Abiding With Antiquity
Paperback, 202 pages
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This book is an English translation of excerpts from a very rare Chinese guqin zither handbook published in Fujian province in China circa 1860. The original book was written in classical Chinese. The translation includes sections on guqin construction, silk qin string making, stringing the qin, qin tables, composition and fingering techniques and other qin culture information useful to qin students. The original title for the book was the Yuguzhai Qinpu (Abiding With Antiquity) and its author was named Zhu Fengjie. Later much of the original content was republished in Shanghai as the Qinxuerumen (Introduction to the Guqin), which was a very popular late Qing dynasty Guqin book.
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"Abiding With Antiquity"
Jim Binkley has done a masterful job with this
complicated subject and his sensistive translation
can only be considered erudite. A pleasure to read
and elegant in presentation. I rate this book at five
stars, more if I am allowed. Buy extra copies and share
them with friends. They'll thank you!
B. Z. Hoke
Washington State
Jim Binkley has done a masterful job with this
complicated subject and his sensistive translation
can only be considered erudite. A pleasure to read
and elegant in presentation. I rate this book at five
stars, more if I am allowed. Buy extra copies and share
them with friends. They'll thank you!
B. Z. Hoke
Washington State
This is an extremely important book for anyone seriously interested in the qin (or guqin). It has an enormous amount of information gathered by a 19th century qin master regarding details of qin structure, care,maintenance and many other details of the nuts and bolts of qin playing. In recent times, hand-copied manuscript copies of the original were circulated privately, with some secrecy, since the material was highly prized. Now it is available in print and in English.
The original Chinese text is in an antique literary style that is accessible even in China only to specialists. James Binkley has lived with this manuscript for decades, and has done a vast amount of research in... More >
The original Chinese text is in an antique literary style that is accessible even in China only to specialists. James Binkley has lived with this manuscript for decades, and has done a vast amount of research in... More >
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