Lou Yue,¹ (1137 - 1213) from an illustrious family on the upper reaches of the Qiantang River (which flows through Hangzhou), rose to a high official position in the Southern Song dynasty. After his death his writings were compiled into 攻媿集 Gongkui Ji in 120 folios, of which 112 are extant. This includes a travelogue of a trip he made to what is now Beijing, as well as an article on the melody Guangling San.

Wang Shixiang, in his article on Guangling San, discusses a verion of Guangling San played by Lou Yue. He apparently learned it from Lu Zijia.² It is mentioned together with one described by Zhang Chong.³

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Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 Lou Yue (not Lou Yao)
樓鑰 15776.85; Bio/2395; Bio/2395; ICTCL p.938; Frankel, Sung Biographies, p.668ff. Lou Yue was a nephew of 樓^王壽 Lou Shou (1090 - 1162; Bio/2395; drew the earliest known 耕織圖 Geng Zhi Tu: Illustrations of Farming and Sericulture). Attainted metropolitan degree during 1163-5.
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2 Lu Zijia 盧子嘉
Wang Shixiang's foldout chart, #7, describes a version of Guangling San that Lou Yue learned from Lu Zijia.
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3 張崇 Zhang Chong
Wang Shixiang's foldout chart, #4, outlines a version of Guangling San performed by 張研一 Zhang Yanyi, as described by Zhang Chong during 大定 Dading period of the 晉 Jin dynasty (1161-89; capital in Beijing). A note says the tablature is lost, but it quotes a preface. Wang first mentioned him as Song dynasty; Bio/1237 has a Zhang Chong only in the 5 Dynasties period. The story apparently came from Yelü Chucai: see Rao, Section 3.
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4 風琴; see QQJC V, p.455
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