Jing Ji Yin survives only here and in Buxuxian Qinpu (1556), where it also precedes Yu Ge. Neither version has a separate preface and further commentary is not yet ready.²

In contrast, the standard tuning Yu Ge in several other handbooks such as Taiyin Chuanxi use as a preface a version of Dongting Qiu Si called Xiang Jiang Yin.³

 
Original Preface

 
Music (4 sections)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Jing Ji Yin 靜極吟
43533.217 only jingji. (Return)

2. Standard tuning can also be considered as 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 . For more information about 徵調 zhi mode see Shenpin Zhi Yi. For modes in general see Modality in Early Ming Qin Tablature. (Return)

3. Elsewhere Dongting Qiu Si is used as a prelude not to Yu Ge but to Zui Yu Chang Wan, a melody associated with the region around Lake Taihu. The most famous Dongting is the lake into which the Xiangjiang flows. However, Taihu also has a Dongting island (with cave of same name). This relationship between Dongting Qiu Si and Xiang Jiang Yin is thus particularly interesting (see further comment under Dongting Qiu Si (Return)

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