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Zhu Changwen
- Qin Shi Xu #3		 朱長文 1
琴史續 #3 2

Zhu Changwen (1041 - 1100), style name Boyuan, compiled Qin Shi from a variety of sources, which he does not mention.3

Qinshu Cunmu says he may also have compiled a Qin Handbook of Zhe(jiang) Melodies (Zhecao Qinpu). Jiangyunlou Shumu lists this title, attributing it to Zhu Boyuan.4

The original essay in Qin Shi Xu says the following:

Zhu Changwen, style name 伯原 Boyuan, from Suzhou, was a grandson of 朱億 Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi was deeply into qin, and Zhu Changwen carried on his studies. He thought that in the olden days people had written a lot about calligraphers and painters, and only qin hadn't been done. So he compiled Qin Shi, Six Folios. From ancient times it covered 146 qin 理者 experts, plus nine in attachments (10 multiple entries [8 saying "attachment", 12 extra people in all by my count). Each one lays out the person's achievements, whatever melodies....

More to be added.

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 14779.290 朱長文，字伯原

Sources given for the Qin Shi Xu article are 宋史 Song Shi and 蓴湖漫錄 Chunhu Manlu. (Return)

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3 A standard structure of the artices seems to be to begin with a quote or quotes, or close paraphrasing, from old sources, followed perhaps by a comment by Zhu himself. (Return)

4 降雲樓書目 42556.xxx
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