Table of Contents ³

  --  Chen Jing preface (I/373)
  --  Contents (I/374)
  --  General qin glossary (63 techniqes w/their symbols)
  --  Right hand fingerings (20 terms briefly explained)
  --  Left hand fingerings (23 terms briefly explained

(Gong Mode)
1. Shenpin Gong Yi (Celestial Air defining Gong [mode]; I/377)
   神品宮意 (differs from 1425; QPZC #3)

2. Meihua Yin (10*; Prelude to "Plum Blossom"; I/377)
   Also called Meihua Sannong (but quite different from 1425 [and from QPZC #2]; = QPZC #4)

3. Yang Chun (13; Bright Spring; I/380)
   Shenpin Gong; same as 龍門桃浪引 Longmen Taolang Yin (Melody related to 1549; QPZC #5)

4. Qingdu Yin (10; Clear City Prelude; I/382)
   "Shenpin Gong melody; also called Guanghan You (QPZC #51); by (Mao) Minzhong
   Piaoweng edited it and Old Qiushan further revised it" (from 1425; QPZC #18)

   (Gushang Mode)

5. Shenpin Gushang Yi (Celestial Air Defining Old-Shang [mode]; I/384)
   (from 1425; QPZC #24)

6. 奇品商意 Qipin Shang Yi (Marvelous Piece Defining Shang [mode]; I/384)
   (Only here and QPZC, [#25])

7. Yasheng Cao (7; Melody of the Secondary Sage; I/384)
   Also called Yan Hui (from 1511 [but shorter]; QPZC #26)

8. Bai Xue (9; White Snow; I/385)
   (from 1425 [two sections divided differently]; QPZC #27)

9. Chang Qing (9*; Long Clarity; I/387)
   "The first of Xi Kang's Four Melodies. It was especially 曉翁 Xiaoweng who grasped its meaning"; (from 1425; QPZC #19)

10. Yi Lan (11; Esteemed Orchid; I/389)
    This melody is one that 超出 excels among celestial airs (from 1425; QPZC #20; )

11. He Ming Jiugao (10*; Cranes Cry in the Nine Bends of the Marsh; I/392)
    (See #8; quite different from 1425; usually included with shang mode pieces; QPZC #6)

12. Yuan He Shuang Qing (9*; Paired Clarity of Ape and Crane; I/394)
    (Usually included with shang mode pieces; related to 1511; QPZC #7)

    (Shang Mode [No modal prelude])

13. Gui Qu Lai Ci (6L; Come Away Home Poem; I/397)
    Shang mode (same lyrics but completely different melody from 1511; QPZC #9)

14. Yikuang Yin (3; Barbarian-Desert Chant; I/399)
    神品即懷古吟商調 Celestial Air; same as Huai Gu Yin, shang mode (QPZC #10)
    See also Si Gui Yin

    (Jiao Mode)

15. Jiao Yi (Defining Jiao [mode]; I/400)
    

16. Yu Feng Xing (8; Ride the Wind Action; I/400)
    神品角曲 Shenpin Jiao Melody; by Mao Minzhong (like Liezi Yu Feng; QPZC #12)

    Shangjiao Mode

17. Shangjiao Yi (Defining Shangjiao [mode]; I/402)
    (from 1425; QPZC #13)

18. Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (8; Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream; I/402)
    Shangjiao melody (from 1425; QPZC #14)

    (Zhi Mode)

19. Shenpin Zhi Yi (Celestial Air Defining Zhi [mode]; I/404)
    (see also #15; from 1425; QPZC #15)

20. Wen Wang Cao (8; Wen Wang's Melody; I/404)
    "the same as the melody Wen Wang Si Shi" (this is the title of 1561 #16, which is a different version of the same melody); from <1491; same as QPZC #22)

21. Guan Ju (8; Osprey Cries; I/406)
    Zhi melody (see also #52; from <1491; QPZC #57)

22. Yu Hui Tushan (12; Emperor Yu's Meeting at Mount Tu; I/407)
    Also called 上國琯光 Shan'guo Guan'guang (from 1425; QPZC #58)

23. Qiao Ge (11; Song of the Woodcutter; I/410)
    "Shenpin Zhi melody; by (Mao) Minzhong; also called Return to Woodcutting (歸樵 Gui Qiao);
    from 屢訂本 an often edited volume by the two old men Qiushan and Xiaoshan" (from 1425 [small changes]; QPZC #59)

24. Yu Ge (10*; Song of the Fisherman; I/412)
    "Same as 山水綠 Shanshui Lü; in 1370 (1430?), 9th month, 梅雪窩刪製 Meixuewo revision" (see 1549; QPZC #60)

    Yu Mode

25. He Wu Dongtian (3; Cranes Dance in Paradise; I/415)
    "Shenpin Yu Yi; said to be in Zixiadong Pu; Xiaoweng 詳刪 examined and edited it" (see 1549; QPZC #28)

26. Shenpin Yu Yi (Celestial Air Defining Yu [mode]; I/416)
    (from 1425; QPZC #29)

27. Zhi Zhao Fei (13; Pheasants Fly in the Morning; I/416)
    妙品 Beautiful melody; yu mode (from 1425; QPZC #30)

28. Pei Lan (13; Fragrant Orchid; I/419)
    Celestial air; yu melody (from 1539; QPZC #31)

29. Wu Ye Ti (9 [7*]; Crows Cry at Night; I/422)
    Shenpin Yu melody (from 1425 [small differences]; QPZC #32)

    Fugu Mode 復古調

30. Fugu Diao (Reviving-Ancient-Customs Tone; I/424)
    First of 8, including Fugu Diao, Shenpin Fugu Yi, Fugu Yi Fugu Diao Kao; QPZC #33
    All tuned 1 3 5 6 1 and all precede a Nan Feng Chang except 1590 (which does not have it; see next for name change in 1549)
    Marginal comment: "緊五慢一各一暉（徽），即世之無射絃也。止用五絃，不用少宮、少商二絃。
    Tighten fifth (string), slacken first, each one position; same as todays's wuyi tuning. Use only five strings: don't use the 6th and 7th"
    See also five string melodies and Emperor Shun

31. Nan Feng Chang (8; Southern Winds Rhapsody; I/424)
    First of 9: 18/176/-- and 22/196/384 (only 1549, which calls it Yu Shun Si Qin and has a diff. melody for Nan Feng Chang; QPZC #34)
    The 9 are: 1547, 1549 (Yu Shun Si Qin), 1552, 1557, 1561, 1589, 1590, 1596 and 1602
    Marginal comment: "舊名思親操，一名重華引。復古神品曲。舜彈五絃之琴，歌南風之詩"
    "Old name Si Qin Cao (no musical relation to 1511 or 1549 Si Qin, but same Si Qin as in Yu Shun Si Qin);
    also called Chonghua Yin; a fugu celestial air; Shun played a 5-string qin and sang Southern Wind lyrics."

    Huangzhong Mode

32. Huangzhong Yi (Defining Yellow Bell [mode]; I/426)
    See 1425; QPZC #35)
    Marginal comment: tighten fifth, lower first; same as Wu Yi (1 3 5 6 1 2 3 )

33. Zhaojun Yin (8*; Prelude of [Wang] Zhaojun; I/426)
    Yellow Bell Melody (= Zhaojun Yuan aka Longshuo Cao [almost same]; QPZC #36)

    Qiliang Mode

34. Shenpin Qiliang Yi (Celestial Air Defining Qiliang [mode]; I/428)
    (Same as Chushang Yi: tighten 2nd and 5th strings (tuning 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 see 1425; QPZC #37)

35. Chu Ge (9*; Song of Chu; I/428)
    Qiliang melody (from 1425, but seems closer to 1539; QPZC #38)

36. Qu Yuan Wen Du (6; Qu Yuan Asks the Ferry[man]; I/430)
    Qiliang melody (from <1491 [many diff.]; see also previous; QPZC #40)

    Ruibin Mode

37. Shenpin Ruibin Yi (Defining Ruibin [mode]; I/431)
    Tighten the fifth string (from 1425; QPZC #41)

38. Xiao Xiang Shui Yun (10; Water and Clouds on the Xiao and Xiang; I/431)
    Shenpin Ruibin melody, by Guo Chuwang (see also #56; from 1425; QPZC #42)

    Qingshang Mode

39. Miaopin Qingshang Yi (Beautiful Air in Qingshang Mode; I/434)
    Tighten 2nd, 5th and 7th strings (tuning 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 );
    Only here QPZC #45 and 1589, but music is like 1549 Jiazhong Yi and 1551, Guxian Yi

40. Shenpin Guxian Yi (Celestial Air Defining Guxian Mode; I/434)
    (same tuning as #45; from 1425 [very similar]; QPZC #46)

41. Feiming Yin (3; Chant of Calling Out While Flying; I/434)
    (from 1425 [quite close]; QPZC #47)

42. Qiu Hong (36*; Autumn Geese; I/435)
    "Tablature of Guo Chuwang; all the Xu masters 訂潤 revised and adorned it; qingshang melody
    (from 1425 [quite close], but no mention of Zhu Quan; QPZC #48)

  --    Afterword by Huang Xian (I/441)
         Discusses his Xumen background

 
 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. In Qinqu Jicheng, I, pp.373 - 441
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2. Huang Xian (1485 - 1561), a eunuch, is discussed in Xu Jian, Qinshi Chubian, Chapter 7.A.
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3. The 29 melodies and other parts of Qinpu Zhengchuan (see its ToC) not in Wugang Qinpu are as follows: