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49. Sigh for Antiquity
- Shang mode, standard tuning: 5 6 1 2 3 5 6, but played as 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 		慨古
Kai Gu1

This melody survives only in Fengxuan Xuanpin. This handbook has no commentary and there are no lyrics. The theme seems to be similar to that of #45 Gujiao Xing, but later versions of Gujiao Xing in handbooks that like to pair melodies (see, for example, in Xilutang Qintong) pair it with a different melody.

Shen Qi Mi Pu (1425) and two other handbooks have a musically unrelated Kai Gu. Some commentary is connected to that version.

 
Original preface

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Music
3 sections (untitled)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

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