彈琴 Playing a Qin
七十九首 79 in number

1. 彈琴 Playing a Qin (V.442)
   by 庾信 Yu Xin (513 - 581; Bio/2187; ICTCL p.942; see also Folio 19B, #28)

2. 日晚彈琴 Playing a Qin Late in the Day (V.442)
   by 馬希元 Ma Xiyuan (not the same as 馬希遠 Ma Xiyuan)

3. 賦為我彈清琴 Fu for my Playing an Elegant Qin (V.442)
   by 沈炯 Shen Jiong (6th c.; 17529.229, Bio/1151 [炯 here written 火+冏 Jiong, xxx])

4. 賦為我彈清琴 Fu for my Playing an Elegant Qin (V.442)
   by 賀徹 He Che (Bio/xxx; 10473.xxx)

5. 賦為我彈清琴 Fu for my Playing an Elegant Qin (V.442)
   by 江總 Jiang Zong (519 - 594; ICTCL p.266)

6. 賦為我彈清琴 Fu for my Playing an Elegant Qin (V.442)
   by 楊希道 Yang Xidao (Bio/xxx; 9025.117xxx)

7. 夏日彈琴 Playing a Qin on a Summer Day (V.442)
   by 劉希夷 Liu Xiyi (Tang; this poem is translated in HJAS 57, Ronald Egan, Music, Sadness and the Qin, p. 43).

8. 彈琴 Playing a Qin (V.442)
   by 司馬抄 Sima Chao (xxx; 12145.xxx)

9. 彈琴 Playing a Qin (V.442)
   by 司馬抄 Sima Chao (see #8 above)

10. 彈琴 Playing a Qin (V.442)
    by 王績 Wang Ji (585 - 644)

11. 酬裴侍御彈琴 Toasting Royal Servant Pei's Qin Play (V.442)
    by Li Bai (701 - 762; see text)

12. 彈幽琴 Playing a Subtle Qin (V.442)
    by 劉長卿 Liu Zhangqing (c.710 - after 787)

13. 夜飲東亭彈琴 An Evening Drinking in East Pavilion and Playing a Qin (V.442/3)
    by 宋之問 Song Zhiwen (d.712)

14. 送彈琴張道者 Seeing off a Clear Thinker Playing a Qin (V.443)
    by 賈島 Jia Dao (779 - 843; ICTCL p.257; see also Folio 19B, #47)

15. 五絃彈 Playing a Five-String (Qin) (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi; poem concerns Zhao Bi

16. 清夜彈琴 Playing Qin on a Clear Evening (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi (with preface)

17. 自彈秋思 Playing "Autumn Thoughts" for Myself (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi

18. 贈彈琴者 Presented to a Qin Player (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi

19. 船夜援琴 Playing Qin on a Boat in the Evening (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi

20. 松下彈琴贈客 Playing a Qin under the Pines, Presented to a Guest (V.443)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi

21. 江上彈琴 Playing a Qin on the River (V.443)
    by 常建 Chang Jian (8th c.; ICTCL p.225; see also Folio 19B, #33 and Folio 20B, #3)
    this poem mentions Jiang Yue Bai (....能使江月白，又令江水深....)

22. 彈琴引 Playing a Qin Prelude (V.443/4)
    by 陸龜蒙 Lu Guimeng (d. ca. 881)

23. 放彈琴客歌 Song for a Qin Playing Guest (V.444)
    by 顧況 Gu Kuang

24. 彈琴詩 A Poem about Playing Qin (V.444)
    by 顧況 Gu Kuang (also #23 above)

25. 贈峨眉山彈琴李處士 Presented to Reclusive Scholar Li Playing Qin at Emei Mountain (V.444)
    by 韋莊 Wei Zhuang (ca. 836 - 910; ICTCL p.885)

26. 四皓驛彈琴 Playing Qin at the Four Hoaryheads Courier Station (V.444)
    by 韋莊 Wei Zhuang (See #25 above; 3/592 does not mention such a station)

27. 彈琴寄蕭祐 Playing Qin while Staying with Xiao You (V.444)
    by 李夷簡 Li Yijian (756 - 822; Bio/968)

28. 贈彈琴孫瑾 Presented to Qin Player Sun Jin (V.444)
    by 孫處 Sun Chu (Bio/766xxx; must be Song dynasty; Chu 33505.xxx)
    for Sun Jin see also Folio 20B, #36

29. 贈彈琴道士 Presented to a Qin Playing Daoist (V.444)
    by 李山甫 Li Shanfu (Bio/949: during 860 - 874 he failed in the jinshi exam, then lived 河朔 north of the Yellow River);
    see also Folio 17, #31; poem: (7+7) x 4

30. 送尹補闕元凱彈琴 Playing a Qin to See off Yin Bu Que Yuan Kai (V.444/5)
    by 張說 Zhang Yue (667 - 731; ICTCL p.223; mentioned with Fang Gong)
    (Yin bu que is perhaps a rank?: yin (7802.xxx); buque (35133.160); Yuankai (1356.491)

31. 送彈琴李長史赴洪州 Playing a Qin to See Prefect (?) Li off to Hongzhou (V.445)
    by 錢起 Qian Qi (c.722 - c.780; ICTCL p.276)

32. 湖亭彈琴 Playing Qin at a Lakeside Pavilion (V.445)
    by 宋白 Song Bai (936 - 1012; Bio/1179; Franke, p.988; see also Folio 19B, #11 and Folio 20B, #43)

33. 秋日江館嘉彈琴羽人至 On an Autumn Day Worthily Playing Qin so Immortals Arrive (V.445)
    by 夏竦 Xia Song (985 - 1051; Bio/1875)

34. 素彈琴者 Playing Qin Simply (V.445)
    by 郭震 Guo Zhen (10th - 11thc; Bio/2015)

35. 鳴琴 Resonating Qin (V.445)
    by 范文正公 Master Fan Wenzhong, style name of 範仲淹 Fan Zhongyan (989 - 1052)

36. 江上彈琴 Playing Qin on a River (V.445)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu (1007 - 1072)

37. 夜坐彈 Playing Seated in the Evening (V.445)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu

38. 夜坐彈 Playing Seated in the Evening (V.445)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu

39. 贈無為軍彈琴李道士 Presented to Non-Interfering General and Qin Playing Daoist Li (V.445)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu. This poem is paired with #40, below.

40. (A second poem to Li Jingxian; V.445)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu; the poem is also included with the biography of Li Jingxian

41. 贈沈博士彈彈琴歌 Presented to Court Academician Shen (Zun) Playing a Qin Song (V.445/6)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu

42. 彈琴效賈島體 Playing Qin like Jia Daoti (V.446)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu

43. 送彈琴僧知白 Seeing off the Qin-Playing Monk Zhi Bai (V.446)
    by 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu

44. 送彈琴僧知白 Seeing off the Qin-Playing Monk Zhi Bai (V.446)
    by 梅堯臣 Mei Yaochen (1002 - 1060)

45. 訥上人彈琴 Presented to a Monk Playing Qin (V.446)
    by 梅堯臣 Mei Yaochen; Na (36116: give, enter)

46. 宮承胡平易彈琴 In a Hall Recieving the Qin Playing of Hu Pingyi (V.446)
    by 梅堯臣 Mei Yaochen; Hu Pingyi (Bio/xxx; 9371.216xxx)

47. 鳴琴 Resonating Qin (V.446)
    by 梅堯臣 Mei Yaochen

48. 贈彈琴者 Presented to a Qin Player (V.446)
    by Zeng Gong (1019 - 1083; ICTCL p.799; see also Folio 18, #72);

49. 彈五絃琴 Playing a Five-String Qin (V.446/7)
    by 張方平 Zhang Fangping (1007 - 1091; Bio/1265; Folio 20B, #54)

50. 贈彈琴道士洪日齋 Presented to Qin Playing Daoist Hong Rizhai (V.447)
    by 劉定(? character unclear) Liu Ding (Bio/xxx; 7256.xxx); Hong Rizhai (xxx; 14048.xxx)

51. 贈彈琴道士洪日齋 Presented to Qin Playing Daoist Hong Rizhai (V.447)
    by 余翼 Yu Yi (Bio/xxx, 549.xxx; 29456.xxx; Hong Rizhai, see #50 above)

52. 胡道士山房彈琴 Daoist Hu in his Mountain Room Plays Qin (V.447)
    by 方秋崖 Fang Qiuyai, style name of 方岳 Fang Yue (1199 - 1262; Bio/307)

53. 觀月彈琴 Observing the Moon and Playing Qin (V.447)
    by 蘇軾 Su Shi (1037 - 1101)韻韻

54. 西湖月下彈琴 On West Lake under a Moon Playing Qin (V.447)
    by 蘇軾 Su Shi

55. 次韻子由彈琴 Following a Rhyme Sequence of Ziyou and Playing Qin (V.447)
    by 蘇軾 Su Shi; Ziyou was the style name of 蘇轍 Su Che, Su Shi's younger brother

56. 贈彈琴道士余道回 Presented to Qin Playing Daoist Yu Daohui (V.447)
    by 郭祥正 Guo Xiangzheng (11th c.; Bio/2024); Yu Daohui (Bio/xxx; 39843.xxx)

57. 彈琴寄道士鍾惟靜 Playing Qin while Staying with the Daoist Zhong Weijing (V.447/8)
    by 朱不耀 (Bio/xxx; 24.xxx [no glory])

58. 彈琴歌 Playing a Qin Song (V.448)
    by 鮑靜妻沈氏 Ms. Shen (Bio/xxx), wife of Bao Jing (Bio/xxx; 47070.xxx)
    逶迤起塵唱，宛轉遠梁聲。調絃何以進，峨眉畫不成。

59. 夏夜彈琴 Playing Qin on a Summer Evening (V.448)
    by 朱淑真 Zhu Shuzhen (1063? - 1106; Bio/571; Women Writers, pp. 100 - 106)
    夜久萬籟息，琴聲愈幽寂。接引到清江，岩泉溜寒滴。
    

60. 月下彈琴 Playing Qin under the Moon (V.448)
    by 曹夢良 Cao Mengliang (Bio/xxx; 14626.xxx; 5935.xxx)

61. 月下彈琴 Playing Qin under the Moon (V.448)
    by 曹夢良 Cao Mengliang (see #60 above)

62. 夫子鼓琴得其人 An Elder Playing Qin Attains .... (?) (V.448)
    by 曹夢良 Cao Mengliang (see #60 above)

63. 和趙彥德旅懷是夕渠誦詩鼓琴 With Zhao Yande Traveling, Cherishing this Evening Qu Song Poem (?) and Playing a Qin (V.448)
    by 楊誠齋 Yang Chengzhai, honorific title of 楊萬里 Yang Wanli (1127 - 1206; ICTCL p.915;
    see also Folio 20A, #88)

64. 鼓琴行送許深父同知被詔赴闕 Playing a Qin and Going to See off Xu Shenfu (?) and Knowing bei Zhao Fu Que (?) (with preface, V.448)
    by 陳止齋 Chen Zhizhai, style name of 陳傅良 Chen Fuliang (1237 - 1203; Bio/1391)

65. See above (V.448)
    by 陳止齋 Chen Zhizhai (see #64 above)

66. 贈彈琴蔡先生 Presented to Qin Playing Mr. Cai (V.448)
    by 趙渢 Zhao Feng (金 Jin, 1182 jinshi; Bio/1629)

67. 送彈琴張榮祖還丹陵 Seeing of Qin Playing Zhang Rongzu Returning to Danling (V.449)
    by 趙渢 Zhao Feng (see #66 above)

68. 撫琴 Playing a Qin (V.449)
    by 滕仲體 Teng Zhongti (Bio/xxx; 437.437xxx; see also Folio 20B, #138)

69. 贈彈琴李希聲 Presented to Qin Playing Li Xisheng (V.449)
    by 趙蕃 Zhao Fan (1143 - 1229; Bio/1643; see also Folio 19B #144

70. 初五日孔野雲同酌樓下取琴作白雲曲因和周依(?)所彈琴
    At the Beginning of the 5th Month ...?... Playing a Qin (V.449)
    by 韓淲 Han Hu (Han Piao? 1159 - 1224, Bio/2283); Kong Shuyun (xxx)

71. 草堂彈琴 Playing Qin in a Thatched Cottage (V.449)
    by 魏忠肅公 Squire Wei Zhongsu (Bio/xxx; 10647.116xxx)

72. 鼓琴有成(虛+兮) Playing a Qin and Having ... (?) (V.449)
    by 陳杰 Chen Jie (Song dynasty)

73. 和張岳州雪夜彈琴 With Zhang Yuezhou on a Snowy Evening Playing Qin (V.449)
    by 陳杰 Chen Jie (also see #72 above)

74. 黃雅山彈琴詩 Poem of Huang Yashan Playing Qin (with preface; V.450)
    by 張伯渟 Zhang Boting (1243 - 1303; Bio/1278)
    (Huang Elegant-Mountain, 48904.789xxx; 42903.7, mountain in Zhejiang)

75. 智仲可月下彈琴圖 Illustration of Zhi Zhongke (?) Playing Qin under a Moon (V.450)
    by 元遺山 Yuan Yishan, style name of 元好問 Yuan Haowen (1190 - 1257, ICTCL p.953; see also Folio 19B, #133)

76. 先祖文獻公有贈祖母國夫人彈琴詩云料應不入常人耳獨向松根月下彈之句孫鑄謹追和 ...Playing a Qin... (V.450)
    by 左丞相耶律鑄 Vice Premier Yelü Zhu (29648.166 son of Yelü Chucai)

77. 五湖鳳凰山攜琴彈離騷 At Fenghuang Mountain by the Five Lates Bringing a Qin and Playing Li Sao (V.450)
    by 左丞相耶律鑄 Vice Premier Yelü Zhu (see #76 above)

78. 鼓琴 Playing a Qin (V.450)
    by 顧祿 Gu Lu (Bio/1887 has one in late 14th c.; see also Folio 19B, #159)

79. 夜調琴憶崔少卿 On an Evening Playing Qin and Recalling Cui Shaoqing (V.450)
    by 白居易 Bai Juyi; Cui Shaoqing (Bio/xxx; 7634.204: rank)

 
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