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19. Pheasants' Morning Flight
- Standard tuning: 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 played as 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 |
雉朝飛
Zhi Zhao Fei 1 |
The lyrics for the melody here are Zhi Zhao Fei Cao by Han Yu (768-824) in the voice of Du Muzi. Like the poem, the music has just 11 phrases. It seems musically unrelated to Zhi Zhao Fei in Shen Qi Mi Pu, though the accompanying explanation shows that the story is the same.
Yuefu Shiji, Folio 57, #23 says Zhi Zhao Fei Cao is also called Zhi Zhao Gou Cao.2 It has introductions to this from four sources, then has seven different poems. The contents of this entry are as follows.
Bo Ya, untitled Qin Song
This is followed by seven lyrical settings.
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A later example of a Zhi Zhao Fei poem is the one by the Song dynasty's Cao Xun in his own collection called Qin Cao. 3
Original Taigu Yiyin preface
Translation incomplete.
The pheasants' flight on a morning day,
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42936.20 雉朝飛 (see also 14705.127 朝飛操, which quotes Cui Bao) says "qin melody" and quotes Yuefu Shiji (see p.837), including some of the poems. The monk Ju Yue (Seng Juyue) lists it as "most ancient". See also Xu Jian, pp. 8-9.
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42936.xxx 雉朝雊操 Zhi Zhao Gou Cao: Pheasants Call Out in the Morning
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(see Yuefu Shiji, p.837)
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Music and lyrics: One section
A largely syllabic setting, following the structure of the lyrics:
(6 + [4+4] x 3, then [4+6] x 1, then [5+5] x 1)
....(translation incomplete)
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