Table of Contents for Xinkan Zhengwen Duiyin Jieyao Qinpu Zhenchuan

Xinkan Zhengwen Duiyin Jieyao
Qinpu Zhenchuan
Newly Printed Correctly Worded Paired Sounds Successful
Qin Handbook of the Correct Tradition¹

新刊正文對音捷要
琴譜真傳
1573

Table of Contents

-- Preface by Yang Biaozheng
-- (Illustrations and other material in this book are not included in the listing below;
the first three items below are not in the original Table of Contents; see also #58 and #66;
contents of 1585 not originally published in 1573 are put at the end)

調絃入弄 Tiaoxian Runong: Beginning Melody (1585 #1)
Has commentary
泛音調弄 Fanyin Diaonong: Harmonics Melody (1585 #2
Has commentary
五徽調弄 Wuhui Tiaonong Fifth Position Melody (1585 #3
Has commentary
Gong Yi (1) (1585 #4)
Related to 1425;
Yang Chun (15) (1585 #6)
Melodically related to 1539 but completely different lyrics;
Meihua Sannong (12) (1585 #7)
12th pu, from 1425; lyrics related to 1511
Jin Lü (Under the Bridge; 7) (1585 #18)
Same story but longer melody than 1539's Yi Qiao Jin Lü; completely different lyrics
Jiu Kuang (6) (1585 #15)
4th pu, from 1425; melody and lyrics most closely related to <1609
Gao Shan (4) (1585 #10)
5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics; melodically very different and lyrics won't fit
(See #8 above for note on switched pages)
遇仙吟 Yu Xian Yin (Meeting an Immortal; 5) (1585 #5)
Guide 25/211/384 : lyrics (貢川居士楊西峰...) by (and about) Yang Biaozheng himself
浩浩歌 Haohao Ge (Lift Voices in Song; 3) (1585 #8)
Guide 25/212/385; in CXZC and 1618 (VIII/197; same lyrics, similar music)
17932.19xxx; Lyrics (浩浩歌，天地萬物於吾何....) attrib. 馬存字子才 Ma Cun ( 11/12th c., Bio/59)
(Note: In QQJC IV, p.311 top [the song's second page] has been switched with p.316, top)
Shang Yi #1 (1585 #27; doesn't have #2; 1)
Lyrics 秋風秋風清，鴻雁末賓.... and music are as in Gu Qiu Feng of 1511
Si Xian Cao (7) (1585 #28)
Lyrics and music about Yan Hui; related to Ya Sheng Cao in 1511
Kechuang Yehua (10) (1585 #29)
Lyrics and music related to 1511
Yuan He Shuang Qing (12) (1585 #35)
Music is related to 1511 (Shuang Qing Zhuan), but the lyrics (露零零，秋動蓬瀛....) are completely different
Gui Qu Ci (6) (1585 #31)
Lyrics and music related to 1511, etc.
對月吟 Dui Yue Yin (12) (1585 #44)
Guide 26/216/411 : only here
Preface attributes this to Li Bai; lyrics: 良夜四山寂靜....
聖德頌 Sheng De Song (8; Hymn of Holy Moral Virtue) (1585 #48)
Guide 26/217/414: only here (not related to 盛德頌 Sheng De Song, Hymn of Grand Moral Virtue)
Lyrics: 仁天開景運，際昇平....
Wang Ji (2) (1585 #13)
5th pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit but melody seems quite different
Attributed to Liu Zhifang
Bai Xue (9) (1585 #43)
10th pu, from 1425, first with lyrics: related music, but lyrics won't fit
Yi Lan (11) (1585 #45)
11th pu, from 1425; melodically related but lyrics won't fit
Section 1 (漪漪揚揚草其行國其香....) paraphrases the Han Yu lyrics
Xiang Fei Yuan (4) (1585 #46)
Lyrics are the same as in 1511; the music is almost the same
Boya Diao Ziqi (1585 #47)
Guide 14/149/256 groups various pieces of this title; the music seems very different here
The lyrics are related to 1511
滕王閣序 Teng Wang Ge Xu (Preface to 'Pavilion of Prince Teng', in Nanchang; 14) (1585 #41)
Guide 26/216/408 : only here, 1611 and 1618 (VIII/198); the music differs, but all have the same lyrics:
南昌古郡，洪都新府.... by 王勃 Wang Bo (649-676; translated in Columbia Anthology, p.552)
相思曲 Xiang Si Qu (1; IV.376) (1585 #38)
Related to later versions, now usually called 古琴吟 Gu Qin Yin
Feng Ru Song (1) (1585 #37)
Lyrics are the same as in 1511, but the music is rather different
Chun Jiang Qu (1) (1585 #36)
Lyrics and music are as in 1511
Lüshuang Cao (1) (1585 #39)
Han Yu lyrics, the same as in 1511; the music is similar
Jiang Gui Cao (1) (1585 #54)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody
Si Qin Cao (1) (1585 #53)
The lyrics same as 1511; quite different melody
Qishan Cao (1) (1585 #49)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; quite different melody
Juyou Cao (1) (1585 #51)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody
Wen Wang Cao (1) (1585 #50)
YFSJ lyrics, same as 1511; different melody
Yueshang Cao (1) (1585 #52)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody
Si Gui Yin (1) (1585 #60)
The lyrics same as 1511; similar melody
Bie Gu (1) (1585 #61)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat similar melody
Ba Gong Cao (1) (1585 #58)
The lyrics same as 1511; somewhat different melody
Can Xing Cao (1) (1585 #59)
Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; somewhat different melody
Xing Tan Yin (1) (1585 #56)
The lyrics same as for Section 10 of Xing Tan (1549); different melody
Ke Shang Cao (1) (1585 #57)
The lyrics same as 1511; different melody fragment, here written out twice
Shangjiao Yi (1) (1585 #67)
10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Chu Ge (12) (1585 #68)
11th pu, from 1425: lyrics same as 1511 but melody is quite different
Seems to use standard tuning, as would be appropriate for this mode
Meng Die (Zhuangzhou Meng Die; 8) (1585 #66)
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Shenhua Yin (3) (1585 #65)
7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Jiao Yi (1) (1585 #62)
10th (?) pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics seem to fit
(also see <1491 and comments)
Liezi Yu Feng (9) (1585 #63)
11th pu, from 1425: melody quite different but lyrics will fit
Lyrics are the same as what survives of the <1491 version
Lingxu Yin (3) (1585 #64)
8th pu, from 1425: melody different but lyrics will fit (see <1491)
Zhi Yi (1) (1585 #76)
12th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics same as <1491
(Yu Hui) Tushan (12) (1585 #78)
11th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Qiao Ge (11) (1585 #79)
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Shanju Yin (4) (1585 #81)
9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Nanxun Ge (2) (1585 #80)
Related not to <1491 but to 1511
Guan Ju (10) (1585 #77)
14th pu from <1491; melody quite different but lyrics are related
Yu Yi (1) (1585 #85)
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Wu Ye Ti (9) (1585 #87)
13th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Zhi Zhao Fei (14) (1585 #86)
12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Feng Qiu Huang (1) (1585 #88)
Lyrics almost same as 1539 Wenjun Cao, but different melody
詩吟 Shi Yin (not in 1585?)
(This item is either not in 1585, or it has there a different title)
Ruibin Yi (1) (1585 #89)
10th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics (人生南北路...) same as <1491
Yuge Diao (1) (1585 #90)
4th pu, from <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
Yu Ge (18) (1585 #91)
5th pu in this tuning, from <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
Huangzhong Yi (1) (1585 #93)
9th (?) pu, from 1425 (Shenpin Wuyi Yi)
Melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Zhaojun Yuan (8) (1585 #94)
11th pu, from 1425 (Longshuo Cao): melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Qiliang Yi (1) (1585 #99)
6th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
Qu Yuan Wen Du (8) (1585 #100)
9th pu from <1491, but melody quite different and lyrics are like 1530
春江送別 Chun Jiang Song Bie ( = 秋江送別 Qiu Jiang Song Bie? ; 9; Ruibin) (1585 #101)
Departure at the River in Spring, Guide 31/241/457: 1618 and 1738; but those are also elsewhere called:
Departure at the River in Autumn (Qiu Jiang Song Bie; Guide 26/217/416);
These all have lyrics and music very similar to <1491 (different refrain)
This is the long version of Yangguan Sandie (12/124/222; compare short version, below)
Yangguan Sandie (3; Ruibin!) (1585 #102)
Second short version of Yang Guan: first is 1530; opening phrase is different and words differ throughout, but melody is related
清江引 Qing Jiang Yin (1) (1585 #105)
Guide 26/--/418: only here; there is no commentary, except the lyrics themselves (Yang's own?):
"走盡了天下路，則是知音的少，能有幾個通玄妙。買的無處，賣的無人要。可惜好光陰，則是錯過去了。"

--------------------- 1585 melodies not previously published in 1573 -----------------------
1. 金陵弔古 Jinling Diao Gu (In Nanjing Mourning the Olden Days; 9)
  Guide 25/212/386; only here; see further details
  Lyrics (始皇巡狩馭飛龍....) commemorate returning to Nanjing in 1579
2. Liu Shui (8)
  5th pu, from 1425; only one with lyrics; melodically very different and lyrics won't fit
3. Zhao Yin (3)
  3rd pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit, but the melody seems completely different
4. Yin De (3)
  4th pu, from 1425; lyrics might fit but melody seems quite different
  Preface says revised by Mao Minzhong
  
  Folio 4
5. 前出師表 Qian Chu Shi Biao (First Memorial on Dispatching the Troops; 10)
  1839.183 Zhuge Liang's advice before marching on 魏 Wei; Guide 26/213/390: only here and 1618
  Lyrics (先帝創業未半....) are all of Chu Shi Biao in Wen Xuan, Chapter 37 (pp. 1670 - 75)
6. 後出師表 Hou Chu Shi Biao (Second Memorial on Dispatching the Troops; 10)
  Guide 26/214/392; only here; lyrics (先帝慮深以....) not in Wen Xuan
7. 陳情表 Chen Qing Biao (Memorial Expressing My Feelings; 5)
  42618.735 (and Wen Xuan, I, p. 43); Guide 26/214/394; only here
  Lyrics 臣密言；臣以險釁.... by 李密 Li Mi (Wen Xuan 37, 陳情事表, pp. 1696 - 1700) express filial devotion
8. 牡丹賦 Mudan Fu (Rhapsody on Peonies; 1)
  Guide 26/214/396; only here (see further details)
  Lyrics (柏林陰陰飛香雨....) recall in spring 1575 friends going together to the 都察院 Court of Censors (then in Nanjing?) to see peonies
9. Loushi Ming (1)
  Same lyrics but much different music from 1539
10. 大學章句 Da Xue Zhang Ju (4)
  First of five to 1884; same text, but musically unrelated to Kongsheng Jing
11. Guanghan You (9)
  Compare 1425: melody quite diffent but the lyrics might fit
12. Xuan Mei (5)
  6th pu, from 1425; same preface, related music, lyrics could fit
13. Huo Lin (6)
  4th pu, from 1425; music quite different but lyrics might fit
14. 醒心集 Xing Xin Ji (5)
  40827.1 clear state of mind; Guide 26/215/396: only here, 1618 and 1876 (same)
  陳震述於華山.... Chen Zhen (Bio/1356: 1447 - 1525?) wrote it at Hua Shan; lyrics: 窩雖小，清以寧....
  
  Folio 5
15. Qiu Jiang Wan Diao (8)
  Lyrics and music related to 1530
16. Yu Qiao Wenda (9)
  Music related to earlier versions; lyrics are in the form of a dialogue
17. Qian Chibi Fu (8)
  Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different
18. Hou Chibi Fu (6)
  Lyrics are the same as 1511, but the music is different
  
  Folio 6
19. Shang Yi #2 (compare #1; 1)
  Guide 1/6/7 , but seems unrelated to those; commentary is technical
  Lyrics: 霜落海門秋，今古思愁....
20. Xue Chuang (10)
  6th of 7 versions from 1539, Xue Chuang Ye Hua (see chart)
21. Gui Shan Cao (1)
  Han Yu lyrics, same as 1511; similar melody
  
  Folio 7
22. 慢角意 Manjiao Yi ("also called 碧玉意、無媒意 Biyu Yi and Wumei Yi"; 1)
  This title only here, but compare Shenpin Biyu Yi in 1425 (lyrics might fit) and Huangzhong Yi in 1549
  Different tuning from the Huangzhong Yi here
23. 蘇武思君 Su Wu Si Jun (9)
  Related to Li Ling Si Han in 1549
24. Dunshi Cao (10)
  4th pu, from 1425; melody seems different but the lyrics might fit
25. Baji You (6)
  Compare 1425: melody different but lyrics might fit
26. Huaxu Yin (3)
  4th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
27. Da Ya (9)
  12th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
28. Yi Zhen (4); IV/430
  4th pu, from 1425, but melody quite different; lyrics as <1491; titles expanded from there
  1876 is same, but gets tuning wrong (?)
  
  Folio 8
29. Si Shun (9)
  12th pu from <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
30. Shi Xian (8)
  2nd pu, after <1491; melody quite different but same lyrics
31. Tiantai Yin (11)
  2nd pu, but the first (<1491) has only the first two sections and the start of the third
  For this section the lyrics here are almost the same, the music rather different
  
  Folio 9
32. Qiu Hong (36; Guxian!)
  9th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics very similar to <1491
  
  Folio 10
33. Xiao Hujia (6)
  4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491;
34. Huangyun Qiusai (3)
  7th pu, from 1425: melody seems different; lyrics somewhat different from <1491
35. Qiuyue Zhao Maoting (5)
  4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491
36. Shanzhong Si Guren (3)
  4th pu, from 1425; lyrics same as <1491
37. Li Sao (18)
  9th pu, from 1425: melody seems quite different but lyrics same as <1491
  (Not the original Qu Yuan text)
38. Zepan Yin (4)
  8th pu, from 1425: melody seems different but lyrics same as <1491
-- Afterword by Chen Shuzhen
-- Afterword by Yao Shiwei
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)
1 The 105 pu (tablatures) in this qinpu (qin handbook) include 45 of the 64 titles from 1425. (Return)
2 (Return)
3 (Return)
Return to the Chongxiu Zhenchuan intro, to the annotated handbook list or to the Guqin ToC.