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Art Illustrating Guqin Melodies Listen to my recording 聽錄音
Illustration for Zui Yu Chang Wan
(A Drunken Fisherman Sings in the Evening)
Painting by 金蔚 Jin Wei 1 		醉漁唱晚圖

In Front of Xisai Mountain     西塞山前

The preface to this melody in Xilutang Qintong (1549) says it has a flavor as good as (that of Zhang Zhihe's famous 8th century poem which includes the lines) "In front of Xisai Mountain...peach blossoms flow in the water." The inscription on the painting quotes the entire poem,

In front of Xisai Mountain the white seagulls fly,
Peach blossoms flow in the water and the mandarin perch are fat.
In a blue bamboo hat and a green straw coat,
With slanting winds and fine rain, there is no need to return (to public office).

 

 

 
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Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 金蔚 Jin Wei is a painter and qin player living in Beijing. He has made a CD called 響山集 Xiang Shan Ji. (Return)