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| Su Shi | 蘇軾 |
Su Shi (1037 - 1101),1 better known as 蘇東坡 Su Dongpo, was one of the Song dynasty's most influential poets and essayists. His brother Su Che was also a poet.2
See Xu Jian's History 6a2.
Qinshu Daquan (QQJC Vol. V) has quite a number of articles and poems by him that concern qin; see.
In other cases Qinshu Daquan has stories that mention him and qin; see.
It does not include the following,5
Some handbooks say he wrote the melody He Wu Dongtian. And his lyrics set to qin melodies (by others) include the following,
1 33250.234 眉山人,洵子,轍兄,字子瞻 from Meishan, son of Su Xun, brother of Su Che, style name Zizhan. Sources include:
2
蘇轍 Su Che (1039 - 1112)
Su Che, style name 子由
Ziyou, though overshadowed by his older brother Su Shi, was one of the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song". (Indiana Companion, p.727)
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3
相思曲 Xiang Si Qu; also called 古琴吟 Gu Qin Yin. See details in the introduction to the
1585 version.
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5 The translation is based on that of Xu Yuanzhong, Song of the Immortals, p.212. The original (see p.423) is:
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