When, borne on the unworldly and serene tones of the Lute, the mind of the player is purified and elevated to mystic heights, his soul may commune with the essence of the rugged rocks and vast stretches of water confronting him, and so he may experience a complete reunion with Tao.

China's past has found its expression in the Music of the Lute. The following pages are devoted chiefly to a study of the ideology of the Lute, and not to its music.

The Lore of the Chinese Lute (Monumenta Nipponica Monographs, Tokyo 1940) Addenca and Corrigenda By R. H.v van Gulik, T6ky6 Ten years have elapsed since Monumenta ATipponica published my mono-graph on the Chinese lute (hereafter referred to as L.C.L.). During that time friends have kindly drawn my attention to some mistakes and misprints, while

2017年5月31日 · In this article I propose a critical examination of van Gulik's The Lore of the Chinese Lute (LCL) in respect to its bibliographical sources and consequent aesthetic contentions.

The lute, ch'in or guqin is one of China's oldest and most revered musical instruments. Records indicate that it has been a favourite of the literary classes for more than 2,500 years; Confucius himself was a great lover of the instrument.

The Lore of the Chinese Lute An Essay in Ch'in Ideology by R. H. van Gulik, Tokyo. (continued from Vol. II, No. 1, p. 75) Chapter the Fourth: The significance of the tunes The Ming repertoire taken as the basis for a study of the signi-ficance of the tunes -- Significance of the modes - …

The experimental music of Chinese musicians including Yan Jun, Li Jianhong, Jun-Y Chao, Shen Piji and the Tea Rockers Quintet embodies a particular mode of thinking rooted in Chinese qi-philosophy …

More materials on the significance of the lute than on lute music-three groups of materials: scattered rejerences to the lute, special treatises on the lute, and cH'IN-Pu, handbooks for the lute-reasons rarity of cH'IN-Pu-their