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Xue Yijian
- Qin Shi #132
薛易簡 1
琴史 #132 2

Xue Yijian (ca. 725 - ca.800) was one of the leading qin players and writers in the Tang dynasty. By the time he was 12 he already could play 30 miscellaneous melodies in 黃鍾調 Yellow Bell Mode.

Xu Jian discusses him in his Outline History, Chapter 5. A. (p.56).

Xilutang Qintong says he played 鳳雲遊 Feng Yun You, also called Feng Xiang Qian Ren.

Qinshu Cunmu mentions him in several places.

  1. Folio 2 #12 quotes extensively from and about Xue Yijian's Qin Marvels.
  2. Folio 2 #13 is his 琴譜一卷 Qin Handbook, One Folio, but there is no information about it.

The biography of Xue Yijian in Qin Shi begins,

Xue Yijian used the qin as 翰林待詔 Hanlin Daizhao (?). During the Tianbao period (742 - 756)....

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