Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 中國音樂學系 === 104 === The four arts of the Chinese scholar, were the four main accomplishments
required of the Chinese scholar. They are Guqin (seven-string zither instrument),
Cheese (strategy game of Go), Chinese calligraphy, Chinese painting. Guqin is the
first place among the other four arts. According to Baihu Tong (白虎通), written in
Han Dynasty, it says “The Qin signifies restraint. Restrain the heterodox to bring
order to people's thoughts.” This also affected the Chinese scholar that given the
Guqin on high status and as a self-cultivation instrument.
In 2003, the Guqin had become the "Intangible cultural heritage" of United
Nations, colleges and non-governmental organizations are more actively to promote
Guqin culture, in addition to teaching, compose new Guqin pieces, where there is
another important part which is Dapu (Reinterpretation of Guqin Tablature
Manuscript)
Through the works of Dapu, enable to represent the ancient Guqin music.
However, the woks of the melody after Dapu, might not same as ancient time, but
this is the way to reconstruct Guqin music and this type of interpretation of Guqin
music is in the way of its cultural, therefore, various schools, qin melodies for the
same notation, may have different interpretation.
This thesis is to research the reinterpretation of Guqin tablature manuscript and
the piece to research is “Dun Shi Cao” (遯世操) which collected in“XiLuTang
QinTung”(西麓堂琴統).
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