Tang-era piece: Taiping Yue
《太平樂》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 4 March 2023)
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era suite entitled Taiping Yue《太平樂》, which exists in the form of instrumental parts.
As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Taiheiraku『太平樂（たいへいらく）』, and it appears in the following score collections:
1) Sango Yōroku, compiled in the late 12th century
2) Ko-fu-Ryoritsu-no-Maki『古譜呂律巻』, also called Hōshō-fu『鳳笙譜』(1201)
3) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)
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Chinese historical sources mentioning Taiping Yue
● Tongdian《通典》(Comprehensive Institutions)
Written by Tang Dynasty scholar and historian Du You (杜佑, 735-812) between 766 and 801, Tongdian discusses music in its fifth section; Taiping Yue is mentioned in volume 146.
● Jiegu Lu《羯鼓錄》
Jiegu Lu is a book on music in two parts by Nan Zhuo (南卓, fl. 848-850). The first part was completed in 848 and the second in 850.
● Jiu Tang Shu《旧唐书》(The Old Book of Tang), also known simply as Tang Shu《唐书》 (The Book of Tang), a historical work in 200 volumes that was completed in 945, actually during the Later Jin (后晋) Dynasty, one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五代十国) period following the fall of the Tang Dynasty; it is one of the Twenty-Four Histories (二十四史). Taiping Yue is mentioned in volume 29.
● Tang Huiyao《唐会要》(Institutional History of Tang)
This history of the Tang Dynasty, comprising 100 volumes and 514 sections, was compiled by Wang Pu (王溥, 922-982) and presented to Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, in 961. Taiping Yue is mentioned in volume 33.
● Taiping Guangji《太平广记》(Extensive Records of the Taiping Era) Taiping Guangji is a collection of stories compiled in the early Northern Song Dynasty under imperial direction by the scholar and bureaucrat Li Fang (李昉, 925-996). The work was completed in 978 and printing blocks were cut, but it was prevented from publication on the grounds that it contained only xiaoshuo (fiction or "insignificant tellings") and thus "was of no use to young students." It survived in manuscript form until it was eventually published in the Ming Dynasty. The collection, which is considered one of the Four Great Books of Song, is divided into 500 volumes and consists of about 3 million Chinese characters. It includes about 7,000 stories selected from over 300 books and novels from the Han Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty, many of which have been lost. Some stories are historical or naturalistic anecdotes, and each is replete with historical elements, and were not regarded by their authors as fiction, but the topics are mostly supernatural, about Buddhist and Taoist priests, immortals, ghosts, and various deities. They include a number of Tang Dynasty stories, especially chuanqi (tales of wonder), that are famous works of literature in their own right, and also inspired later works. Taiping Yue is mentioned in volume 204.
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Chinese poems and poetic lyrics mentioning Taiping Yue
《杂曲歌辞 其一 太平乐》
作者：白居易（唐）
by Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty, 772-846)
岁丰仍节俭，时泰更销兵。
圣念长如此，何忧不太平。
Notes:
商调曲也。
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《杂曲歌辞 其二 太平乐 》
作者：白居易（唐）
by Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty, 772-846)
湛露浮尧酒，薰风起舜歌。
愿同尧舜意，所乐在人和。
Notes:
商调曲也。
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《杂曲歌辞 太平乐》
作者：王涯（中唐）
by Wang Ya (mid-Tang Dynasty, c. 764-835)
风俗今和厚，君王在穆清。
行看采华曲，尽是泰阶平。
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《杂曲歌辞 太平乐》
作者：张仲素（唐）
by Zhang Zhongsu (Tang Dynasty, 769-819)
圣德超千古，皇威静四方。
苍生今息战，无事觉时良。
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Videos and recordings of Taiping Yue
● Performance of Taiping Yue by Xu Ge and his ensemble (China, 2018)
● Full-ensemble realization of Taiping Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Taiping Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAZPMOLKmiw&t=1430s
● Full-ensemble realization of a Meiji-era version of Taiping Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2023)
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Bibliography
● Wolpert, Rembrandt. "Tang-Music (Tōgaku) Manuscripts for Lute and Their Interrelationships." In Music and Tradition: Essays on Asian and Other Musics Presented to Laurence Picken, ed. D. R. Widdess and R. F. Wolpert (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1981), pp. 69-121.
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