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Yong - Qin Shi #77 蔡邕 1 琴史 #77 2 Ming dynasty depiction of Cai
Yong 3     Cai Yong (133 - 192) is famous both as a qin player
and a writer on the qin. His writings included a Qin Cao,4 and a
Qin Jing (QSCM #13).5 One of his students was supposedly his
daughter, Cai Wenji. A suggestion has been made that his
tradition was carried on by Zhuge Liang.  Yuefu Shiji includes
in its qin melody section a Caishi Wunong (Five Melodies of the
Cai Clan). Here these five are said to be the following
melodies:    1. You Chun (Spring Travel)   2. Lu Shui (Green
Water)   3. You Ju (Retired Life)   4. Zuo Chou (Sit in Sadness)
and   5. Qiu Si (Autumn Thoughts)  The Caishi Wunong listed in
at least one Song dynasty source changes one of the above
titles. And as can be seen by following the link in the next
paragraph, surviving versions of Caishi Wunong include still
different melodies.  Surviving qin melod