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38. Latter Red Cliff Rhapsody
- Standard tuning:2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 played as 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 |
後赤壁賦
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Hou Chibi Fu |
The same lyrics by Su Shi (Su Dongpo, 1036 - 1101) are found in three other handbooks (1539, 1585 and 1828), but all have different music.
The poem shares the same preface as Qian Chibi Fu, with which it is paired.
Original preface
None; see Qian Chibi Fu
Music and Lyrics: Nine sections 3
(Originally undivided; the divisions here follow later versions)
1. (Preface)
On the full moon of the 10th lunar month of the same year (1082 CE), I walked from the Snow Hall....(see list of published translations).
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6.
7. (ends with harmonics)
8. (harmonics)
9. (harmonics)
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1.
Hou Chibi Fu 後赤壁賦
See under Qian Chibi Fu.
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2.
Tuning and mode
Taigu Yiyin does not organize melodies by mode. See further comments under Qian Chibi Fu.
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3.
Original lyrics of Hou Chibi Fu (see also Qian Chibi Fu)
In Taigu Yiyin the Chinese lyrics, which pair Su Dongpo's original poem (including the introduction) to the qin tablature using the standard method, are not clearly divided into sections. However, later versions seem to suggest arranging them into 9 sections, as follows:
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