Table of Contents

    --  薛志學序 Xue Zhixue preface
    --  嚴澂自序 Yan Cheng's own preface
    --  目錄 Table of Contents
    --  觀譜法 Method of Looking at qinpu (brief explanation of tablature)

 
Folio One: Gong Mode

1. Dongtian Chunxiao (18)
   3rd of 28 from 1602 (almost same) to 1946

2. Yang Chun (15)
   14th of 32 from 1539 to 1961 (earlier diff; 1647 very similar; 1425 is unrelated)

3. Xiuxi Yin (3)
   2nd of 9 from 1549 (start/end similar; middle different) to 1876

    
   Shang mode

4. Gu Jiao Xing (12)
   8th of 17 from 1539 to 1876 (1647 similar)

5. Fenglei Yin (9)
   11th of 39 from 1539 to 1910; 1931 is unrelated

6. Tao Yuan Yin (3)
   2nd of 10 from 1596 (similar) to 1890

7. Qing Ye Yin (3)
   2 others: 1549 is more elaborate; 1647/92 similar exc. sec. 2 harmonics

8. Zhong Qiu Yue (3)
   1st of 4 (others: 1647/1692 [almost same], 1692 [same], 1722 [ ? ])

9. Qiujiang Ye Bo (4) first of many
   1st of this title, but comes from Yin De, thus 6th of 34 from 1425 to 1931

10. Jiao Qi Yin (3)
    2 others: 1549 (many differences) to 1647 (very similar)

11. Jing Guan Yin (1)
    4th of 35 from 1579 to 1899

     
    Jiao mode

12. Jishan Qiu Yue (13)
    4th of 26 from 1602 (close) to 1878 (also: 谿山... & Jishan 箕山...)

13. Cangwu Yuan (13)
    2nd of 14 from 1549 (quite different) to 1876

14. Liezi Yu Feng (10)
    18th of 40 from 1425 to 1876

15. Liangxiao Yin (2)
    1st of 31 with this title to 1914 (#2 to #7 [1702] almost same; #8 [1722], 3 sec., but not much different); in 1596 called Cangwu Yin

     
    Folio 2

    Zhi mode

16. Tu Shan (18)
    18th of 37 from 1425 to 1876

17. Qiao Ge (13)
    19th of 54 from 1425 to 1946

18. Yu Ge (18)
    8th of about 30 from 1549 to 1910 (zhi mode only)

19. Guan Ju (10)
    21st of 59 from <1491 to 1894; long afterword by Yan Cheng (1616; VIII/134)

20. Shanju Yin (1)
    16th of 46 from 1425 to 1894; can be divided into 3 sections

21. Weibin Yin (2)
    6th of 10 from 1539 to 1692

22. Dongting Qiu Si (3)
    3rd of 22 from 1549 to 1890

23. Huitong Yin (3)
    4th of 5 from 1549 to 1647/1692

     
    Yu mode

24. Pei Lan (14)
    10th of 40 from 1539 to 1893

25. Han Gong Qiu (10)
    7th of 49 from 1589 to 1946 (1549 has different tuning)

26. Chun Xiao Yin (3)
    3rd of 20 from 1549 to 1899

     
    Shangjiao mode

27. Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (10)
    18th of 43 from 1425 to 1946

28. Shenhua Yin Shou Duan (1)
    16th of 18 from 1425 to 1670 (like Shangjiao Yi); short foreword

29. Shenhua Yin (5) quite different from SQMP
    12th of 32 from 1425 to 1914, but quite different from SQMP

     
    Appendix

    Songxuanguan Qinpu Introduction, by 馮復原 Feng Fuyuan
    Record of a qin made from 楷 kai wood (嚴炳 Yan Bing, from his grandfather Yan Zheng)
    附琴川彙譜序 Qinchuan Huipu Xu Preface to the appendix "Qin Stream Collection of Tablature" (Yan Bing, from Yan Zheng)

30. Liu Shui (8)
    9th of 38 from 1425 to 1961 (not in Zha's Guide)

31. Pu'an Zhou
    4th of 38 from 1592 to 1931 (not in Zha's Guide); like Shitan Zhang, but divisions not indicated; lyrics placed before tablature

    Yan Bing afterword (1656)

 
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