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Zheyin Shizi Qinpu
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Because the first five pages of Zheyin are missing, the first two entries below are speculative.2 All melodies have accompanying lyrics/poetic text; all sub-sections have headings. All have identical tablature to their versions in Shen Qi Mi Pu (ToC), unless marked with one or two asterisks:

* indicates earliest surviving tablature with this title;
** indicates different version from SQMP.

  1. Jiao Yi (?; Defining Jiao [mode] -- missing; see comment under 1425 version; I/xxx)
  2. Lingxu Yin (?3?; Ascending-the-Great-Void Chant -- missing; see comment under 1425 version; I/xxx)
  3. Liezi Yu Feng (8-10 only; Liezi Rides the Wind -- Sections 1-8 missing; see comment under 1425 version; I/203)
  4. Zhi Yi (Defining Zhi [mode]; see comment under 1425 version; I/203)
  5. *Guan Ju (9; Cries of the Osprey; also Guan Ju Cao, Guan Ju Chuan, Guan Ju Zhang; I/203)
    1st of 51 pu (3 have 2 versions); only some of original Shi Jing text quoted here
  6. *Nanxun Ge (6; Song of Southern Breezes; 1st of only 4 pu; should compare with Nanfeng Ge; I/205)
  7. *Tiantai Yin (1-3; Prelude of Heaven's Pavilion; [3-11 missing]; also Wuling You; 1st of 7 pu; I/207)
  8. **Qiao Ge (5-11; Woodsman's Song; 1-4 missing; I/208)
  9. **Yu Hui Tushan (12; [Emperor] Yu's Meeting at Mount Tu; I/209)
  10. *Si Shun (9; Thinking of [Emperor] Shun; also Wen Wang [Si Shun], Wen Wang Qu; 1st of 5 pu; I/212)
  11. *Shi Xian (8; Worthy Master [Lü Shang]; (compare with Weibin Yin; 1st of 2 pu; I/214)
  12. **Shanju Yin (4; Mountain Life Chant; I/216)
  13. Ruibin Yi (Defining Ruibin {or Jinyu} [mode]; tuning 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425/lyrics; I/217)
  14. *Yuge Diao (Tones of the Fisherman's Song; text by Liu Zongyuan [773-819]; I/217)
    1st of 2 pu; "also called Leji Yin" (#8 listed separately)
  15. *Yu Ge (18; Fisherman's Song; attrib Liu Zongyuan; "also Shanshui Lü"; I/217)
    Zha's Guide lists 30 Yu Ge using ruibin tuning (later usually called Ao Ai) and 33 using standard tuning.
  16. Xiao Xiang Shui Yun (10; Water and Clouds at the Xiao and Xiang [Rivers]; see 1425/lyrics; I/222)
  17. Fan Canglang (3; Floating on the Canglang [River]; see 1425/lyrics; I/224)
  18. Shangjiao Yi (Defining Shangjiao [Mode]; standard tuning; see 1425/lyrics; I/225)
  19. Chu Ge (8; Song of Chu; uses Qiliang tuning! See #37 below and 1425/lyrics; I/225)
  20. Shenhua Yin (3; Prelude to Metamorphosis; also called Meng Die (You; see 1425/lyrics; I/227)
  21. Meng Die (8; Butterfly Dream [i.e., Zhuang Zhou Meng Die]; see 1425; I/228)

    Final Folio (attribution to Gong Jing)

  22. Yu Yi (Defining Yu [mode]; see 1425/lyrics; I/230)
  23. **Wu Ye Ti (9; Crows Cry at Night; I/230)
  24. **Zhi Zhao Fei (14; The Ringed Pheasants Fly in the Morning; I/232)
  25. Guxian Yi (Defining Guxian {"same as Jiazhong [mode]"}; tuning 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 ; see 1425/lyrics; I/235)
  26. Feiming Yin (3; Calling out in Flight; see 1425/lyrics; I/235)
  27. Qiu Hong (36; Wild Geese in Autumn; see 1425/lyrics; I/236)
  28. Huangzhong Yi (Defining Huangzhong [Wuyi] [mode]; tuning 1 3 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425/lyrics; I/243)
  29. Longshuo Cao (8; Melody of Longshuo [the North]; see 1425/lyrics; I/243)
  30. Da Ya (9; Great Refinement -- a section of the Shi Jing [Book of Poems]; see 1425/lyrics; I/246)
  31. Qiuyue Zhao Maoting (5; Autumn Moon Shining on a Reed Pavilion; this should include the Kai Zhi; see 1425/lyrics; I/248)
  32. Shanzhong Si Youren (3; Thinking of an Old Friend in the Mountain; see 1425/lyrics; I/249)
  33. Xiao Hujia (6; Short [Version of] Barbarian Reed Pipe; see 1425/lyrics; I/249)
  34. Yi Zhen (4; Nourishing Reality; see 1425/lyrics; I/253)
  35. Huangyun Qiusai (3; Yellow Clouds of Autumn at the Frontier; see 1425/lyrics; I/254)
  36. Da Hujia (18; Long [Version of] Barbarian Reed Pipe; see 1425/lyrics; I/255)
  37. Qiliang Yi (Defining Qiliang [Chushang] [mode]; tuning 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 ; see 1425/lyrics; I/260)
  38. Huaxu Yin (3; Prelude of the Huaxu Clan; see 1425/lyrics; I/260)
  39. Li Sao (18; Falling into Grief; see 1425/lyrics; I/261)
  40. Zepan Yin (4; Marshbank Chant; see 1425/lyrics; I/264)
  41. *Qu Yuan Wen Du (8; Qu Yuan Asks at the Ferry; 1st of 13 pu; I/265)
  42. *Yangguan Sandie (8?; Three Partings at Yang Pass [8 & postlude (?) missing]; I/267)
    also: Yangguan Qu, Yangguan Cao, Da Yangguan; 1st of 20 + 7 pu

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Melodies possibly missing from a "Complete" Zheyin Shizi Qinpu
If a "complete" Zheyin had three folios, and the third folio consisted solely of all the Shen Qi Mi Pu melodies otherwise missing from Zheyin Shizi Qinpu, it would have had the following 31 pieces. Here the second number with each is its order number in Shen Qi Mi Pu); it is rearranged this way here because both handbooks tended to group pieces by mode.

There is no actual evidence that such a third folio ever existed, and it must be remembered that Zheyin Shizi Qinpu itself only survives as a handwritten copy.

  1. #11 Huo Lin (mangong: 3561235; see lyrics and comment on character count)
  2.  # 2 Guangling San (manshang: 1145612; no surviving version has lyrics)
  3.  # 1 Dun Shi Cao (manjue: 1235612; very difficult to pair 1585 lyrics with 1425 melody)
  4. #49 Shenpin Biyu Yi (like manjue: 1235612; 1585 lyrics can be paired)
  5. #50 Baji You   ( " " ; 1585 lyrics can be paired with difficulty)
  6. #55 Shenpin Chushang Yi (like qiliang: 2456123; no version has lyrics; should go with Chu Ge but the two shangjue mode pieces were misplaced)
  7. #12 Kai Zhi (huangzhong: (1356123; should be included before SQMP #13 Qiu Yue Zhao Maoting, which has lyrics, though its Kai Zhi does not!)

  8.  # 4 Gufeng Cao (standard: 1245612 or 5612356; no versions with lyrics)
  9.  # 5 Gao Shan; 1585 lyrics don't fit
  10.  # 6 Liu Shui; 1585 lyrics don't fit
  11.  # 7 Yang Chun; 1585 lyrics don't fit (too many sections)
  12.  # 8 Xuan Mei; 1585 lyrics may fit
  13.  # 9 Zhao Yin; 1585 lyrics may fit
  14. #10 Jiu Kuang; 1585 lyrics don't fit
  15. #17 Shenpin Gong Yi (1585 lyrics don't fit)
  16. #18 Guanghan You
  17. #19 Meihua Sannong
  18. #20 Shenpin Shang Yi (1585 lyrics don't fit)
  19. #21 Shepin Gu Shang Yi (1585 lyrics don't fit)
  20. #22 Kai Gu
  21. #23 Wang Ji (1585 lyrics might fit);
  22. #24 Yin De 1585 lyrics might fit);
  23. #25 Guanghan Qiu
  24. #26 Tianfeng Huanpei
  25. #27 Shen You Liu He
  26. #28 Chang Qing
  27. #29 Duan Qing
  28. #30 Bai Xue (1585 lyrics don't fit)
  29. #31 He Ming Jiu Gao
  30. #32 Yi Lan
  31. #36 Zhi Yi (but = Shenpin Zhi Yi)
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2. Speculating on the other possible melodies
In the general introduction I discuss my conclusion that the first two pieces were almost certainly in the original edition, which survives only in handwritten form, and in my comments with the third (Liezi Yu Feng) I suggest some of the further evidence for this. I further speculate on the possibility that a complete Zheyin Shizi Qinpu should have had an additional folio, presumably in front of the two folio version that did survive, making three folios in all. No comment on lyrics usually means that if 1585 had lyrics they didn't fit.

An outline of what such a first folio might potentially have included, based on the above list, is as follows:

With the inclusion of all these 31 pieces Zheyin Shizi Qinpu would expand from 42 pieces (including nine new titles) to 73 pieces. This would be all 64 from Shen Qi Mi Pu plus the nine new titles in the surviving Zheyin (marked * in the ToC above). As it is, the five zhi and 3 yu mode entries are actually different versions; some comment has been made here about trying to determine the likelihood of other pieces "missing" from the surviving Zheyin version having been in a more complete Zheyin (largely based on lyrics found in later handbooks, 1585 in particular). The pieces considered here to be missing from the 64 pieces actually in SQMP titles are all modal preludes: the Kaizhi from SQMP Folio 1, one of the two zhi mode preludes from Folio 2, and the Chushang modal prelude from Folio 3.

Further regarding the missing Kai Zhi, it is really is an integral part of Qiu Yue Zhao Mao Ting just as the Kai Zhi at the front of Guangling San is really an integral part of it.
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