- Dongting Qiusi (Autumn Thoughts at Lake Dongting)
This is a piece reconstructed (dapu) by Sou Si-tai. The original score first appeared in the Xilutang Qintong (Xilutang Qin Anthology) (1549). There is a poem in the Wuxue Shanfang Qinpu (Wuxue Shanfang Qin Handbook) (1836) of the same title “Autumn Thoughts at Lake Dongting” which goes like this:
“I sailed on the water in a small boat under the southern sky,
The baboons’ cries and the tear-stained bamboo made me so sad.
For twenty years, I dreamt of the moon over the Hunan mountains,
But tonight, I could almost see it on the notes from the seven strings.”
This recording is played based on Dahuange Qinpu and is played by Sou Si-tai with his own made Xiaoyao Qin (silk strings).