There are 86 further biographical essays here; 56 are from Qin Shi,² (usually identical), 4 are in Qin Shi Bu (not identical), and 26 are not in the other sources. It ends with the categories Immortals, Daoists, Monks, and Ladies

1. 陳仲儒 Chen Zhongru (V.321)
   (Bio/xxx; 437.422xxx;) Around 517 CE he returned home to the north....

2. 鹿悆 Lu Yu (V.321)
   Lu Yu, style name 永吉 Yongji

3. 韋敻 Wei Xiong (V.321/2)
   see Qin Shi Bu #66

4. 檀翥 Tan Zhu (V.322)
   Tan Zhu, style name 鳳翔 Fengxiang

5. 何妥 He Tuo (V.322)
   He Tuo, style name (木西)鳳 Shifeng (or Chifeng)

6. 杜棲 Du Qi (V.322)
   see Qin Shi #109

7. 陶弘景 Tao Hongjing (V.322)
   see Qin Shi #110

8. 王彥 Wang Yan (V.322/3)
   see Qin Shi #111

9. 文中子 (Wang Tong), subtitle 釣者知音 (V.322)
   see Qin Shi #112

10. 王績 Wang Ji (V.323)
    see Qin Shi #113

11. 呂方 Lü Fang (V.323)
    see Qin Shi #114

12. 趙耶利 Zhao Yeli (V.323/4)
    see Qin Shi #115

13. 司馬子微 Sima Ziwei, subtitle 素琴傳 (V.324/5)
    see Qin Shi #116

14. 盧藏用 Lu Cangyong (V.325)
    see Qin Shi #117

15. 趙元 Zhao Yuan (V.325/6)
    see Qin Shi #118

16. 元紫芝 Yuan Zizhi (V.326)
    see Qin Shi #119

17. 房公 Fang Gong (697 - 763), nickname of 房琯 Fang Guan (V.326)
    My edition of Qin Shi has a gap after the first few words of his biography, then skips to information about Li Mian (#18 below). 房琯 Fang Guan (11992.86), style name 次律 Cilü, was a son of 房融 Fang Rong of Loyang. He was at first a recluse in 陸渾山 the Luhun Mountains (by Songshan, southeast of Loyang), but then was called into military service....(See also another mention.)

    Fang Guan, style name Cilü, from Henan, was a son of Justice Official for Regulating Affairs Fang Rong. When Fang Guan was young he enjoyed studying....With 呂向 Lü Xiang of 東平 Dongping at 陸渾伊陽山 Yiyang Mountain in Luhun he read books. During 713 - 742 Emperor Minghuang....(article also mentions 張說 Zhang Yue [see his poem] and Dong Tinglan

18. 李勉 Li Mian (717 - 788; V.326)
    See separate entry (my edition of Qin Shi has a missing section here, so the information comes mostly from QSDQ)

19. 王晙 Wang Jun (V.326)
    Wang Jun (Bio/131 says he was from 滄州景城 Jingcheng in Cangzhou) was a son of 王綝 Wang Lin (d. 702; Bio/135), style name 方慶 Fangqing.
    Wang Jun, from Shengyang in Yongzhou, was a son of 史部尚書方慶 , Minister of the Department of History Wang Fangqing. He became famous for his writing (calligraphy?). He was especially skilled at playing the qin and chess, and 性多嚴整. He achieved the rank of 殿中侍御史 Royal Palace Attendant (for History?).

20. 張鎬 Zhang Gao (Zhang Hao?; died 764 CE; V.326)
    See separate entry (my edition of Qin Shi has him in the ToC, but is missing the entry [#121])

21. 韓滉 Han Huang (V.326/7)
    see Qin Shi #123

    韓皋 Han Gao attached (as in Qin Shi); subtitle 推原廣陵

22. 獨孤及 Dugu Ji (V.327)
    see Qin Shi #124

23. 王龜 Wang Gui (V.327)
    see Qin Shi Bu #89

24. 白樂天 Bai Juyi; subtitle 援崔琴彈秋思 (V.327/8)
    see Qin Shi #125

25. 崔玄亮 Cui Xuanliang (V.328)
    see Qin Shi #126

26. 衛次公 Wei Cigong (V.328)
    see Qin Shi #127

27. 郭虛舟 Guo Xuzhou (V.328)
    see Qin Shi #128

28. 蕭祐 Xiao You (V.328)
    see Qin Shi #129

29. (V.328/9)
    see Qin Shi #130

30. 薛易簡 Xue Yijian; subtitle 琴訣 (V.329)
    see Qin Shi #132

31. 董庭蘭 Dong Tinglan (V.329/30)
    see Qin Shi #133

32. 宋霽 Song Ji; subtitles 賀若 and 仰臥彈琴 (V.330)
    see Qin Shi #134

33. 甘讜 Gan Dang (V.330)
    see Qin Shi #135

34. 孫希裕 Sun Xiyu (V.330)
    see Qin Shi #136

35. 陳拙 Chen Zhuo (V.330)
    see Qin Shi #137

36. 唐楊壯 Tang Yangzhuang (V.330)
    Tang Yangzhuang, style name 藏之 Cangzhi (Zangzhi), nickname 知音 Zhiyin.

37. 鄭遨 Zheng Ao (V.330)
    Zheng Ao, style name 雲叟 Yunsou, was from 滑州白馬 Baima in Huazhou.

38. 黃處士 Reclusive Scholar Huang (V.330/1)
    nickname of 黃延矩 Huang Yanju, style name 垂範 Chuifan
    see Qin Shi Bu #102

39. 太宗 Taizong, subtitle 作九絃琴 (V.331)
    see Qin Shi #139

40. 竇儼 Dou Yan, subtitle 察音前知 (V.331/2)
    see Qin Shi #139

41. 崔遵度 Cui Zundu (V.332)
    see Qin Shi #140

42. 朱億 Zhu Yi (V.332)
    see Qin Shi #141

43. 朱文濟 Zhu Wenji and 趙裔 Zhao Yi (V.332)
    see Qin Shi #142

44. 唐異 Tang Yi (V.332)
    see Qin Shi #143

45. 范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan (V.332/3)
    see Qin Shi #144

46. 歐陽永叔 Ouyang Xiu; subtitle 學琴愈病 (V.333)
    see Qin Shi #145

47. 趙抃 Zhao Bian; subtitle 琴鶴自隨 (V.333/4)
    see Qin Shi #146

48. 鍾惟靜 Zhong Weijing (V.334)
    Zhong Weijing was from 鄱陽 Poyang (Jiangxi). He became jinshi on his second try, but he didn't 第志 . (11th c.)

     
    神仙 Immortals

49. 涓子 Juanzi (V.334)
    see Qin Shi #27

50. 琴高 Qin Gao (V.334)
    see Qin Shi #28

51. 冠先 Guan Xian, subtitle 踞門鼓琴 (V.334)
    see Qin Shi #29

52. 周亮 Zhou Liang (V.334/5)
    道士周亮 The Daoist Zhou Liang, style name 泰宜 was from 太山丘 (= 邱 ?, by 泰山 Taishan?).
    see Qin Shi Bu #23

53. 竇公 Dou Gong (V.335)
    see Qin Shi #62

54. 周太賓 Zhou Tai Bin (V.335)
    see Qin Shi #63

55. 馬明生 Ma Mingsheng; subtitle 石室鼓琴 (V.335)
    (somewhat different information from the Ma Mingsheng included in #54 above

56. 稷丘君 Master Jiqiu; subtitle 章甫擁琴 (V.335)
    see Qin Shi #64

57. 鮑靜 Bao Jing (V.335)
    南海太守鮑靜, subtitle 叔夜尸解 The corpse of Shuye (Xi Kang) explains

58. 張天師 Zhang Tianshi (V.335/6)
    nickname of 張道陵 Zhang Daoling (d.156 CE; Bio/1298), style name 輔漢 Fuhan

59. 葛遷翁 Ge Qianweng (V.336)
    nickname of 葛元 Ge Yuan (Bio/xxx), style name 孝先 Xiaoxian; Qianweng: "Removed scholar"

60. 曾真君 Ceng Zhenjun (V.336)
    nickname of 曾毫 Ceng Hao (Bio/xxx), style name 興國 Xingguo 14626.xxx; Zhenjun: "deferential title of an immortal"

61. 紫陽真人 Ziyang Zhenren (V.336)
    nickname of 周義山 Zhou Yishan (Western Han; Bio/1534), style name 季通 Jitong

62. 孫登 Sun Deng; subtitle 一弦琴 (V.336)
    see Qin Shi #80

63. 嚴法師 Master Yan; subtitle: 聽琴反真 (V.336/7)
    嚴達 Yan Da (Bio/xxx), style name 道通 Daotong

64. 韓湘 Han Xiang; subtitle: 琴彈碧玉 (V.337)
    Han Xiang (Tang; Bio/2284; Giles), style name 清夫 Qingfu, was a 姪孫 of 韓文公 Han Wen'gong

65. 王長產 Wang Changchan (V.337)
    Wang Changchan (Bio/xxx), style name 元規 Yuangui

66. 殷七七 Yin Qiqi (V.337)
    This entry has the same information as in Folio 17, #55, where the source is identified as 神僊通鑑 Shenxian Tongjian: Lessons of Divine Transcendents. 16993.1 殷七七 says 唐道士 Tang Daoist priest and gives some other information, quoting 續仙傳 Xu Xian Zhuan, 五色絃 Wu Se Xian and a poem by Su Dongpo called 吉祥寺詩.
    Yin Qiqi, proper name 文祥 Yin Wenxiang, also called 道筌 Yin Daoquan, called himself Yin Qiqi, and this is what he was commonly called. It is not known where he was from. He wandered all over....

67. 劉商 Liu Shang; subtitle 琴鼓胡笳 (V.337/8)
    Liu Shang (late 8th c.; Bio/642: from 徐州彭城 Pengcheng in Xuzhou, he was a metropolitan candidate in 766 - 780 and a vice-director in the Bureau of Forestry and Crafts during 785 - 805, then had other positions;
    Around 770 CE he wrote a poem in 18 sections on the the Hujia story; it was later used in a famous scroll painting

     
    道士 Daoists

68. 道士馮惟良 Daoist Feng Weiliang (V.338)
    Feng Weiliang, style name 雲翼 Yunyi

69. 道士陳寡言 Daoist Chen Guayan (V.338)
    Chen Guayan, style name 太初 Taichu

70. 張氳 Chen Yun (V.338/9)
    Chen Yun was from 晉陽 Jinyang (long entry)

71. 道士趙知徵 Zhao Zhizhi (or Zhizheng) (V.339)
    Zhao Zhizheng, of unknown origin, had a hut in 九華山鳳凰嶺 Fenghuang Peak of Jiuhua Shan mountain range.

72. 道士李真 Daoist Li Zhen; subtitle: 攜琴負藥 (V.339)
    Compare 李貞 Li Zhen and 李禎 Li Zhen
    Li Zhen, of unknown origin, was a recluse in to the west of 華山岐州 Qizhou in Huashan...

     
    僧 Monks

73. 天竺日觀庵通教法師 Tianzhu Riguan Monastery Doctrinal Master (?; V.339)
    Tianzhu: India; temple in Jiangxi or near Hangzhou; temple in Hangzhou;
    Riguan: 14606.xxx; Yueguan 曰觀 14046.667 : mountain in Shandong; An could be "hut")
    Tongjiao: 10/xxx; understand doctrine; fashi master;
    His original name was 仲氏喜昇 Zhong Xisheng (437.xxx).

     
    列女 Ladies
    see also Women and the Guqin

74. 衛女 Wei Nü (V.339/40)
    see Qin Shi #52; subtitle: 琴操思歸 The qin melody Si Gui

75. 百里奚妻 Wife of Baili Xi (V.340)
    see Qin Shi #53; subtitle: 託澣援琴 Ask to do the washing, then play the qin

76. 伯姬保母 Governess of Boji (V.339/40)
    see Qin Shi #54

77. 樊姬 Fan Ji (V.340)
    see Qin Shi #55

78. 魯女 Lu Nü (V.340)
    see Qin Shi #56; subtitle: 倚柱吟嘯 Lean against the pillars and sigh

79. 王昭君 Wang Zhaojun (V.340/1)
    see Qin Shi #71

80. 毛女 Mao Nü; subtitle 巖中鼓琴 (V.341)
    see Qin Shi #57; subtitle: 巖中鼓琴 Playing the qin amongst precipices

81. 元后 Empress Yuan (V.342)
    see Qin Shi #60; 附趙后 Empress Zhao appended

82. 蔡琰 Cai Yan; "attached 陳脩明 Chen Xiuming" (? ; it was detached here to make #83);
    see Qin Shi #78/A; subtitles, 聽音知絃, 胡笳傳世 (V.339/40)

83. 會稽女子陳脩 Chen Xiu, a woman of Kuaiji (V.341/2)
    see Qin Shi #78/B; there is no explanation why the name is changed from Xiuming to Xiu

84. 段豐妻 Wife of Duan Feng (V.342)
    see Qin Shi #97

85. 李氏、王氏女 Women of the Li and Wang families (V.342)
    see Qin Shi #131

86. 烝相王徽姪女 Zheng Xiang, Niece of Wang Hui (V.342)
    apparently not in Qin Shi (compare 王微 Wang Wei)

• 女媧 Nü Wa, for some reason, was included not here, but as Folio 14, #2.
  And none of the women in Qin Shi Bu is here. These are now listed below for reference

• #5, 素女 Su Nü (White Maiden)

• #11, 姜后 Jiang Hou (Queen Jiang; 9th c. BCE)

• #29, 杞梁妻 Wife of Qi Liang

• #30, 孟姚 Meng Yao (3rd C. BCE)

• #31, 衛女傅母 Governess of Wei Nü

• #33, 文馨 Wen Xing

• #45, 盧女 Ms. Lu

• #51, 王敬伯 Wang Jingbo (he meets an elegant woman who also plays qin)

• #57, 王文元 Wang Wenyuan and his wife

• #94, 于 (由頁) 嫂 Sister-in-Law of Yu Di

• #95, 黃崇嘏 Huang Chonggu (9 - 10th c.)

See also Later Women Players

 
歷代彈琴聖賢類名 Virtuous Qin Players in History, a List

(There is a short essay here, then an appended list of 88 names)

 
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 The Table of Contents has 88 entries, giving #43 (QS #131) and #85 (QS #142) each two headings. It divides QS #78 into two entries, making #82 and #83 here. (Return)

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