Da Ming Yi Tong is a song in one section. It survives in tablature in only two handbooks,² Fengxuan Xianpin and Yuwu Qinpu³ (1589), which has the same lyrics but different music.

Zha Fuxi's Guide attributes Da Ming Yi Tong to Zhu Houjiao himself, not specifying whether he means the words, the music or both.

Yuwu Qinpu, also without being specific, attributes this title to Liu Ji,⁴ again not specifying it this means the words or the music, adding only that it is a "Yuwu Addition".⁵ It is the last melody in that handbook, and the only one there not included also in Zangchunwu Qinpu)

Not complete.

 
Original preface

None

 
One Section
Lyrics, not attributed, have the following structure:⁶

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Uniform Rule of the Great Ming (大明一統 Da Ming Yi Tong)
2/1347xxx; 5960.577 大明一統名勝志 book name, see 14124.1 明一統名勝志; 5960.578 大明一統志 book name, see 14124.2 明一統志. Both seem to be book collections and thus unrelated to this song title.
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2. Guide 16/164/362
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3. QQJC, VI., p.103
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4. 國朝劉基所作。 Liu Ji (1311 - 1375) was a noted critic of the Yuan and early supporter of the Ming. Lam, State Sacrifices, pp.6-7, quotes a "eulogy" by Liu Ji of an early Ming state sacrifice.
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5. 玉梧閏譜。 Yuwu was apparently a name of Zhang Jinchao, who compiled Yuwu Qinpu.
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6. Da Ming Yi Tong lyrics
The original lyrics are as follows:

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