The Qinshu Daquan Table of Contents has nine entries for this folio, but that is either incorrect or confusing.³ The first half of the folio is lyrics for qin melodies, grouped by six people, presumably the authors of the lyrics. The second half simply lists qin melody titles, grouped by type then mode.

The following is an outline of this folio as I understand it.

Part One: Song Lyrics (Five divisions)

Part Two: Melody Titles (Four divisions)

1. Listing by Type, of which there are 23 ¹⁰
2. Listing by Mode, two categories, A and B; each mode is sub-divided into 調子 (presumably preludes) and 操弄 (melodies) A. Standard Tuning (5 modes) ¹¹
   B. Non-Standard Tuning (19 modes; some may use the same tuning, which is not specified) ¹²
3. Melodies of All the Schools¹³
4. Qin Melody Addenda ¹⁴(same as title of the folio)

I. 琴操 Qin Cao (V.277/8)
    by 曹勛 Cao Xun (1098 - 1174)

Preface: Invokes the Qin Cao (also 10, in same order) by Han Yu.
(Links below are to the settings of Han Yu's lyrics in Taigu Yiyin.
1. 將歸操 Jiang Gui Cao (About to Return Melody; V.277)
   Confucius, going to Zhao, heard of the execution of Mingdu, so wrote this.
   水之深兮可以方舟人之悲兮，
   不可以同游斯人，斯游吾心之憂。

2. 猗蘭操 Yilan Cao (Esteemed Orchid Melody; V.277
   -

3. 龜山操 Guishan Cao (Turtle Mountain Melody; V.277/8)
   -

4. 越裳操 Yueshang Cao (Yueshang Melody; V.278)
   -

5. 拘幽操 Juyou Cao (Gloomy-Detention Melody; V.278)
   -

6. 岐山操 Qishan Cao (Melody of Mount Qi; V.278)
   -

7. 履霜操 Lü Shuang Cao (Walking-in-the-Frost Melody; V.278)
   -

8. 雉朝飛操 Zhi Zhao Fei Cao (Melody of the Pheasant Flies in the Morning); V.278)
   -

9. 別鵠操 Bie Gu Cao (Parting Snowgoose Melody; V.278)
   -

10. 殘形操 Canxing Cao (Melody of the Partial Form; V.278)
    -

 
II. 琴曲十九首 19 Qin Qu (V.278/81)
      by 薛季宣 Xue Jixuan (1134 - 1173)

1. 神人暢 Shenren Chang Rhapsody on a Celestial (compare XLTQT version; V.278)
   Yao served heaven and regulated humans. Yao's people continually sang of his sacredness, so this was made.
   莫莫昊天莫夥蒸民感兮格兮君之仁混茫萬宇自都于野
   余一人爰主於何道兮暢浹神人於何道兮人神我與。

   又 You (same as previous; V.278/9)

   湯湯兮帝德，高高兮不極...
   -

2. 思歸操 Si Gui Cao (V.279; see Si Gui Yin)
   -

3. 舜操 Shun Cao (V.279)
   -

4. 南風歌 Nanfeng Ge (V.279)
   -

5. 襄陵操 Xiangling Cao (V.279)
   -

6. 霹靂引 Pili Yin (V.279)
   -

7. 適薄歌 Shi Bo Ge (V.279)
   -

8. 箕子操 Jizi Cao (V.279)
   -

9. 文王操 Wen Wang Cao (V.279)
   -

10. 剋商操 Keshang Cao (V.279)
    -

11. 采薇歌 Cai Wei Ge (V.280)
    -

12. 麥秀歌 Mai Xiu Ge (V.280)
    -

13. 神鳳操 Shenfeng Cao (V.280)
    -

14. 丘陵歌 Qiuling Ge (V.280)
    -

15. 梁山歌 Liang Shan Ge (V.280)
    -

16. 歸耕操 Gui Geng Cao (V.280)
    -

17. 汾亭操 Fen Ting Cao (V.280)
    -

18. 水仙操 Shui Xian Cao (V.280/1)
    -

19. 沉舟操 Chen Zhou Cao (V.281)
    -

 
III. 續琴操 Xu Qin Cao (V.281/2)
       by 何中 He Zhong (1265 - 1332)

1. 蓍簪操 Shizan Cao (V.281)
   少原之野婦人亡其蓍簪作
   風肅肅兮野茫茫，蓍薪則刈兮蓍簪亡亡，不可存兮我心傷，天高地下兮淚浪浪，
   塗之人兮工余詈簪，故非新兮賤非貴，世混混兮鶩貴而新，余力之不任兮嗟塗之人。

2. 箕山操 Jishan Cao (V.281)
   許由作 By Xu You

3. 憂衛操 You Wei Cao (V.281)
   -魯監門女作 By a woman imprisoned in Lu

4. 成連操 Cheng Lian Cao (V.281)
   伯牙作 By Bo Ya

5. 雙鵠操 Shuang Gu Cao (V.281)
   魯寡陶(?)嬰作 By poor Tao Ying (?) of Lu

6. 韞丘操 Yun Qiu Cao (V.281)
   巫馬棋作 By Wuma Qi

7. 灌園操 Guan Yuan Cao (Tending Gardens Melody ; V.281/2)
   於陵仲子作 By Wuling Zhongzi (13942.39/40: 於陵子 Wuling Zi [not Yuling; see GSR VII, p.290]; his wife is in Lienü Zhuan)

8. 子期操 Ziqi Cao (V.282)
   伯牙作 By Boya

9. 梁父操 Liangfu Cao (V.282)
   諸葛孔明隆中作 By 諸葛亮 Zhuge Liang (181 - 234), at Longzhong.
   These lyrics are different from some in YFSJ, pp.605-8, called 梁甫吟 Liangfu Yin.
   予欲登梁父兮，重雲瞀之，手無篲兮，雲終朝而不飛。
   挽其逝兮，曷不爾力，偶殷周之興兮，豈莘謂之。
   能策仰有樵兮，俯有田心忡忡兮蒼天。

 
IV. 琴操 Several Qin Cao (V.282/3)
       by 王逢 Wang Feng (1265 - 1332)

孔子琴操四首 Four Qin Cao about Confucius
1. 去盧作 Qu Lu Zuo: Written Leaving Lu (V.282)
   汶泗交流兮龜蒙相繆兮鬱乎尼丘兮
   禮樂賜自周兮大夫好脩兮吾將吾輈兮。

2. 過__作 Guo __ Zuo (V.282)
   -
   

3. 去衛作 Qu Wei Zuo (V.282)
   -
   

4. 厄陳作 E Chen Zuo (V.282)
   -
   

    
   顏子琴操一首 One Qin Cao about Yanzi

5. 居陋巷作 Ju Lou Xiang Zuo (V.282)
   -
   

    
   吳季子琴操一首 One Qin Cao about Wu Jizi

6. 聘魯作 Pin Lu Zuo (V.282)
   -
   

    
   衛女琴操一首 One Qin Cao about a woman of Wei
   Qin Cao says, 衛有賢女....

7. 思歸作 Si Gui Zuo (V.282/3; see Si Gui Yin)
   -
   

 
V. 琴操 Qin Cao (V.283/4)
     by 楊維楨 Yang Weizhen (1298 - 1370)

序 Preface: 琴操惟退之獨步子厚不敢作....
1. 精衛操 Jing Wei Cao (V.283)
   章琬曰 Zhang Wan says，按...
   水在海，石在山，海水不縮，石不刊。
   啣石向海，安口血離，離海同乾。

2. 石婦操 Shi Fu Cao (V.283)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

3. 箕山操 Jishan Cao (V.283)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

4. 漢水操 Hanshui Cao (V.283)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

5. 介山操 Jie Shan Cao (V.283)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

6. 崩城操 Beng Cheng Cao (V.283/4)
   Collapsing (City) Walls Lament; compare Beng Shan zhi Yin.
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

7. 前旌操 Qian Jing Cao (V.284)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

8. 桑中操 Sang Zhong Cao (V.284)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

9. 剡移操 Yan Yi Cao (V.284; see Yan Yi Ge)
   Zhang Wan says，...
   -
   

10. 履霜操 Lü Shuang Cao (V.284; see in Taigu Yiyin)
    Zhang Wan says，...
    -
    

11. 殘形操 Can Xing Cao (V.284; see in Taigu Yiyin)
    Zhang Wan says，...
    -
    

 
VI. 琴操二首 Two Qin Cao (V.284/5)
       by 宋濂 Song Lian (1310 - 1381)

1. 穹霞操 Qiong Xia Cao (V.284)

2. 洞林操 Dong Lin Cao (V.285)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 Further information in the Preface. (V....) refers to page numbers in Vol. V of Qinqu Jicheng. (Return)

2 QQJC, V.277 - 295 (Return)

3 See QQJC, V. 12. (Return)

4 Cao Xun 曹勛 (1098 - 1174); see 琴操 Qin Cao; V.277/8
Cao Xun (Bio/2126; 14626.233) also has poems at Folio 18, #40 and #41. He was from 陽翟人 Yang Di (Yang Zhai?). His biographical entries above mention 北狩見聞錄 Beishou Jianwen Lu and 松隱集 Song Yin Ji, but not 琴操 Qin Cao. (Return)

5 Xue Jixuan 薛季宣 (1134 - 1173; V.278/81); see 琴曲十九首 19 Qin Qu; V.277/8
Xue Jixuan, style name 艮齋 Genzhai (Bio/2544) also has a poem at Folio 20B, #89. His biographical entry above mentions a 浪語集 Langyu Ji, but not a 琴曲十九首 Qin Qu (of any number). I don't know of the connection between "19" and the apparent actual number of entries (22). (Return)

6 He Zhong 何中 (1265 - 1332; see 續琴操 Xu Qin Cao; V.281/2)
He Zhong (text has 何中學集, which seems like He Zhongxue Ji, but I have found no such name; also no combination Xueji; so unless it actually means "He Zhong studied and compiled", I am assuming this is a mistake), style names 太虛 Taixu and 養正 Yangzheng (Bio/1078), was from 崇仁 Chongren (modern Jiangxi), where he was a teacher of 吳澄 Wu Cheng. He's biographical entry above mentions a 通鑑網目測海 Tongjian Wangmu Cehai, 通書問 Tongshu Wen and 知非堂稿 Zhi Fei Tang Gao, but not 續琴操 Xu Qin Cao (or any Qin Cao). (Return)

7 Wang Feng 王逢 (1319 - 1388; see 琴操 Several Qin Cao; V.282/3)
Wang Feng, style name 原吉 Yuanji (Bio/125; 21295.1218). His biographical entry above mentions a 梧溪詩集 Wuxi Shiji, but not any of the 琴操 Qin Cao. He is said to be the source of a story that Mao Mingzhong played Yu Hui Tushan before Kublai Khan. Two of his poems are included elsewhere in QSDQ: Folio 19A, #62 and Folio 19B, #136 and #137. The latter, 聽葉琴師觀光操 Listening to Qin Master Ye Play Guan Guang Cao, is particularly important for its information about Mao Mingzhong. (Return)

8 Yang Weizhen 楊維楨 (1298 - 1370; see 琴操 Qin Cao; V.283/4)
Yang Weizhen, style name 廉夫 Lianfu, nickname 鐵崖 Tieya, later nickname 東維子 Dongweizi (Bio/881; 15489.703) "was to his contemporaries the foremost figure in classical poetry during the transition period between the Yuan and the Ming (ICTCL p.917). Qin Shi Xu mentions him in a story about the woman poet Cao Miaoqing. In addition, he has a poem in Qinshu Daquan Folio 18, #23, plus two poems in Folio 19A, #24 and #60. His biographical references above mention a 東維子集 Dong Weizi Ji and a 鐵崖先生古樂府 Tieya Xiansheng Gu Yuefu (ICTCL says they are "sensual, often wildly imaginative songs"). ICTCL mentions six folios of 鐵崖先生復古詩 Mr. Tieya's Return-to-antiquity Poems, with introductory notes by 章琬曰 Zhang Wan. Since all the Qin Cao here (QSDQ has 琴操序 Qin Cao Xu as the heading; perhaps this means "Qin Cao with Prefaces) have prefaces beginning "Zhang Wan says", and ICTCL adds that the collection includes "lute [sic] songs", they must come from that collection. (Return)

9 Song Jinglian 宋景濂 (1310 - 1381; see 琴操二首 Two Qin Cao)
Song Lian has a separate biography (Return)

10 These are as follows,

11 A. Standard Tuning (5 modes)

12 B. 外調 Wai Diao: Non-Standard Tuning (19 modes; some may use the same tuning, which is not specified; all but last have both diaozi and caonong)

13 諸家聲調 Melodies of all the schools

14 曲名拾遺 Qin melody addenda; same title as title of the folio

15
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