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087. Jade Tree in the Wind
- yu mode, standard tuning:2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 		玉樹臨風
Yu Shu Lin Feng 1

Yu Shu Lin Feng survives in at least 9 handbooks from 1549 to 1876.4 In 1549 there is no commentary, suggesting that it shares the same commentary as the following melody, Wu Ye Yi, serving as a prelude. However, several later handbooks attribute it to Cao Zhi. The reason for this connection is uncertain.

 
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1. Jade Tree in the Wined (玉樹臨風 Yushu Lin Feng)
21296.742 and 4/514 have 玉樹 and various combinations, but not 玉樹臨風 except in a quote from Du Fu, where it is used to describe 崔宗之 Cui Zongzhi. By extension it has also been used elsewhere to refer to "a young man's talents as well as his physical appearance".
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2. Yu mode (羽調 yu diao)
For more on yu mode (standard tuning: 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 ) see Shenpin Yu Yi as well as Modality in Early Ming Qin Tablature.
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4. Tracing Yushu Linfeng
Zha Guide 20/189/-- has 9 entries, as follows:

  1. 1549; no commentary: prelude to Wu Ye Yi (III/171)
  2. 1660; no commentary (XI/64)
  3. 1677; 曹子建譜 but no commentary (XII/329)
  4. 1677; 曹子建譜; commentary (XII/430)
  5. 1692; by 魏曹子建 etc. (XIII/116)
  6. 1722; no commentary (Facs)
  7. 1802; no commentary; this version has been recorded by Jin Wei (XVII/429)
  8. 1836; no commentary
  9. l876; from 1802

All seem to be related.
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