-- Zhu Cheng (Zhu Ting?) preface (IV/189)
-- General list giving shorthand forms qin plucking techniques (IV/190)
-- Right hand finger techniques
-- Left hand finger techniques
-- What a rule says (a poem attributed to Cao Rou)
-- Contents of Folios One and Two (see below; L=paired lyrics; no section headings; IV/192)

Folio One:

Gong Mode
1. Shenpin Gong Yi (1; not in ToC; IV/194)
   

2. Yang Chun (16; IV/194)
   

3. Meihua (Sannong) (14; IV/197)
   

4. Yiqiao Jinlü (6; IV/200)
   

    
   Shang Mode

5. Shenpin Shang Yi (1; not in Toc; IV/202)

6. Si Xian Cao (7; IV/202)

7. Kechuang Yehua (7; IV/204)

8. Jing Guan Yin (3; Contemplative Intonation; IV/205)
   First of 35

9. Gujiao Xing (11; IV/205)

10. Huai Gu Yin (3; IV/208)
    (Details under 1549 Huai Gu Yin)

11. Yi Lan Cao (10; IV/209)

12. Tianfeng Huanpei (3; IV/211)

13. Feng Lei Yin (9; IV/211)

14. Yuan He Shuang Qing (14; IV/213)

15. Gui Qu Lai Ci (5; IV/216)

16. Yu Qiao Wenda (6; IV/217)
    Second surviving version after 1559; see chart

17. Bai Xue (9; IV/218)

18. Shuixian Qu (7; Water Immortals' Melody; IV/220)
    This melody only here, though the title is later applied to several other melodies

     
    Folio 2:

    Jiao Mode

19. Shenpin Jiao Yi (1; not in ToC; IV/222)

20. Lingxu Yin (3; IV/222)

21. Liezi Yu Feng (11; IV/223)

     
    Zhi Mode

22. Shenpin Zhi Yi (1; not in ToC; IV/226)

23. Weibin Yin (3; IV/226)

24. Guan Ju (10; IV/227)

25. Shanju Yin (5; IV/229)

26. Qiao Ge (11; IV/230)

27. Xiangyang Ge (3; Xiangyang Song; IV/233)
    Only here (the other melody of this title is a musically unrelated setting of the poem by Li Bai)

     
    Yu Mode

28. Shenpin Yu Yi (1; not in ToC; IV/234)

29. Ruilong Yin (5; Auspicious Dragon Intonation; IV/234)
    This title only here: it was later known as Shui Long Yin

30. Zhi Zhao Fei (14; IV/235)

31. Wu Ye Ti (8; IV/238)

     
    Append (IV/240)
    (The word fu appears in the text over the title of #32 below

    The Table of Contents lists here a Shangqiao Yi [Meaning of Shangjiao mode], but there is no prelude in the text.
    Note that earlier standard tuning modes included preludes, but these were not mentioned in the Table of Contents!)

32. Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (9; IV/240)

     
    Non-standard Tuning

33. Ao Ai Ge (18; IV/243)
    Raise the 5th string

34. Yang Guan (8; IV/246)
    Tuning method not indicated

35. Li Sao (18; IV/248)
    Tuning method not indicated

36. Feiming Yin (4; IV/252)
    Raise 2nd, 5th and 7th strings

1. 36 melodies, none with lyrics (Return)

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