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FOUR SETS OF GUQIN TABLATURE COLLECTIONS, QINPU Zheng Shunan (1915-1982) was a descendant of the Zheng clan
Comprising: Chuncaotang Qinpu, 2 volumes, 1744, with a collector’s from the Song dynasty, of which whose members migrated south
seal reading mo youzhi tushu ji; Ziyuantang Qinpu, 12 volumes, 1801, to Ningbo after two decades of sporadic warfare. They settled in a
with a collector’s seal reading zheng shunan yin; Kumuchan Qinpu, building complex nowadays known as the Zhengshi shi qi fang. After
2 volumes, 1893, with a collector’s seal reading sun yude yin; Qinlu his apprenticeship with the renowned guqin performer Xu Yuanbai, he
Zhizhang, one volume, 1898, with two collector’s seals reading became a master of guqin of the Yushan School.
jiangyin liu shi and liu fu.
The largest 27cm (10 3/4in) x 15.1cm (6in) (17). Liu Fu (1891-1934), or Liu Bannong, a native of Jiangsu, was a linguist
and poet. He was an important contributor to the influential magazine
HKD20,000 - 50,000 New Youth (Xin Qingnian) during the May Fourth Movement, and later
US$2,600 - 6,500 worked as the chief editor at the Chuang Hwa Book Company and as
an Associate Professor at Peking University.

乾隆九年刻本 春草堂琴譜 兩冊 Born in Shanghai, Sun Yude (1904-1981) was one of the most
鈐印：莫有芝圖書記 respected musicians in China specialising in flute and pipa. Sun was
the First Associate Concertmaster of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra,
嘉慶六年刻本 自遠堂琴譜 十二冊 a committee member of the Chinese Musicians Association, and a
鈐印：鄭樹南印 Deputy Director of the Shanghai Committee for National Music.

光緒戊戌刻本 琴律指掌 一冊 莫友芝（1811-1871）字子偲，自號郘亭，又號紫泉。獨山翁奇兔場
鈐印：江陰劉氏、劉復 上街布依族人。與鄭珍並稱為「西南巨儒」。精於文字訓詁之學。

清光緒十九年刻本 枯木禪琴譜 二冊
鈐印：孫裕德印 鄭樹南（1915-1982）是近代上海大收藏家，寧波十七房後人、虞山
派琴家，師從著名琴家徐元白，為其嫡傳弟子，學有所成，見知琴
壇。
In the past, qin music was passed on from teacher to student directly.
However, some tablature has been written down, often to preserve
music or as a reference book. Written guqin music did not directly tell 劉復(1891-1934) 語言學家、文學家。 原名壽彭，字半農，號曲庵，
what notes were played; instead, it was written in a tablature detailing 筆名寒星，江蘇省江陰縣人。曾任《中華新報》特約編譯員和中華書
tuning, finger positions, and stroke technique, thus comprising a step 局編輯、《新青年》重要撰稿人之一和編輯、北京大學預科教授。去
世後，魯迅作《憶劉半農君》一文紀念他。
by step method and description of how to play a piece.

Mo Youzhi (1811-1871), courtesy name Zicai, artistic name Luting, is 孫裕德（1904-1981），祖籍寶山縣月浦新興鎮，生於上海。我國著
recorded as a scholar of the Bouyei ethnic group from Southwestern 名的民族音樂家。生前歷任上海民族樂團第一副團長、中國音樂家民
China, and was renowned for his profound knowledge in literature 族音樂委員會委員、上海市文聯委員、上海市民族音樂委員會副主任
and philology. 等職，還擔任過上海市政協委員。擅長笛簫、琵琶。

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