詠琴 Declamations on the Qin
六十六首 66 in number (N.B.: there only seem to be 64)

1. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 謝眺 Xie Tiao (464 - 499; ICTCL p.430)
   洞庭風雨幹，龍門生死枝。
   .... ([5+5] x 4)

2. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 劉孝綽 Liu Xiaochuo (481 - 539, original name 劉冉 Liu Ran; ICTCL p.584)
   上宮秋露結，上客夜琴鳴。
   幽蘭暫罷曲，積雪更傳聲。

3. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 劉溉 Liu Gai (Liu Ji? 2270.xxx; 18592.xxx)

4. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 江總 Jiang Zong (519 - 594; ICTCL, p.266)

5. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 楊希道 (15489.xxx; 9025.117xxx)

6. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 李嶠 Li Jiao (644 - 713; ICTCL p.531)

7. 詠琴 Declamation on a Qin (V.416)
   by 劉允濟 Liu Yunji (2270.134, Tang). This poem is translated in HJAS 57, Ronald Egan, Music, Sadness and the Qin, p. 43).

8. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 李白 Li Bai (see text)

9. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
   by 韋應物 Wei Yingwu (737 - c.792; ICTCL p.887; (see also #15 below, Section 19B #46 and Section 20B #13)

10. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi

11. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.416)
    by 杜光庭 Du Guangting (850 -933; ICTCL p.821)
    嶧陽有孤桐，秀枝何輪囷。結根鎖丹璧，揵幹梢青雲。
    .... (230 characters: [5+5] x 23?)

12. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.417)
    by 范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan (989 - 1052)

13. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.417)
    by 易士達 Yi Shida (14130.xxx; 5750.182xxx)

14. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.417)
    by 丁謂 Ding Wei (960 - 1040; 3.263; see ICTCL p.279)

15. 五絃行 Five-string Activities (V.416)
    by 韋應物 Wei Yingwu (see also #9 above, Section 19B #46 and Section 20B #13)

16. 雅琴篇 Essay on the Elegant Qin (V.417)
    by 司馬逸客 Sima Yike (3306.xxx; Bio/488, Tang)

17. 五絃 Five Strings (V.417)
    by 張處士 Reclusive Scholar Zhang (Zhang Chushi; 10026.xxx; 33505.3xxx; see poem by Han Yu)

18. 寶琴 Treasured Qin (V.417)
    by 釋彪 Shi Biao (41025.xxx; 10221.xxx)

19. 廢琴 Abandoned Qin (V.417)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi; this poem is translated in HJAS 57, Ronald Egan, Music, Sadness and the Qin, p. 54.

20. 答原甫詠琴 Responding to ??? Declaming on Qin (原南 3028.95?) (V.417/8)
    by 歐陽永叔 Ouyang Yongshu (Ouyang Xiu)
    不作流水聲行將二十年吾生少賤足憂患憶昔有罪初南遷飛帆洞庭....
    .... (230 characters: [5+5] x 23?)

21. 題琴 Inscribing a Qin (V.418)
    by 丘遲 Qiu Chi (464 - 508 if it is 40.149)

22. 古琴吟 Old Qin Declamation (V.418)
    by 邵雍 Shao Yong (1011 - 1077; Bio/1398)

23. 蛇蚹紋琴 Qin with Snake Scale Cracks (V.418)
    by 范純仁 Fan Chunren (1027 - 1101; 31472.167)

24. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 顧逢 Gu Feng (Song dynasty; Bio/1886) see also in Folio 19B)

25. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 隱蠻 Yin Man ("hidden savage", 42825.xxx)

26. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 張商英 Zhang Shangying (1043 - 1122; Bio/1294; see also in Folio 19B)

27. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 劉後村 Liu Houcun (nickname of 劉克莊 Liu Kezhuang, 1187 - 1269; ICTCL p.586)

28. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 何孟舒 He Mengshu (489.xxx; 7107.216xxx)

29. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 何孟舒 He Mengshu (489.xxx; 7107.216xxx)

30. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.418)
    by 王琪 Wang Qi (Song dynasty; Bio/136)

31. 破琴 Broken Qin (V.418)
    by 蘇軾 Su Shi (Su Dongpo)
    度數形名豈偶然，破琴今有十三絃。
    此生若遇形和璞，方信秦箏是響泉。

32. 破琴 Broken Qin (V.418/9)
    by 許棐 Xu Fei (? - 1249; Bio/742)

33. 破琴 Broken Qin (V.419)
    by 東坡 Su Dongpo (Su Shi); subtitle: 序見雜錄即觀宋復古畫序
    破琴雖未修，中有琴意足，誰為十三絃，音聲如佩玉。
    新琴空高張，絲聲不附木。宛然七絃箏，動與世相遂。
    陋矣房次律，因循塱(陞??)流俗。懸知董庭蘭，不識無絃曲。

34. 五絃琴 Five String Qin (V.419)
    by 虞伯生 Yu Bosheng, style name of 虞集 Yu Ji (1272 - 1348)

35. 五絃琴 Five String Qin (V.419)
    by 虞伯生 Yu Bosheng (see #34 above)

36. 神鳳琴 Wonderous Phoenix Qin (V.419)
    by 虞伯生 Yu Bosheng (see #34 above)

37. 玉琴 Jade Qin (V.419)
    by 張子淵 Zhang Ziyuan (10026.xxx; 7972.xxx)

38. 新製霹靂琴 Newly-Made Thunderbolt Qin (V.419)
    by 張仲實 Zhang Zhongshi (10026.xxx; 437.348xxx)

39. 焦桐 Scorched Paulownia (V.419)
    by 楊仲弘 Yang Zhonghong (437.39 style name of 楊載 Yang Zai, 1271 - 1323, Bio/848; see also Folio 20B, #29)

40. 焦桐 Scorched Paulownia (V.419)
    by 黃溍卿 Huang Jinqing (style name of 48904.848 黃溍 Huang Jin, 1277 - 1357; ICTCL pp.735, 917;
    see also Folio 20B, #82 and #83)

41. 桐孫曲 Melody of Pawlonia Branches (V.419)
    by 戈鎬 Ge Hao (xxx)

42. 焦尾辭 Scorched Tail Lyrics (V.419)
    by 楊廉夫 Yang Lianfu (style name of Yang Weizhen, 1298 - 1370); see also #60 below)

43. 蕭性淵霜鍾琴 Xiao Xingyuan's Frosty Bell Qin (V.419)
    by 王沂 Wang Yi (Bio/100 has two, both Yuan dynasty; this one is probably the first);
    Xiao Xingyuan 32667.xxx; 10708.xxx;
    Shuangzhong: 霜鐘 43311.290/2 quotes from a Song dynasty book collection saying 張受益之琴名, name of qin of Zhang Shouyi (10026.xxx; 3224.63xxx)

44. 又 Same? Or is an entry missing? (V.420)
    by 王本中 Wang Benzhong (xxx; 14757.14xxx)

45. 又 Same? (V.420)
    by 于思庸 Yu Siyong (Bio/xxx; 10734.xxx)

46. 琴 Qin (V.420)
    by 宋名賢 Song Mingxian (7230.xxx; 3385.228xxx; .229: start of book title)
    "famed immortals of the Song dynasty"?)

47. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.420)
    by 張椿齡 Zhang Chunling (Bio/xxx; 15442.15 "Zhang of Venerable Age")

48. 月琴吟贈程禹仲 Moon-lute Declamation Presented to Cheng Yuzhong (V.420)
    by 仇遠人父 (probably a misprint for 364.50 仇遠 Qiu Yuan, style name 仁父 Renfu: 13th century writer and poet
    程禹仲 Cheng Yuzhong 25638.xxx; a moon lute is illustrated at V.119

49. 江學士古琴 Old Qin of Scholar Jiang (V.420)
    by 公是先生 (nickname of 劉敞 Liu Chang, 1019 - 68; senior scholar-official)

50. 奚琴 Tartar Bowed Lute (V.420)
    by 劉敞 Liu Chang (see #49 above); the Tartar bowed lute is illustrated at V.121

51. 張越琴 Qin of Zhang Yue (V.420)
    by 劉敞 Liu Chang (see #49 above);
    張越 Zhang Yue (Western Han; Bio/1239)

52. 歐陽琴歌 Ouyang's Qin Song (V.420/1)
    by 周文璞 Zhou Wenpu (3597.41 Song dynasty writer; see Folio 19B)

53. 古琴歌 Old Qin Song (V.421)
    by Zhou Wenpu (see #52 above)

54. 春雷琴 Spring Thunder Qin (V.421)
    by 左丞相耶律鑄 Vice Premier Yelü Zhou (29648.166 son of Yelü Chucai)

55. 為李仲經賦得古音琴 For Li Zhongjing Writing a Poem about Acquiring a Qin with Antique Sound (V.421)
    by 危太樸 Wei Taipu, style name of 危素 Wei Su (1303 - 1372; 2901.68, Bio/605; see also Folio 20B, #137)
    李仲經 Li Zhongjing (14819.xxx; 437.xxx)

56. 無絃琴 Stringless Qin (V.421)
    by 舒嶽祥 Shu Yuexiang (b.1236; Bio/2338; see also Folio 20B, #146)

57. 琴 Qin (V.421)
    by 華嶽 Hua Yue (31910.421xxx: gives nickname for only 劉青運 Liu Qingyun of Qing dynasty)

58. 琴 Qin (V.421)
    by 澹軒 Tan Xuan (18870.38, nickname of 李呂 Li Lü [Song]; 康顯 Kang Xian and 王淵 Wang Yuan [Yuan]; etc.)

59. 老琴 Old Qin (V.421)
    by 陳庭潤 Chen Tingrun (Bio/xxx; 9553.xxx)

60. 張猩猩胡琴引 Zhang Xingxing's Huqin Prelude (V.421)
    by 楊維楨 by Yang Weizhen, 1298 - 1370; see also #42 above)
    張猩猩 Zhang Xingxing: 10026.xxx; 21006.6xxx
    a huqin two string lute is illustrated at V.121

61. Same? (V.421)
    continuation of the above?

62. 觀楊一枝外史鳴球琴 Seeing Story-Collector Yang Yizhi's Resounding Gem Qin (V.421/2)
    by 王逢 Wang Feng (1319 - 1388)
    "元贊附 attached is Yuanzan" was written under the title: refers to #63 below?
    (1356.715 元贊 is the style name of 汪皋會 Wang Gaohui [Song], etc.)
    楊一枝 Yang Yizhi (15489.xxx; 1.1620xxx)

63. 附? (V.422)
    by Wang Feng? Wang Gaohui? Someone else? (see #62 above)

64. 詠琴 Declamation on the Qin (V.422)
    by 貢泰父 Gong Taifu (37511.xxx; 17716.xxx)

 
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)