- Guqin Yin (Song of the Qin)
The earliest extant notation is from the Qinxue Rumen (A Beginner’s Guide to the Study of Qin) (1864). A short and lyrical piece, the Preface from the original notation reads “Su Zizhan when spending a night in retreat at Lingyin Mountain, heard a woman’s voice singing in the middle of the night. He traced the voice to a wall and the singing stopped. The next day he unearthed a qin there and composed this piece as he heard it.” This recording is played based on Yinyinshi Qinpu (Yinyinshi Manuscript) (2000) of Tsar Teh-yun and is played by Lau Ho-ying, Zoe with her own made Yiqing Qin (silk strings).