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]; QPZC #3; I/377)
   (Differs from 1425)

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

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

4. Qingdu Yin (10; Clear City Prelude; QPZC #18; 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)

   (Gushang Mode)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    (Shang Mode [No modal prelude])

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

14. Yikuang Yin (3; Calmly Expansive Chant; QPZC #10; I/399)
    神品即懷古吟商調 Celestial Air; same as Huai Gu Yin; shang mode
    (This is the earliest known publication; see chart under the 1549 Huai Gu Yin)

    (Jiao Mode)

15. Jiao Yi (Defining Jiao [mode]; QPZC #11; I/400)
    (similar to 1425 SPJY)

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

    Shangjiao Mode

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

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

    (Zhi Mode)

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

20. Wen Wang Cao (8; Wen Wang's Melody; QPZC #22; 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)

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

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

23. Qiao Ge (11; Song of the Woodcutter; QPZC #59; 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])

24. Yu Ge (10*; Song of the Fisherman; QPZC #60; I/412)
    Same as 山水綠 Shanshui Lü; 歲庚戌九月梅雪窩刪製 1370 (1430?), 9th month, Meixuewo revision
    (Earliest? See 1549)

    Yu Mode

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

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

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

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

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

    Fugu Mode 復古調

30. Fugu Diao (Reviving-Ancient-Customs Tone; QPZC #33; I/424)
    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 strings 6 and 7 .
    (Earliest of 8, including Fugu Diao, Shenpin Fugu Yi, Fugu Yi Fugu Diao Kao.
    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];
    also see five string melodies and Emperor Shun)

31. Nan Feng Chang (8; Southern Winds Rhapsody; QPZC #34; I/424)
    "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; also called Chonghua Yin. A fugu celestial air; Shun played a 5-string qin and sang Southern Wind lyrics.
    (Melody related to that of Yu Shun Si Qin, but no musical relation to 1511 or 1549 Si Qin.
    It is the earliest 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.
    The 9 are: 1547, 1549 (Yu Shun Si Qin), 1552, 1557, 1561, 1589, 1590, 1596 and 1602)

    Huangzhong Mode

32. Huangzhong Yi (Defining Yellow Bell [mode]; QPZC #35; I/426)
    緊五慢一，卽無射絃也 Tighten fifth, lower first; same as Wu Yi string (should be 調 mode)
    (1 3 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425)

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

    Qiliang Mode

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

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

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

    Ruibin Mode

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

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

    Qingshang Mode

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

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

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

42. Qiu Hong (36*; Autumn Geese; QPZC #48; 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)

  --    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: