The 5th Yaji of 2023

Exploring the Art of Qin – Members’ Studies, Section One

Time: Sunday May 28, 2023 15:00 EST

Location: Virtual Meeting

Program

  1. Esmeralda Herrero – Qin playing of Píng Shā Luò Yàn平沙落雁 (10 min)
  2. Tung Chen 陳曈 – Exploring Xu Jian’s (1923-2017) Article: Decoding Qin Tablature 許健, 關於譯譜 (40-45 minutes including Q&A)
  3. Juni Yeung 楊雪亭 – Basic theory: How and why we have Standard Tuning ( internal and external tuning) (45 minutes including Q&A)
  4. Bin Li 李彬 – Practice of “侧弄” in Jiang Kui’s 《越相侧商调》（YueXiang in CeShang Mode) from 《越九歌》(Nine Songs from Yue)  (45 minutes including Q&A)

Total : 2 hours 25 minutes

To ensure that each speaker has ample time to present their study and answer questions, we have allocated 45 minutes for each lecture. As a result, the studies from André and Peiyou will be postponed to the section two in June 25, 2023

  1. Peiyou Chang 張培幼 – Exploring Tang Dynasty Chen Zhuo’s Qin Shuo (On The Qin by Military Officer Chen Zhuo) from Ming Dynasty’s Shi Lin Guang Ji 解讀事林廣記之陳拙參軍琴說及其讀後感, (45 minutes including Q&A)
  2. André Ribeiro 林柏儒 – With a gentle and subtle touch: About Translating Master Yuan Jung-Ping Qin’s Writings into the Portuguese Language 關於以葡萄牙語解讀”低撫輕彈, 真落花流水溶溶也” 袁中平紀念吳兆基文 (45 minutes including Q&A) Original Text

Attendance

Andre Ribeiro, Andrea Lioy, Esmie Herrero, Mingmei Yip, Lawrence Kaster, Juni Yeung, Stephen Dydo, Peiyou Chang, Ralph Knag, Mandy Zostek, John Thomson, Marilyn Wong Gleysteen, Bin Li, Char Chi Teng, Hugo Andres Forero Patino, Sue Fawn Chung, Tung Chen, Alan Yip, Coral Liang

Chat room record

Feedbacks

During the meeting this afternoon, I searched for 吕振原 on Google and discovered an intriguing old video featuring an English speaker.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Cg411c7jM/

André

Fascinating! Reminds me of this recording,

http://www.silkqin.com/12more/silkcont.htm#centuries

except there the “touches” were apparently made by Cai Deyun,it is shorter and there is no video

It sounds as though Lui was still using the pure nylon strings.

As for “Lui Tsun-yuen” and his Song dynasty qin (in 2015 sold at auction) here is a bit of detail:

http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/silk.htm#f30

John Thompson    唐世璋

Documentation: Peiyou Chang