Qinshu Cunmu

In 1915 Zhou Qingyun published this annotated catalogue in six folios of 321 qin books. In general, if he knew where the book could be found he gives at the front of the entry a reference to the edition or to the collection that included it (here marked **).³ Many of the entries are based on references in old histories or book collection catalogues. Zhou expresses skepticism about the true authorship of a number of them, and clearly many of these books no longer exist. In some cases much of their content may be available through citations in other texts; for these Zhou may give extensive commentary or quotes. In other cases all he had was a listing in an old catalogue, so Zhou simply gives that reference.⁴

序 Preface (1)
繆荃孫 Miao Quansun

序 Preface (2)
周慶雲 Zhou Qingyun

凡例 Outline
Ten subheadings, each headed by " 一 "

Folio I

琴心，三篇 Qin Xin, Sanpian: Qin Thinking (or, Expressing Oneself through the Qin), Three Chapters
周謝涓子 Xie Juanzi of Zhou; 15 lines
The entry begins with a quote from Liexian Zhuan that Juanzi of Qi, among other things, wrote Qin Xin. It then gives some other quotes including one in which Xie Juanzi of Lu did and wrote almost the same things as Juanzi of Qi.
三樂圖一卷 San Yue Tu
榮啟期 Rong Qiqi; 12 lines
琴要 Qin Yao
齊威公 Duke Wei of Qi; 22 lines
"Yang Biaozheng (Chongxiu Zhenchuan Qin, see QQJC IV, p.261, l.3) says, 'Duke Wei of Qi wrote Qin Yao,' adding (l.2) 梁元帝 "Liang Wudi (see also #27 below) edited it." The author suggests perhaps it was written by Duke Huan of Qi. 49553.146 and others have no Duke Wei, only a king, 齊威王 King Wei of Qi (r. 356 - 320). He is said to have owned four famous qins.
雅琴趙氏七篇 Ya Qin Zhao Shi
漢趙定 Zhao Ding; 7 lines
DeWoskin, Song (p.109): "The three manuals of qin schools listed in the （漢[書藝文]志） bibliography of the History of the Han are all of the yaqin, the schools of Master Long, Master Zhao, and Master Shi." (See also #5 and #6 below.)
The handbook of Master Zhao (who was from 渤海 Bohai) is said to have consisted of seven melodies played by a 丞相 top advisor under the emperor Han Xuandi (r. 73 - 49), Wei Xiang. If so, it may be the earliest record of actual written music (longhand tablature?) for qin. Wei Xiang (魏相 46879.158, from 定陶 Dingtao, style name 弱翁 Ruoweng) is well-known in history, and yet there seems to be no mention of him elsewhere in qin sources. This perhaps suggests that he was not a significant player, but that, as he was learning some melodies from Master Zhao, he had them written out in notation.
Compiled by Zhao Ding of Han. See the Bibliography of the History of the Han where Ban Gu (32 - 92) wrote a note saying, (Zhao) Ding was from Bohai; these were (melodies) played by Wei Xiang (46879.158), the 丞相 highest official under the emperor Han Xuandi (r. 73 - 49)....
雅琴師氏，八篇 Ya Qin Shi Shi
漢師忠 Shi Zhong; 4 lines
雅琴龍氏，九十九篇 Ya Qin Long Shi
漢龍德 Long De; 8 lines
琴頌，七篇 Qin Song
劉向 Liu Xiang (77-6 BCE); 4 lines
琴錄 Qin Lu: Qin Record
劉向 Liu Xiang (77-6 BCE); no mention in ICTCL; 4 lines
Quoted in Qinyuan Yaolu (p.47/2), Juyou Cao
琴清英，一篇 Qin Qing Ying
** In 漢魏遺書輯本 Han Wei Yishu Ji; 玉函山房輯本 Yuhan Shanfang Ji
揚雄 Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE); 12 lines
Van Gulik, Lore, p.30: The oldest preserved treatise on the qin
琴操，二卷 Qin Cao
桓譚 Huan Tan (77-6 BCE); 15 lines
This and other Qin Cao are discussed in a separate article.
續成琴道，一篇 Xucheng Qin Dao
桓譚 Huan Tan (77-6 BCE); 3 lines
琴操，二卷 Qin Cao
蔡邕 Cai Yong (133 - 192); 53 lines, many doubled
This and other Qin Cao are discussed in a separate article.
琴經，一卷 Qin Jing
蔡邕 Cai Yong (133 - 192); 2 lines
胡笳十八拍 Hujia Shibapai
蔡琰 Cai Yan (133 - 192); 26 lines
諸葛，琴經，一卷
諸葛亮 Zhuge Liang (181 - 234); 5 lines
This is also the first book in the QSDQ list, which says it describes the beginnings of qin making, the sounds of the seven strings, and the idea of the appearance of the 13 studs. The same information is given here, along with other details.
琴敘 Qin Xu: Introduction to the Qin
傅玄 Fu Xuan (217 - 278); 8 lines
This book survives onlyh through later quotations; Fu Xuan is said also to have written a 琴賦 Qin Fu, but perhaps that was a 琴賦敘 Introduction to a Qin Fu.
琴操，三卷 Qin Cao: Qin Melodies
孔衍 Kong Yan (268 - 320; Bio/338); 11 lines
This and other Qin Cao are discussed in a separate article.
琴操鈔，二卷、一卷: Qin Cao Chao: Handcopied Qin Melodies
Author/s unknown; two versions, one of two folios, one of one; 6 lines
This and other Qin Cao are discussed in a separate article.
琴譜，四卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
戴逵 Dai Kui? 14 lines
ZQY says it is mentioned in the Sui Chronicles but that it should be in the 晉 Jin Chronicles.
琴論，一卷 Qin Lun: Qin Treatise
謝莊 Xie Zhuang; 28 lines
琴譜三均手訣，一卷 Qinpu Sanjun Shoujue: Qin Handbook with Hand Techniques for Three Tunings
謝莊 Xie Zhuang; 4 lines
One source says the tunings are 黃鍾，仲呂，無射 huangzhong, zhonglü and wuyi.
雅琴名錄，一卷 Ya Qin Minglu
** 說郛本 In Shuo Fu
謝莊 Xie Zhuang; 5 lines
Van Gulik, Lore, p. 104, says "best-known" old list of old qin names
琴經，一卷 Qin Jing: Qin Classic
崔亮字敬儒 Cui Liang, style name Jingru (d.521; Bio/2161); 4 lines
琴說，一卷 Qin Shuo: Qin Talk
Author unknown (listed in Sui Annals); 1 line
琴歷頭簿 Qin Li Toubu:
** In 玉函山房輯本 Yuhan Shanfang Ji; quoted in Yuefu Shiji; 14 lines
21570.xxx; author unknown, listed in Sui Chronicles
Entry connects this to a 琴集歷頭拍簿 (#32 below), apparently lost, and a 琴歷一卷 Qin Li, included in Yuhan Shanfang Ji. It says Qin Li has a list of 38 melodies, then names them.
新雜漆調絃譜，一卷 Xin Zaqi Diaoxian Pu
Author unknown, listed in Sui Chronicles; (mix lacquer tune strings?); 1 line
琴要 Qin Yao: Qin Necessities
梁武帝 Emperor Liang Wudi (蕭繹 Xiao Yan, r. 502 - 549); 7 lines
"See Yang Biaozheng" (#3 above and Chongxiu Zhenchuan Qin, QQJC IV, p.261, l.2). Only discussion of content seems to concern a "jade qin" he gave to 張車 Zhang Che (Bio/xxx). No mention here of Liu Yun.
纂要 Zuan Yao: Collection of Important Things
梁元帝 Emperor Liang Yuandi (r. 552 - 554); 7 lines
Quoted in Yuefu Shiji
碣石調幽蘭 Jieshidiao Youlan
** In 古逸叢書影寫唐涓子本 a facsimile from a Tang dynasty scroll in Guyi Congshu)
丘明 Qiu Ming; about finding the 6th or 7th c. manuscript in Japan; 28 lines

卷二 Folio II
琴譜，四卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook, 4 folios
劉氏周氏等選 Liu and Zhou families (ref: 舊唐志 Jiu Tang Zhi); 1 line
琴譜，二十一卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook, 21 folios
陳懷 Chen Huai (see Chen Huaigu); 4 lines
琴集歷頭拍簿，一卷 Qin Ji Litou Paibu
Author unknown; see separate entry; 35 lines
Recorded in 新唐書 Xin Tang Shu following #31 and before #34; mentioned in connection with #25 above
減字指法 Jianzi Zhifa: Simplified Finger Techniques (i.e., tablature)
曹柔 Cao Rou; 2 lines
琴敘譜，九卷 Qin Xu Pu: Qin Details Handbook
趙耶利 Zhao Yeli; 3 lines
彈琴手勢譜，一卷 Tan Qin Shoushipu: Hand Styles for Playing Qin
趙耶利 Zhao Yeli; 15 lines
彈琴右手法，一卷 Tan Qin Youshoufa: Right Hand Methods for Playing Qin
趙耶利 Zhao Yeli; 5 lines
胡笳五弄譜，二卷 Hujia Wunongpu: Nomad Reedpipe, 5 playings
趙耶利 Zhao Yeli; 28 lines
琴德譜 Qin De Pu: Handbook of Qin Virtue
唐僧道英 Tang Monk Dao Ying; 3 lines
素琴傳 Su Qin Zhuan: Record of a Plain Qin
司馬承正 Sima Chengzheng; 6 lines
金風樂 Jin Feng Yue: Golden Wind Music
唐玄宗 Tang emperor Xuanzong (李隆基 685 - 762); 2 lines
also called 金風樂弄; melody names
大胡笳十九拍，一卷 Da Hujia Shijiu Pai
Dong Tinglan; 23 lines
琴絕，一卷 Qin Jue: Qin Marvels
薛易簡 Xue Yijian; 64 lines
琴譜，一卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
薛易簡 Xue Yijian; 2 lines
琴書，三卷 Qin Shu: Qin Book
** In 玉函山房輯本 Yuhan Shanfang Ji, 1 Folio
趙惟暕 Zhao Weijian (Tang; Bio/1671); 23 lines
琴籍，九卷 Qin Ji: Qin Register
陳拙 Chen Zhuo; 3 lines
大唐正聲新扯琴譜，十卷 Datang Zhengsheng Xinche Qinpu
陳拙 Chen Zhuo; 12 lines
補新徵音，一卷 Buxin Zhiyin
陳拙 Chen Zhuo; 2 lines
琴法數勾剔譜 Qin Fa Shu Gouti Pu
陳拙 Chen Zhuo; 1 line
琴說，一卷 Qin Shuo
李勉 Li Mian; 27 lines
廣陵止息譜，一卷 Guangling Zhixipu
李良輔 Li Liangfu; does not mention # of sections; 4 lines
東杓引譜，一卷 Dongbiao Yin Pu
李約 Li Yue; tablature for his Dongbiao Yin (? Dongshao Yin?); 3 lines
廣陵止息譜，一卷 Guangling Zhixipu
呂渭 Lü Wei; 24 lines
九調操，一卷 Jiu Diao Cao
獨孤實 Dugu Shi (bio/xxx), son of 獨孤愐 Dugu Mian (Bio/1758; a cousin of Dugu Ji); 3 lines
琴雅略 Qin Ya Lue
齊嵩 Qi Song (49553.xxx; perhaps the Zhai Song 齋嵩 49558.xxx mentioned in Zhi Yan, but not 齊松 Qi Song);
he was a 殿中侍郎 assistant minister in the palace; qin construction; 2 lines
QSDQ, Folio 10, and TYDQJ, Folio 4 (#3), include his Tan Qin Lun
琴正聲九弄，九卷 Qin Zhengsheng Jiunong
唐僧辨正 Tang Monk Bian Zheng (Bio/xxx); 1 line
無射商九調譜，一卷 Wuyi Shang Jiudiaopu
蕭祐 Xiao You; 9 lines
琴聲律圖，一卷 Qinsheng Lütu
王大力 Wang Dali (Bio/xxx; 5960.5xxx); 6 lines
琴譜，十三卷 Qin Pu: Qin Tablature
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 10 lines
Qin tablature for 100 章 zhang in 11 sections (? sections have names like 宮調 as well as 離騷).
琴譜敘，一卷 Qinpu Xu: Qin Tablature Arranged
陳康士 Chen Kangshi and others; 4 lines
琴調，四卷 Qin Diao: Qin Melodies
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 4 lines
琴譜調，三卷 Qinpu Diao
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 5 lines
琴書正聲 Qinshu Zhengsheng: Correct Sounds of Qin Writing
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 3 lines
Tablature for 10 melodies (listed)
琴調，十七卷 Qin Diao: Qin Melodies
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 2 lines
琴譜記，一卷 Qinpu Ji: A Record of Qin Tablature
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 1 line
楚調五章，一卷 Chudiao Wuzhang: Tablature for Five Melodies of Chu
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 1 line
離騷譜 Li Sao Pu: Tablature for Li Sao
陳康士 Chen Kangshi; 1 line
琴論 Qin Lun: Qin Treatise
姚兼濟 Yao Jianji; 2 lines
Quoted extensively in Qinyuan Yaolu
琴譜，一卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
王邈 Wang Miao ("during 907 - 911"; Bio/xxx); 1 line
小胡笳十九拍，一卷 Xiao Hujia (19 sections!)
蔡翼 Cai Yi (南唐 10th c.; Bio/2446xxx [Sui]); see also next; 4 lines
Has a quote a bit different from the one in YFSJ, p.861, attributed to "Cai Yi, 琴曲 Qin Qu"
琴調，一卷 Qin Diao: Qin Melody
蔡翼 Cai Yi; see also previous; 2 lines
"見崇文目通志略作蔡逸。秘書目有阮譜一卷，無此目" (Cai Yi? Bio/xxx; Mi Shumu? 25215.27 祕書 -- also #84 below)
琴義，一卷 Qin Yi: Qin Righteousness
劉籍 Liu Ji (Bio/xxx; Zhou Qingyun thinks he was 10th c.); 3 lines
Xu Jian, QSCB, 6.C., discusses the 琴議篇 Qin Yi Pian in Taiyin Daquanji, Folio 4 (QQJC, I., pp. 73/4, no author's name)
Ibid., Folio 5 (p.79) has a 劉籍，琴議 Liu Ji Qin Yi, yi written as #75 below)
沈氏琴書，一卷 Shenshi Qinshu: Shen Family Qin Book
Writer unknown; contents mentioned; 3 lines
琴譜，一卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
張淡正 Zhang Danzheng; 2 lines
琴式尚象圖 Qinshi Shangxiang Tu: Sketches of Qin Style Honorable Forms
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴議 Qin Yi: Qin Critique
Writer unknown?; only reference in #75 is to YFSJ, Folio 59, #2; 2 lines
Compare 琴義 Qin Yi, #71 above
琴略，一卷 Qin Lue: Qin Outline
Writer unknown; 2 lines
琴式圖，一卷 Qinshi Tu: Sketch of Qin Styles
Writer unknown; 3 lines
琴譜纂要，五卷 Qinpu Zuanyao: Collection of Important Qin Tablature
Writer unknown; 2 lines
琴雜說，一卷 Qin Zashuo: Miscellaneous Qin Discussion
Writer unknown; 2 lines
琴譜，四卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
Writer unknown; 2 lines
降聖引譜 Jiangsheng Yin Pu: Tablature for Descending Sages
Writer unknown; Jiangsheng 42556.84: no mention of melody; 2 lines
琴曲詞，一卷 Qinqu Ci: Qin Melody Lyrics
Writer unknown; 2 lines
三樂譜 San Yuepu: Three Music Tablatures
Writer unknown; three music tablatures in shang mode; 1 line
唐琴譜 Tang Qinpu: Tang Qin Tablature
Writer unknown; see 祕書目 Mishu Mu; 1 line
琴錄，一卷 Qin Lu: Qin Record
Writer unknown; see 日本現在書目 (14048.xxx) Japan Modern Book Index; 1 line
琴用手法 (should be 琴用指法 Qinyong Zhifa: Finger Techniques Used for Qin
Writer unknown; see 日本現在書目 14048.xxx) Japan Modern Book Index; 1 line
In Japan there may be a Qinyong Zhifa attributed to Zhao Yeli
Huang, p.148 says it is a "林謙三傳鈔本晒印 Hayashi Kenzo handcopy blueprint"
雜琴譜百廿卷 Za Qinpu Bainian Juan: Miscellaneous Qin Tablature, 120 Folios
Writer unknown; see 日本現在書目 (14048.xxx) Japan Modern Book Index; 1 line
彈琴手勢法，一卷 Tan Qin Shoushifa: Hand Techniques for Playing Qin
Writer unknown; see 日本現在書目 (14048.xxx) Japan Modern Book Index; 1 line

卷三 Folio III
太宗九弦琴譜，二十卷 Taizong Jiuxianqinpu: Taizong's 9-String Qin Tablature
Song dynasty's Taizong Emperor; 22 lines
琴譜，二卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
Song dynasty's Taizong Emperor; 10 lines
琴雜調譜，十二卷 Qin Zadiaopu: Handbook for Qin Melodies in Various Modes
Zhu Wenji; 1 line
琴箋，二卷 Qin Jian: Qin Commentary
崔遵度 Cui Zundu; quoted in Qinyuan Yaolu; 58 lines
琴集圖，一卷 Qin Ji Tu: Collected Illustrations of Qin
阮逸 Ruan Yi (11th c.; Bio/755; 42489.56); 7 lines
琴準 Qin Zhun: Qin Standards
阮逸 Ruan Yi (see previous); 3 lines
琴譜 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
令孤子先 Linggu Zixian (400.xxx; 7072.137xxx; 4 lines
琴書 Qin Shu: Qin Book
Writer unknown; at end it says 景祐 period (1034-38); quoted extensively in Qinyuan Yaolu; 11 lines
則全和尚節奏指法 Zequan Heshang Jiezou Zhifa: Rhythms and Finger Techniques
則全和尚 Zequan Heshang (2039.xxx); quoted extensively in Qinyuan Yaolu; 15 lines
仿胡笳十八拍，四卷 Fang Hujia Shibapai: In the Style of Hujia Shibapai
吳良輔 Wu Liangfu; 5 lines
琴苑要錄 Qinyuan Yaolu
** An old handcopied volume; 11 lines
Writer unknown; the handcopied volume has been re-copied and printed
琴曲歌辭，四卷 Qinqu Geci: Qin Melody Lyrics
** A volume in Yuefu Shiji (Folios 57 to 60); 6 lines
郭茂倩 Guo Maoqian (12th c.) arranged his collection into 12 門 categories, of which this was one
琴史，六卷 Qin Shi: Qin History
** In 四庫全書 Siku Quanshu, 舊鈔本 an old hand copy, and a 楝亭刊本 Lianting imprint
Zhu Changwen; see separate entry; 35 lines
浙操琴譜，一卷 Zhecao Qinpu: Qin Handbook of Zhe(jiang) Melodies
朱伯原 Zhu Boyuan (Zhu Changwen); see 降雲樓書目 Jiangyunlou Book Index; 6 lines
雜書琴事，一卷 Zashu Qinshi: Miscellaneous Accounts of Qin Matters
** 說郛本 In Shuo Fu; 4 lines
蘇軾 Su Dongpo
琴聲經緯 Qinsheng Jingwei
** 說郛本 In Shuo Fu; 2 lines
陳暘 Chen Yang (11/12th c.; Bio/1332)
琴譜，一冊、琴論，一冊 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook; Qin Lun: Qin Discourse
Writer unknown; 2 lines
紹興內府琴譜，十冊 Shaoxing Neifu Qinpu: Shaoxing Palace Treasure Qin Handbook
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴譜 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
周紫芝 Zhou Zizhi (1082 - ?; Bio/1551), style name 少隱 Shaoyin; from Shaoxing; 4 lines
琴律說 Qin Lü Shuo: Speaking of Qin Music Standards
朱熹 Zhu Xi (part of a larger work that also has other qin references?); 28 lines
白石道人歌曲，四卷 Baishi Daoren Gequ (Gu Yuan)
** 乾隆癸亥刊本 1778 imprint
姜夔 Jiang Kui; 14 lines
琴瑟考古圖，一卷 Qinse Kaogu Tu: Sketches to Investigate Antiquity of Qin and Se
姜夔 Jiang Kui; 30 lines
琴譜操，十五卷、調譜，四卷 Qinpu Cao: Qin Tablature Melodies; Diao Pu: Melody Tablature
張巖 Zhang Yan; 6 lines
琴統，一卷；外篇，一卷 Qin Tong: Qin System; Extra Essays
** 舊抄本 Old handcopied volume; 31 lines
徐理 Xu Li; in double line columns it has two excerpts:
追古 Zhui Gu (Seeking Antiquity; seems better than the version in Xilutang Qintong, III.9)
外篇敘 Waipian Xu (Discussion of Extra Essays; also seems better than in Xilutang Qintong, III.25)
琴聲律，一卷 Qin Shenlü: Qin Sound Rules
琴圖，一卷 Qin Tu: Qin Diagrams
麴瞻 Qu Zhan (Song dynasty; Bio/xxx); quoted in Qinyuan Yaolu; 5 lines
琴聲韻圖，一卷 Qin Shengyun Tu: Qin Sound Diagrams
王大方 Wang Dafang; 3 lines
琴譜三均，三卷 Qinpu Sanjuan: Qin Handbook with Three Regulations
馬以良 Ma Yiliang; 2 lines
琴譜，十六卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
石孝隆 Shi Xiaolong; 1 line
琴筌，十卷 Qin Quan: Qin Fishtrap
荀以道 Xun Yidao; 2 lines
琴譜，一卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
吳良輔 Wu Liangfu; 3 lines
琴說，一卷 Qin Shuo: Qin Talk
李如篪 Li Ruchi; 1 line
琴箋知音操，一卷 Qinjian Zhiyincao: Qin Commentary and Melodies for Connoisseurs
趙德先 Zhao Dexian (compare #141 below); 1 line
韶武遺音，一卷 Shaowu Yiyin:
騰康叔 Teng Kangshu; 1 line
徐門琴譜，十卷 Xumen Qinpu: Qin Handbook of the Xumen School
徐于 Xu Yu (? see Xu Tianmin); 1 line
雜書譜錄 Zashu Pulu: Handbook List of Miscellaneous Books
何薳 He Wei; 1 line
琴曲譜錄 Qinqu Pulu: Qin Melody Tablature List
** 說郛本 "In Shuo Fu" (also in TKW, Qin Fu, pp. 1695 - 6)
One line: "Compiled by 釋居月 Priest Ju Yue" (Shi Juyue; Shuo Fu actually has Seng Juyue; see also #131)
斲琴法，一卷 Zhuo Qin Fa: Qin Construction Methods
碧落子 Bi Luozi, nickname of Shi Ruli; also called Biluozi Zhuo Qin Fa; 7 lines
Discussed in Xu Jian, QSCB, 6.C.
斲琴記，一卷 Zhuo Qin Ji: Account of Qin Making
石汝礪碧落子 Shi Ruli Bi Luozi; 8 lines
琴集 Qin Ji: Qin Collection
齊松 Qi Song (not 齊嵩 Qi Song); only reference is to Qinyuan Yaolu; 1 line
琴指法 Qin Zhifa: Qin Finger Techniques
趙希曠 Zhao Xikuang; 1 line
註明蔡邕指法 Zhuming Cai Yong Zhifa: Explanation of Cai Yong's Finger Techniques
趙維則 Zhao Weize; 1 line: says only to see 虞氏古琴疏, but see quote.
紫霞洞琴譜，十三卷 Zixiadong Qinpu: Purple Haze Grotto Qin Handbook
楊公纘 Master Yang Zuan; "see 千頃堂書目 Qianqingtang Shumu" (NFI); 1 line
elsewhere it is said this compilation had 468 melodies
琴書類集，一卷 Qinshu Leiji: Qin Book Type Collection
僧居月 Seng Juyue (Monk Ju Yue; see also #124;
1 line: "compiled by the Song dynasty's Seng Juyue; see 千頃堂書目 Qianqingtang Shumu")
續琴箋 Xu Qin Jian: Continuation of Qin Commentary
Writer unknown; see Qinyuan Yaolu (much of it copied here); 35 lines
斲匠秘訣 Zhuojiang Mijue
Writer unknown; quoted in Qinyuan Yaolu; 9 lines
琴譜，八卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
Writer unknown; 2 lines
琴譜商調，一卷 Qinpu Shangdiao" Qin Handbook for the Shang Mode
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴譜，十卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴操引，三卷 Qincao Yin: Qin Melody Preludes
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴集，三卷 Qin Ji: Qin Collection
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴指，一卷 Qin Zhi: Qin Fingering
Writer unknown; 1 line
昭微古今琴樣 Shaowei Gujin Qinyang: Shaowei Old and New Qin Shapes
Writer unknown; Shaowei (14172.xxx) "is perhaps someone's name"; 1 line
琴箋知音操，一卷 Qinjian Zhiyincao: Qin Commentary and Melodies for Connoisseurs
Writer unknown; (compare #120 above); 1 line
琴指譜 Qin Zhi Pu: Qin Fingering Handbook
Writer unknown; 1 line
進琴式 Jin Qin Shi: Approaching Qin Styles
Writer unknown; 1 line
古琴疏 Gu Qin Shu: Old Qin Statements
Writer unknown; not the same as the Gu Qin Shu of 虞汝明 Yu Ruming; 1 line
振古琴苑，四冊 Zhen'gu Qinyuan: Antique Qin Miscellany
琴苑集，一冊 Qin Yuan Ji: Qin Miscellany Collection
琴苑須知，一冊 Qin Yuan Xu Zhi: Qin Miscellany of Things to Know
Writer unknown; 1 line
琴錄微發，二冊 Qinlu Weifa
Writer unknown; also Qinlu Fawei?; 1 line
醉翁子琴譜，二冊 Zuiwengzi Qinpu: Old Toper's Qin Handbook
Writer unknown; 1 line

卷四 Folio IV
琴譜，四十卷 Qin Pu
俞琰 Yu Yan; 6 lines
琴原，一篇 Qin Yuan: Qin Source
** 松雪集本 In the Songxue Collection; 12 lines
趙夢頫 Zhao Mengfu
琴言(十則) Qin Yan (10 Ze): Qin Talk: 10 Rules
** 學海類編本 In Xuehai Leibian
吳澄 Wu Cheng (1249 - 1333; Bio/1046; ICTCL, p.111); well-known Confucianist from Jiangxi
Studied qin from He Zhong; the 10 rules are translated in Van Gulik, Lore, pp.76
琴譜，八卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
鐵柱 Tie Zhu (Yuan; Bio/xxx), style name 明善 Mingshan; 畏吾人 a Uighur
琴譜，二卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook; by 鄭瀛 Zheng Ying (5 lines)
Quotes 千頃堂書目 Qianqing Tang Shumu saying Zheng Ying comments on Yang Zuan and his group's Zixiadong Pu in 13 folios
Epilogue by Song Lian
琴譜 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
苗彥實 Miao Yanshi (Miao Xiushi)
廣琴操 Guang Qin Cao: Broad Qin Melodies
** 隸書寫本裝成手卷 Lishu Xieben Zhuangcheng Shoujuan
朱右 Zhu You
古琴疏 Gu Qin Shu: Old Qin Statements
** 說郛本 In Shuo Fu; 1 line
虞汝明 Yu Ruming (Bio/xxx; 17517.40 汝明: no 虞); not the same as an earlier Gu Qin Shu
Has a passage about Ruan Zhan and is quoted in several Qin Shi Bu biographies
琴箋圖說 Qinjian Tushuo
** Same as the 琴箋圖式 Qinjian Tushi, 說郛本 in Shuo Fu (? Shuo Fu ToC says by Zhao Si?)
陶宗儀 Tao Zongyi; 3 lines
琴式 Qin Shi: Qin Styles
** Same as the 琴箋圖式 Qinjian Tushi, 說郛本 in Shuo Fu (? see previous entry); 1 line:
陶宗儀 Tao Zongyi "listed in 家居必備總目 Jiaju Bibei Zongmu" (? 7322.78xxx)
冷仙琴聲十六法 Lengxian Qinsheng 16 Fa
冷謙 Leng Qian; 1 line
Translation in Van Gulik, Lore, pp. 107 - 116 ("Sixteen Rules for the Tones of the [Qin]")
Compare the 24 rules of Xu Hong
太古正音，一卷 Taigu Zhengyin: Correct Sounds from Antiquity
冷謙 Leng Qian; 2 lines
琴阮啟蒙，一卷 Qin Ruan Qimeng: Beginners Instruction for Qin and Ruan
** 江西弋陽王府刊本 Imprint of Jiangxi's Yiyang Prince's
Zhu Quan; 7 lines
神奇秘譜 Shen Qi Mi Pu (1425)
** 天一閣書目作二卷刊本 Tianyi Ge Book Index says two folio imprint (so this is actually Zheyin Shizi Qinpu)
Zhu Quan; 1 line (!)
永樂琴書集成，二十卷 Yongle Qinqu Jicheng: Yongle (r. 1403 - 25) Qin Book Collection
Compiler unclear; listed in 千頃堂書目 Qianqingtang Shumu; 5 lines
雪窩刪潤琴譜 Xuewo Shanrun Qinpu: Snowy Nest Revised and Polished Qin Handbook, by 徐詵梅 Xu Shenmei
Correctly it is Meixuewo Shanrun Qinpu (15223.xxx) by Xu Shen (10363.xxx). The mistake must be due to the lack of punctuation in the catalogue referenced, 千頃堂書目 Qianqingtang Shumu, which says, 徐詵梅雪窩刪潤琴譜 Xu Shen Mei Xuewo Shanrun Qinpu. It adds, 寧波人 from Ningbo, 永樂中官訓導 an official (or teacher in a Confucian school) during 1403-25, 浙操琴指所自始 founder of the Zhe school of qin. See also Xu Jian's history, Chapter 7.A.1.
廣陵祕譜 Guangling Mipu: Guangling Mysteries Tablature
Zhu Quan; 1 line
五聲琴譜 Wusheng Qinpu
懶仙 Lan Xian

Later volumes include:

171. 西麓堂琴統 Xilutang Qintong
** 與古齋考琴譜 Yuguzhai Examination of Qin Handbooks
汪芝 Wang Zhi

181. 操縵古琴譜 Caoman Guqinpu
** 鄭蕃刊本 Printed book in collection of Zheng Fan
朱載堉 Zhu Zaiyu

183. 西峰重訂琴譜十卷 Xifeng Chongding Qinpu
** 司庫存目 Siku Cunmu; a 1585 edition (see Chongxiu Zhenchuan Qinpu); 37 lines
楊表正 Yang Biaozheng

206. 風宣元品，十卷 Fengxuan Yuanpin: Basic Airs Spread with the Wind
** (The same as Fengxuan Xuanpin?); 2 lines
張鯤 Zhang Kun

210. 洞天琴錄，一卷 Dongtian Qinlu: Dongtian Qin Records
** (See TKW, Qin Fu, pp. 1692 - 5); 2 lines
趙希鵠 Zhao Xigu (13th c; Bio/1661); Zhou Qingyun mistakenly has "Ming"

210. 琴談，二卷 Qin Tan: Qin Talk
** 聚錦堂刊本 5 single/11 doubled lines
compiled by 程允基 Cheng Yunji

297. 與古齋琴譜 Yuguzhai Qinpu
** 咸豐五年刊本 1855 edition; lengthy
祝鳳喈 Zhu Fengjie

Qinshu Cunmu ends with

318. 琴譜，三卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
** 甲寅刊本 1914 (!?) imprint; 7 lines
楊宗稷 Yang Zongji; now part of Qinxue Congshu

316. 寶音齋琴譜 Baoyinzhai Qinpu
** Hand copy; 1 line
Writer not known

317. 飲香書屋琴譜 Yinxiang Shuwu Qinpu
** Hand copy; 1 line
Writer not known

318. 琴書千古，四卷 Qinshu Qiangu
** Hand copy; 3 lines
Writer not known

319. 琴譜，二卷 Qin Pu: Qin Handbook
高玖 Gao Jiu (Ms.)

320. 梅華仙館琴譜 Meihuaxianguan Qinpu
** Hand copy (in the Shanghai Library); 3 lines
韓城女士妙靈 Ms. Miaoling of Hancheng (ling has 女 not 巫 )

321. 和文注(音)琴譜 Hewen Zhu(yin) Qinpu (see details)
** Hand copy; 9 lines
心越 Shin-etsu (melodies he took to Japan in 1676?)

Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 My edition was copied from a book in the National Library, Taiwan. (Return)

2 He also wrote Qin Shi Bu and Qin Shi Xu (Return)

3 QSCM uses small characters under the entry title to indicate these sources. They include:

漢魏遺書輯本 Han Wei Yishu Jiben;
18531.284 - .289 are all Han Wei collections, but they do not include this title
玉函山房輯本 Yuhan Shanfang Ji (Jade Case Mountain Lodge Compilation)
21296.181, by 馬國翰 Ma Guohan (1794 - 1857): 681 種 types in 120 冊 vols.; lists contents of 1 - 95;
Most of this collection still exists. Vol. 40 (樂類 Music Category) has 15 titles; #5 and #10 are missing
Those referenced on this site include #4. Qin Qing Ying
#8. Gujin Yuelu
#12. Qin Li
#15. Qin Shu
說郛 Shuo Fu (Environs of Fiction)
36404.81, a book collection compiled by 陶宗儀 Tao Zongyi (1316 - ?; Bio/2055): 120 folios, 續本 Continuation, 44 folios
Most of this collection still exists; Folio 100 has 18 titles (#16 seems to be missing), all dealing with music.
The first six, all with "qin" in the title, are included in QSCM:
#1. Qinqu Pulu
#2. Yaqin Minglu
#3. Qinsheng Jingwei
#4. Qinjian Tushi
#5. Zashu Qinshi
#6. Gu Qin Shu
Other Shuo Fu titles quoted on this site include
#7. Yuefu Jieti (Return)

4 For most entries I have at present only included the title, author, location if indicated, and the number of lines in the entry.

Another useful bibliographical reference for this subject is:

黃友棣著、吳心柳編校,中國音樂思想批判；香港，樂友書房, 1965
Huang Youdi, Zhongguo Yinyue Xixiang Pipan; Hong Kong, 1965
(Return)

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