Saturday, March 11, 2017

Early Chinese Music Resources: Ming

Early Chinese Music Resources: Ming
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 5 October 2024)

In an effort to make this repertoire more accessible, this document contains resources related to the known surviving pieces and songs from China's Ming Dynasty (明朝, 1368-1644).
Links to scores are highlighted in blue.  Links to recordings and videos are highlighted in pink.
Links to textual sources are highlighted in green.

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 Guqin handbooks
During the Ming Dynasty many qinpu (琴谱, handbooks for the guqin, or 7-string zither, which is also called qin) were published (in woodblock-printed form), although a few of these survive only in hand-copied form; at least one originated in the Song Dynasty, although the earliest surviving edition dates from 1413. These handbooks contain scores for qin qu (琴曲, qin pieces), some of which include paired lyrics and so are called qin ge (琴歌, literally "qin songs"), along with explanatory and/or instructional text. Of these, approximately 47 survive to the present, comprising approximately 405 different pieces, many of which exist in multiple versions.

 This huge volume of material, which is difficult to summarize, is covered thoroughly by U.S.-based guqin player and scholar John Thompson on his website, which includes many translations and transcriptions as well as analysis:
http://www.silkqin.com/

 Specific pages from John Thompson's website that provide an overview of the extant Ming-era qin pieces are as follows:
http://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu.htm
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Pipa collections

● Gaohe Jiangdong《高和江东》(Lofty Harmonies from East of the [Yangtze] River), sometimes misspelled《高河江东》(High River Flows East, supposedly 1528)
Of the three pieces in this collection, which was rediscovered in a Shanghai library in 1979, all three are also found in the Qing-era collection Xiansuo Beikao (1814), and, according to Lin Shicheng, are very similar to later (Qing-era) pieces with the same titles. The musicologist and pipa player Cao Anhe (曹安和, 1905-2004) later determined this collection to be a Qing-era forgery, refuting Lin's claim that it dated to the Ming Dynasty.

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 Da Ming Jili

Da Ming Jili《大明集礼》(1370), compiled beginning in 1369, the second year of the Ming Dynasty, and completed the following year, contains scores in lü-lü notation for numerous pieces of Ming Dynasty state sacrificial music, as well as five ritual melodies dating to the Yuan Dynasty (which are presented in both lü-lü notation and gongche notation). The source comprises 53 volumes, of which various aspects of music are covered to a significant degree in 15 volumes. Scores for Ming melodies appear in volumes 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13, and 14, and the five Yuan ritual pieces are included in volume 53a.

 ● Facsimile of Da Ming Jili:
https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/wa04/wa04_06292/wa04_06292_0005/wa04_06292_0005.pdf
https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/wa04/wa04_06292/wa04_06292_0007/wa04_06292_0007.pdf
https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/wa04/wa04_06292/wa04_06292_0009/wa04_06292_0009.pdf
https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/wa04/wa04_06292/wa04_06292_0010/wa04_06292_0010.pdf

● Full-text version of Da Ming Jili:

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Taiquan Xiang Li

Taiquan Xiang Li《泰泉乡礼》is a manual for local Confucian rituals (to be performed at the village level in the countryside), written in 1531 by Huang Zuo (黄佐, 1490-1566), a scholar from Zhongshan, Guangdong province.  It contains a master score (in both lü-lü and gongche notation, with accompanying lyrics) for one ritual piece, the Shi Jing song "Cai Fan"《采蘩》(Gathering the White Southernwood), which is intended to be used in Confucian archery ceremonies.  This score appears in the last two pages of the work's seventh and final volume, following several pages of instructions regarding the proper playing of the bianzhong, bianqing, qin, se, sheng, paixiao, and gu.

● Facsimile of Taiquan Xiang Li:

● Full-text version of Taiquan Xiang Li (missing volume 7):

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Pan Gong Liyue Shu
Pan Gong Liyue Shu《頖宫礼乐疏》is a book in ten volumes on the subject of Confucian ritual and music by Li Zhizhao (李之藻, c. 1565 or c. 1571-1630), a late Ming Dynasty scholar-official and convert to Roman Catholicism from Hangzhou. It was published in 1618, the 46th year of the Wanli Emperor (万历帝, r. 1572-1620).

● Full text of Pan Gong Liyue Shu:

● Facsimile of Pan Gong Liyue Shu:

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Taichang Xu Kao

Taichang Xu Kao《太常续考》(Further Studies of the Ministry of Ceremonies) is an 8-volume collection of of records documenting the sacrificial ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty, which was compiled by officials of the Taichang Si (太常寺, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, also known as Court of Sacrificial Worship), an institution of the Ming court which was under the control of the Ministry of Rites. It was completed in 1643, the sixteenth year of the the reign of the Chongzhen Emperor (r. 1627-1644, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty), and the year before the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

The collection, which takes the form of a detailed and comprehensive ritual manual, divides imperial sacrificial rituals into three categories: namely da si (大祀, grand sacrificial rituals), zhong si (中祀, sacrificial rituals of moderate importance), and xiao si (小祀, sacrificial rituals of lesser importance). Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 include notation for numerous ritual songs in gongche notation.

Full text of Taichang Xu Kao:
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Jia Chui Yue

The Jia Chui Yue 《笳吹乐》 ("Pipe-Blowing Music") is the repertoire of entertainment music from the court of Ligdan Khan (林丹汗, r. 1603-1634), a descendant of the Borjigin rulers of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and the second-to-last khagan (khan) of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, who ruled from Chaghan Baishin in the Chahar region of Mongolia (modern-day southern Inner Mongolia). Although he raided Ming China in his early reign, in 1618, facing pressure from the rising Manchus in the east, and threatened by insurrections from other Mongol subgroups resentful of his rule, he signed a treaty with the Ming in 1618, receiving a lucrative annual subsidy in return for protecting China's northern border from the Manchus.

Ligdan Khan died in 1634, and his son Ejei Khan (额哲, r. 1634-1635) finally surrendered to the Manchu-led Later Jin Dynasty in 1635. The Later Jin Dynasty renamed itself the Great Qing in 1636, and the Qing would go on to conquer China in 1644. Ejei was awarded the rank of prince, and the remaining Chahar nobility enjoyed close ties with the Qing royal family, intermarrying with them extensively. The Qing retained elements of the music of the former Mongol court in its Fanbu Hezou (番部合奏), an ensemble that performed for banquets, wrestling competitions, and other similar events.

The Jia Chui Yue repertoire includes the following pieces (the numbers following the titles are the numbers each piece is assigned in the Inner Mongolia volume of the Zhongguo Minzu Minjian Qiyuequ Jicheng):

1. Yinzi 《引子》 (Prelude) - no. 939 2. Mu Ma Ge 《牧马歌》 (Horse-Herding Song) - no. 940 3. Gu Ge 《古歌》 (Ancient Song) - no. 941 4. Ruyi Bao 《如意宝》 - no. 942 5. Jia Zhao 《佳兆》 (Good Omen) - no. 943 6. Cheng Gan Ci 《诚感词》 - no. 944 7.《吉庆篇》 - no. 945 8.《肖者吟》 - no。 946 9. Jun Ma Huang 《君马黄》 - no. 947 10. Yide Yin 《懿德吟》 - no. 948 11.《善哉行》 - no. 949 12.《乐土谣》 - no. 950 13. Ta Yao Niang 《踏摇娘》 - no. 951 14. Song Dao Ci 《颂祷词》 - no. 952 15. Man Ge 《慢歌》 - no. 953 16. Tang Gongzhu 《唐公主》 - no. 954 17. Dancheng Qu 《丹诚曲》 - no. 955 18. Guangming Qu 《光明曲》 - no. 956 19.《吉祥师》 - no. 957 20.《圣明时》 - no. 958 21. Weiyan 《微言》 - no. 959 22.《际嘉平》 - no. 960 23.《善政歌》 - no. 961 24. Changming Ci 《长命词》 - no. 962 25.《窈窕娘》 - no. 963 26.《湛露》 - no. 964 27.《四贤吟》 - no. 965 28. He Sheng Chao 《贺圣朝》 - no. 966 29.《英流行》 - no. 967 30.《坚固子》 - no. 968 31. Yue Yuan 《月圆》 (The Moon is Round) - no. 969 32. Huan Ge 《缓歌》 - no. 970 33.《至纯辞》 - no. 971 34.《美封君》 - no. 972 35. Shaonian Xing 《少年行》 - no. 973 36.《四天王吟》 - no. 974 37.《宛转调》 - no. 975 38. Tieli 《铁骊》 (The Black Horse) - no. 976 39.《木槵株》 - no. 977 40. Haohe Qu 《好合曲》 - no. 978 41. Tong Fu 《童阜》 - no. 979 42. Tian Ma Yin 《天马吟》 - no. 980 43. Da Long Ma Yin 《大龙马吟》 - no. 981
Video of "Da Long Ma Yin":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ycrm_h6FF4&t=06m41s 44.《始调理》 - no. 982 45.《追风赭马》 - no. 983 46.《回波词》 - no. 984 47.《长豫》 - no. 985 48. Ping Diao 《平调》 - no. 986 49. Youzi Yin 《游子吟》 - no. 987 50.《平调曲》 - no. 988 51.《高士吟》 - no. 989 52.《哉生明》 - no. 990 53.《高哉行》 - no. 991 54. San Zhang 《三章》 (Three Laws) - no. 992 55.《圆音》 - no. 993 56. Langan 《栏杆》 - no. 994 57.《思哉行》 - no. 995 58.《法座引》 - no. 996 59.《接引词》 - no. 997 60.《化导词》 - no. 998 61.《七宝鞍》 - no. 999 62. Duange 《短歌》 - no. 1000 63. Xizhao 《夕照》 (Glow of the Setting Sun) - no. 1001 64.《归国谣》 - no. 1002 65.《僧宝吟》 - no. 1003 66.《婆罗门引》 - no. 1004 67. San Buluo 《三部落》 - no. 1005 68. Wu Buluo 《五部落》 - no. 1006

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 Weishi Yuepu
The Weishi Yuepu《魏氏乐谱》(Wei Family Musical Scores) is a collection of Chinese yanyue (palace entertainment music) pieces compiled by Wei Hao (魏浩, courtesy name Wei Ziming, 魏子明), a music scholar of Chinese heritage, in Nagasaki, Japan in 1768, during the Edo (Tokugawa) period, which was also the 33rd year of the reign of the Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong. This music is believed to have been in use in the imperial court in Beijing in the late Ming Dynasty (early 17th century). The collection comprises 50 tunes that include vocal pieces with texts from the Shi Jing (Classic of Poetry) and Han Dynasty yuefu, as well as poems from the Tang and Song dynasties. These tunes were originally in the possession of Wei Shuanghou (魏双侯, courtesy name Wei Zhiyan, 魏之琰; c. 1617-1689), a palace music master during the reign of Chongzhen Emperor (r. 1627-1644), the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, from Fuqing, Fuzhou, Fujian province who fled to Nagasaki, Japan upon that dynasty's fall in 1644. Wei Shuanghou's fourth-generation descendant Wei Hao, who prepared the Weishi Yuepu, was a Chinese music specialist employed by the Tokugawa court. At that time in Japan this style of music was called Mingaku (明樂 / みんがく, literally "music from the Ming [Dynasty]"). Wei Hao selected the most important tunes out of a collection of 243 pieces (excluding repeated melodies) and had them printed in 1768. The collection includes a broad array of scores for various wind, string, and percussion instruments, which are grouped into eight distinct modes.

The collection's contents are as follows:
1.《江陵乐》 2.《寿阳乐》
3. Yang Bai Hua《杨白花》
4. Ganlu Dian《甘露殿》(Hall of Sweet Dew)
5. Die Lian Hua《蝶恋花》
http://www.jianpuw.com/htm/b6/353564.htm
6.《估客乐》
7. Dunhuang Yue《炖煌乐》(=《敦煌乐》)
8.《沐浴子》
9.《圣寿(无疆词)》
10. Xi Qian Ying《喜迁莺》
11. Guan Shan Yue《关山月》
12. Tao Ye Ge《桃叶歌》
13. Guan Ju《关雎》
14. Qing Ping Diao《清平调》
https://www.qupu123.com/minge/sanzi/p221930.html
15. Zui Qi Yan Zhi《醉起言志》
16.《行经华阴》
17.《小重山》
18.《昭夏乐》
19. Jiangnan Nong《江南弄》
20. Yu Hudie《玉蝴蝶》
21. Youzi Yin《游子吟》
22. Taixuan Guan《太玄观》
23. Yangguan Qu 《阳关曲》
24. Xing Hua Tian《杏花天》 (Apricot Blossoms Against the Sky)
25. Cai Sangzi《采桑子》 (Picking Mulberries)
26.《思归乐》
27.《宫中乐》
28. Ping Fan Qu《平蕃曲》
29.《贺圣朝》
30. Rui He Xian《瑞鹤仙》
31.《清平乐》
32.《陇头吟》
33.《龙池篇》
34. Tian Ma《天马》
35.《月下独酌》 https://www.qupu123.com/minge/sizi/p221933.html
36. Qiu Feng Ci《秋风辞》(Autumn Wind Lament)
37. Wan Nian Huan《万年欢》(Joy for Ten Thousand Years)
38. Bai Tou Yin《白头吟》
39. Dong Xian Ge《洞仙歌》
40. Qian Qiu Sui《千秋岁》
41. Shui Long Yin《水龙吟》
42. Fenghuang Tai《凤凰台》(Phoenix Terrace)
43.《大圣乐》
44. Qing Yu An《青玉案》(The Green Jade Plate)
45. Datong Dian《大同殿》
46. Yu Tai Guan《玉台观》(Jade Terrace Pavilion)
47. Chang Ge Xing《长歌行》
48. Feng Zhong Liu《风中柳》 (Wind in the Willows)
49.《庆春泽》
50.《齐天乐》

● Facsimile of the Weishi Yuepu:


 ● Videos of performances featuring pieces from the Weishi Yuepu:
(Shanghai, China, 2017)
(Nanning, Guangxi, China, 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0uEP_El9XI 15-track CD (Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, 2023) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVEXxMeQ5UwTDK0IL-GJg_npwzQnbjs6Y YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8mLM41EccAoHWzCOEQ3llXPEKXwc4mL
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Historical reference works about the music of the Ming Dynasty

● Da Ming Huidian《大明会典》(Collected Statutes of the Ming Dynasty or Collected Regulations of the Great Ming)
Da Ming Huidian is a five-volume collection of regulations and procedures of the Ming Dynasty. This work, which took 11 years to complete, was published in 1509.

● Sancai Tuhui《三才图会》(Illustrations of the Three Powers)
Compiled by Wang Qi (王圻) and his son Wang Siyi (王思義), Sancai Tuhui is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia, completed in 1607 and published in 1609 during the late Ming dynasty, featuring illustrations of subjects in the three worlds of heaven, earth, and humanity. This work includes several illustrations of musical instruments.

● Gu Jin Tan Gai《古今谭概》(Anecdotes Old and New), also known as Gu Jin Xiao Shi 《古今笑史》, Gu Jin Xiao 《古今笑》, or Tan Gai 《谈概》 First published in 1620, Gu Jin Tan Gai is a collection of anecdotes and short stories, in 36 sections, by the Ming Dynasty novelist Feng Menglong (冯梦龙, 1574-1646). Most of the stories, many of which are of an amusing or grotesque nature, are excerpted from historical records, with a small number created by Feng himself. The work includes a few anecdotes about music. https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E5%8F%A4%E4%BB%8A%E8%AD%9A%E6%A7%A9

● Ming Shi《明史》(The History of Ming)
The official history of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Ming Shi was completed in 1739 (actually during the Qing Dynasty).  It is one of the Twenty-Four Histories (二十四史).  Music is discussed in sections 61, 62, and 63.

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Ming-Era Court Ensembles

As listed in section 61 of the Ming Shi 《明史》 (The History of Ming), the musical ensembles in use in the Ming court included:

其樂器之制，郊丘廟社，洪武元年定。
樂工六十二人，編鐘、編磬各十六，琴十，瑟四，搏拊四，柷敔各一，壎四，篪四，簫八，笙八，笛四，應鼓一；歌工十二；協律郎一人執麾以引之。
Musicians:  62 people; bianzhong, bianqing:  16 of each, qin:  10, se:  4, bofu:  4, zhu [and] yu:  1 of each, xun:  4, chi:  4, xiao:  8, sheng:  8, di:  4, yinggu:  1; singers:  12; _______________.
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七年復增籥四，鳳笙四，壎用六，搏拊用二，共七十二人。
______ yue:  4, feng sheng:  4, xun:  4 used, bofu:  2 used, altogether 72 people.
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舞則武舞生六十二人，引舞二人，各執干戚；文舞生六十二人，引舞二人，各執羽籥；舞師二人執節以引之。共一百三十人。
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惟文廟樂生六十人，編鐘、編磬各十六，琴十，瑟四，搏拊四，柷敔各一，壎四，篪四，簫八，笙八，笛四，大鼓一；歌工十。
The Confucian Temple has 60 musicians:  bianzhong, bianqing:  16 of each, qin:  10, se:  4, bofu:  4, zhu [and] yu:  1 of each, xun:  4, chi:  4, xiao:  8, sheng:  8, di:  4, dagu:  1; singers:  10.
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六年鑄太和鐘。其制，倣宋景鐘。以九九為數，高八尺一寸。拱以九龍，柱以龍簴，建樓於圜丘齋宮之東北，懸之。郊祀，駕動則鐘聲作。升壇，鐘止，衆音作。禮畢，升輦，鐘聲作。俟導駕樂作，乃止。十七年改鑄，減其尺十之四焉。

朝賀。
[Music for] Congratulating the Emperor by Performing Ritual Obeisance
洪武三年定丹陛大樂：簫四，笙四，箜篌四，方響四，頭管四，龍笛四，琵琶四，𥱧六，杖鼓二十四，大鼓二，板二。
________________:  xiao:  4, sheng:  4, konghou:  4, fangxiang:  4, touguan:  4, longdi:  4, pipa:  4, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  6, zhanggu:  24, dagu:  2, ban:  2.
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二十六年又定殿中韶樂：簫十二，笙十二，排笙四，橫笛十二，壎四，篪四，琴十，瑟四，編鐘二，編磬二，應鼓二，柷一，敔一，搏拊二。
_________________:  xiao:  12, sheng:  12, paixiao:  4, hengdi:  12, xun:  4, chi:  4, qin:  10:  se:  4, bianzhong:  2, bianqing:  2, yinggu:  2, zhu:  1, yu:  1, bofu:  2.
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丹陛大樂：戲竹二，簫十二，笙十二，笛十二，頭管十二，𥱧八，琵琶八，二十弦八，方響二，鼓二，拍板八，杖鼓十二。
________:  ?:  2, xiao:  12, sheng:  12, di:  12, touguan:  12, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  8, pipa:  8, ershi xian:  8, fangxiang:  2, gu:  2, paiban:  8, zhanggu:  12.
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命婦朝賀中宮，設女樂：戲竹二，簫十四，笙十四，笛十四，頭管十四，𥱧十，琵琶八，二十弦八，方響六，鼓五，拍板八，杖鼓十二。
__________________:  ?:  2, xiao:  14, sheng:  14, di:  14, touguan:  14, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  10, pipa:  8, ershi xian:  8, fangxiang:  6, gu:  5, paiban:  8, yinggu:  12.
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正旦、冬至、千秋凡三節。其後太皇太后、皇太后竝用之。
朔望朝參：戲竹二，簫四，笙四，笛四，頭管四，𥱧二，琵琶二，二十弦二，方響一，鼓一，拍板二，杖鼓六。
_______:  ?:  2, xiao:  4, sheng:  4, di:  4, touguan:  4, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  2, pipa:  2, ershi xian:  2, fangxiang:  1, gu:  1, paiban:  2, yinggu:  6.

大宴。
Grand Banquet [Music].
洪武元年定殿內侑食樂：簫六，笙六，歌工四。
丹陛大樂：戲竹二，簫四，笙四，琵琶六，𥱧六，箜篌四，方響四，頭管四，龍笛四，杖鼓二十四，大鼓二，板二。
_______:  ?:  2, xiao:  4, sheng:  4, pipa:  6, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  6, konghou:  4, fangxiang:  4, touguan:  4, longdi:  4, yinggu:  24, dagu:  2, ban:  2.
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文武二舞樂器：笙二，橫管二，𥱧二，杖鼓二，大鼓一，板一。
___________:  sheng:  2, ?:  2, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  2, yinggu:  2, dagu:  1, ban:  1.
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四夷舞樂：腰鼓二，琵琶二，胡琴二，箜篌二，頭管二，羌笛二，𥱧二，水盞一，板一。
Four Barbarians Dance [and] Music:  yaogu:  2, pipa:  2, huqin:  2, konghou:  2, touguan:  2, Qiang di:  2, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  2, shuizhan [a set of water-filled cups or bowls, struck with sticks]:  1:  ban:  1.
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二十六年又定殿內侑食樂：柷一，敔一，搏拊一，琴四，瑟二，簫四，笙四，笛四，壎二，篪二，排簫一，鐘一，磬一，應鼓一。
___________________:  zhu:  1, yu:  1, bofu:  1, qin:  4, se:  2, xiao:  4, sheng:  4, di:  4, xun:  2, chi:  2, paixiao:  1, zhong:  1, qing:  1, yinggu:  1.
丹陛大樂：戲竹二，簫四，笙四，笛二，頭管二，琵琶二，𥱧二，二十弦二，方響二，杖鼓八，鼓一，板一。
_______:  ?  :2, xiao:  4, sheng:  4, di:  2, touguan:  2, pipa:  2, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  2, ershi xian:  2, fangxiang:  2, yinggu:  8, gu:  1, ban:  1.
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迎膳樂：戲竹二，笙二，笛四，頭管二，𥱧二，杖鼓十，鼓一，板一。
_____: ?  :2, sheng:  2, di:  4, touguan:  2, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  2, yinggu:  10, gu:  1, ban:  1.
進膳樂：笙二，笛二，杖鼓八，鼓一，板一。
_____:  sheng:  2, di:  2, yinggu:  8, gu:  1, ban:  1.
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太平清樂：笙四，笛四，頭管二，𥱧四，方響一，杖鼓八，小鼓一，板一。
_______:  sheng:  4, di:  4, touguan:  2, qin [i.e., yazheng]:  4, fangxiang:  1, yinggu:  8, xiaogu:  1, ban:  1.

Note that the yazheng (轧筝, a bridge zither whose strings were rubbed with a rosined stick) is listed in this source using "𥱧" (qín), a character that combines the characters "竹" (on top) and "秦" (on the bottom); because this character was not formerly part of the Unicode inventory of Chinese characters, some online sources substitute "{竹秦}" (representing the upper and lower portions of the character) while others substitute "闉" (yīn), a character that has nothing to do with music or musical instruments.

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Ming-era poems about music


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