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shoulders, goes from street to street singing a plaintive ditty,
and accompanying his voice with his instruments."
180 " Siao She, a marvel-
Mayers, p. : personage possessing
lous skill in the flute the title
performing upon (whence by
which alone he is mentioned). Duke Muh of Ts'in (sixth
century B.C.) gave him his daughter, Lung Yii, to wife, and he
instructed her in the practice of his own favourite art. The
' drew from
harmony they together practised phoenixes the
skies.' Eventually, husband and wife were caught up to
heaven, the one by a dragon and the other by a phoenix."
P. 241 : " Wang K'iao, or Wang-tsze K'iao, said to have been
the designation of Prince Tsin, a son of Chow Ling Wang
(b.c. 571). According to the legends, he abandoned his heritage
and himself to a himself
gave up wandering life, diverting by
playing the flute. Having been initiated into the mysteries
of Taoism by Tow K'in Kung, he dwelt with this sage for
thirty years upon the How-she mountain. One day he sent a
message to his kindred, desiring that they should meet him on
the seventh day of the seventh moon at the summit of this
mountain; and at the time appointed he was seen riding
through the air upon a white crane, from whose back he waved
a final adieu to the world as he ascended to the realms of the
There is a Chinese as
genii. expression which is interpreted
' K'iao and
signifying longevity such as that of (Wang)
"
(Ch'ih) Sung (tsze).'
" " "
The horn Middle Kingdom," vol. ii. p. 171) resembles
("
a trombone in for the shaft is retractable within the
principle,
cylindrical copper bell, and can be lengthened at pleasure.
Another kind of horn, less grave, is made of a crooked stem
expanding into a small bell at end ; the shaft is of two parts,
one drawing into the other, so that the depth of tone can be
modified. A the funeral
long, straight horn, resembling pipe
of the Jews, is sometimes heard on funeral occasions."
" " "
The lo Middle Kingdom," vol. ii. or gong, is
(" p. 171),
the of Chinese music. A of blows
type crashing harangue rapid
upon this sonorous plate, with a rattling accompaniment on
small drums, and a crackling symphony of shrill notes from
the clarinet and constitute the chief features of their
cymbal,
musical
performances."
Nos. 102, 103 may be called gongs, or cymbals, being