Revised True Transmission Piano Score (One Box, Ten Volumes)

Author: Yang Baozheng of the Ming Dynasty
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Publishing Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The guqin is one of the most enchanting art forms in Chinese culture, highly esteemed by the sages of past generations. It is considered an essential art for literati and scholars, alongside calligraphy, painting, and Go, and has endured throughout the history of ancient Chinese civilization. It has become a concrete expression of self-cultivation and refinement, earning the saying "The Guqin, Calligraphy, Painting, and Go are the Four Elegant Arts." The Zhongxiu Zhenchuan Qinpu is the full title of The Zhongxiu Zhengyi Duoyin Jieyao Zhenchuan Qinpu, compiled by Yang Baozheng of the Ming Dynasty. This qinpu compiles various tunes, corrects musical notations, indicates fingerings, and draws from a wide range of sources. It was first published in the first year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1573), in six volumes, titled The Zhengwen Duoyin Jieyao Zhenchuan Qinpu. In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era (1585), the book was revised and expanded to ten volumes, renamed The Zhongxiu Zhengwen Duoyin Jieyao Zhenchuan Qinpu Daquan, and printed in Fuchuntang on Sanshan Street in Jinling. It includes a total of 100 tunes. This book is printed based on this edition.