
Apparently this series was originally planned to reprint all known surviving handbooks in 24 volumes (compare Siku Quanshu, which had very few qin handbooks). It is not clear why publication of this series stopped after Vol. XVII was printed in 1991, with Vol XV never completed. What this meant, though, was that as of 2010 the series included all but seven of the known qin handbooks published through 1802 but none later. As for before 1802, if one also includes the handbooks published in Tong Kin-Woon's Qin Fu and in the Zhongguo Shudian facsimile editions, discussed below, then the only significant handbooks through 1802 still unavailable in reprint were as follows:
In addition, Buxuxian Qinpu (1556) was available only in a truncated version (photocopies of the full edition have circulated).
Zha's Guide seems to suggest all of these were in the 中央音樂學院 Central Academy of Music.
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9.
30-Volume Edition of 2010
Details from the 中華書局 China Book Company website
(q.v.) suggest this became available for 預訂 ordering in June 2010. My preliminary examination indicates that in completing the project begun with the earlier QQJC no further handbooks were discovered. Currently I am trying to incorporate the details I have for this publication (basically the Table of Contents below) on the page above, beginning by indicating in bold the location of handbooks included in volumes 15 and 18 - 30, but I have not yet seen this edition. The size (開本) of the volumes is listed as 16 開 (185x260mm), which seems to make them the same size as volumes in the 1981-91 series (the latter are stated as 787x1092 毫米 mm. sheets divided into 16 pages)
A preliminary examination suggests that it has included at least 20 handbooks that were not mentioned in Zha's Guide, but it also omits some
(see list).
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10.
Early 諸城派 Zhucheng School handbooks (Proto-Meian)
These are all discussed together with Meian Qinpu in a footnote to the page on
Longyinguan Qinpu. Zha Guide classifies Meian school players as Zhucheng (see chart of traditional qin schools). Of those listed below two are included in the 2010 new series, but I have only seen the first and can comment little on the others.
11.
Handbooks listed here but "niqqjc": not published in Qinqu Jicheng
At present these include the following (marked "niqqjc" above):
(See 2010 contents and note combined volumes of Vol.7 and Vol.12)
Also not in Qinqu Jicheng are the handbooks published after 1946.
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12.
Availability of qin handbooks
It is not clear how the publication in 2010 of the
30-volume edition will affect websites that as of that date made available most of the existing Qinqu Jicheng in .pdf format (see, for example,
www.han-people.com; it is missing Vol. X; 134.5 MB: selecting www.han-people.com/music/guqin_staff.rar should begin an immediate download).
As for availability of hard copies, the Qinqu Jicheng series begun in 1981 (originally planned as 24 or 30 volumes) stopped after Volume XVII, but with Volume XV also never published. As a result, it includes most surviving printed qin handbooks through 1802, none later. Although long out of print, Qinqu Jicheng volumes can be found in libraries.
Regarding my list above, volumes included in Qinqu Jicheng or Tong Kin-Woon's Qin Fu are indicated by number. Thus for Qinqu Jicheng I.2 means this listed handbook is the second one reprinted in Volume I. Currently the list is being adjusted to take into account the 30-volume set published in 2010.
References to Facsimile Editions
中國書店 Zhongguo Shudian (ZGSD)
第 1冊 (12 譜)
第 2冊 (2 譜)
第 3冊 (4 譜)
第 4冊 (3 譜)
第 5冊 (1 譜)
第 6冊 (5 譜)
第 7冊 (4 譜)
第 8冊 (4 譜)
第 9冊 (6 譜)
第10冊 (3 譜)
第11冊 (4 譜)
第12冊 (8 譜)
第13冊 (5 譜)
第14冊 (4 譜)
第15冊 (5 譜)
第16冊 (4 譜)
第17冊 (2 譜)
第18冊 (7 譜)
第19冊 (4 譜)
第20冊 (7 譜)
第21冊 (3 譜)
第22冊 (4 譜)
第23冊 (7 譜)
第24冊 (9 譜)
第25冊 (1 譜)
第26冊 (5 譜)
第27冊 (5 譜)
第28冊 (3 譜)
A number of qin handbooks are available in facsimile reprint. Most of these are being published by Zhongguo Shudian.
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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Appendix
Table of Contents for the 30-volume edition of 2010
琴曲集成2010限量發行本目錄
This collection has 139 pu through 1946 instead of the 150
above: see comment"
碣石調幽蘭
白石道人歌曲
事林廣記
太古遺音
新刊太音大全集
神奇秘譜
五聲琴譜
浙音釋字琴譜
謝琳太古遺音
黃士達太古遺音
新刊發明琴譜
梧岡琴譜
風宣玄品
琴譜正傳
西麓堂琴統
步虛仙琴譜
杏莊太音補遺
杏莊太音續譜
太音傳習
五音琴譜
重修真傳琴譜
琴書大全
玉梧琴譜
三教同聲
文會堂琴譜
藏春塢琴譜
三才圖會續集
綠綺新聲
真傳正宗琴譜
太古遺音（又本）
伯牙心法（又本）
陽春堂琴經
陽春堂琴譜
琴適
松弦館琴譜
新傳理性元雅
樂仙琴譜
思齊堂琴譜
太音希聲
古音正宗
中洲草堂遺集
義軒琴經
陶氏琴譜
徽言秘旨
徽言秘旨訂
大還閣琴譜
愧庵琴譜
臣卉堂琴譜
友聲社琴譜
琴苑心傳全編
琴學心聲諧譜
和文注音琴譜
明和本東皋琴譜（1772本）
太原止郎本東皋琴譜（1898本）
松風閣琴譜
抒懷操
松聲操
松風閣琴瑟譜
德音堂琴譜
琴瑟合璧
琴譜析微
蓼懷堂琴譜
誠一堂琴譜
一峰園琴譜
琴學正聲
響山堂琴譜
澄鑒堂琴譜
五知齋琴譜
臥雲樓琴譜
東園琴譜
存古堂琴譜
光裕堂琴譜
琴書千古
穎陽琴譜
蘭田館琴譜
大樂母音
研露樓琴譜
琴香堂琴譜
自遠堂琴譜
立雪齋琴譜
琴學練要
春草堂琴譜
敏亭琴劍合譜
龍吟閣秘本琴譜
桐園草堂陽關三疊
酣古齋琴譜
太和正音琴譜
裛露軒琴譜
響雪山房琴譜
小蘭琴譜
蕭立禮琴說
虞山李氏琴譜
琴譜諧聲
指法匯參確解
峰抱樓琴譜
琴學參變
琴學軔端
鄰鶴齋琴譜
天籟閣琴譜
律話
梅花仙館琴譜
一經廬琴學
律音匯考
悟雪山房琴譜
樂山堂琴譜
琴譜正律
二香琴譜
行有恆堂錄存琴譜
張鞠田琴譜
槐蔭書屋琴譜
稚雲琴譜
師白山房琴譜
荻灰館琴譜
錢壽占琴譜十操
秋水齋琴譜
錢塘諸氏琴譜
琴學尊聞
琴學入門
青箱齋琴譜
白菡萏香館琴譜
天聞閣琴譜
蕉庵琴譜
琴瑟合譜
以六正五之齋琴學秘譜
希韶閣琴譜集成
希韶閣琴瑟合譜
枕經葄史山房雜抄
雙琴書屋琴譜集成
養性堂琴譜
綠綺清韻
友石山房琴譜
枯木禪琴譜
鄂公祠說琴
琴學初津
