China's earliest guqin music score is

Jieshi Tiao You Lan is the earliest existing ancient piano music in China, and it is also the only piano music preserved in words. The original of this spectrum was hidden in Japan, and Yang Shoujing, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, found a copy of this spectrum when he was looking up ancient books in Japan on 1880- 1884. Later, it was copied by Li Shuchang, then the ambassador to Japan, and compiled and printed The Ancient One Series, which was published in the 10th year of Guangxu (1884). The spectrum of "Stone Tunes the Orchid" included in "Integration of Qin and Qu" was photocopied according to the photos presented by Xihemao Shen Guang Research Institute in Kyoto, Japan, and it is actually the female parent of the ancient meaning book. There are 4954 Chinese characters in the full spectrum * * *, and the playing techniques of piano music are described in detail, such as fingering, string order, emblem position of left and right hands, etc.

From the preface before the score, it can be seen that the existing "Xie Shi Tiao You Lan" was handed down to Wang Shuming by Qiu Ming (493-590), a member of Liang Huiji in the Southern Dynasties, and it should be regarded as an old song of the Six Dynasties. Qiu Ming, a hermit at the end of Liang Dynasty, lived in Jiuyi Mountain. Sui Kaidi died in Danyang County in the 10th year (590) at the age of 97. He plays the piano well, especially the song You Lan, which is "difficult to teach because of its low voice." But judging from the handwriting and fingering of the manuscript, the suspect copied it in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Shoujing pointed out in an Interview with the Ancient Classics that "vigorous calligraphy and flying words are the original creations of Tang Liren". After this music score was published in China, Yang Zongji, a pianist of Beijing Normal University, made a pioneering research on this music score during the period of19/-1914, and published Interpretation of Ancient Fingers of Youlan, Subtitles of Youlan and Five Elements of Youlan. In 1950s, there appeared a group of virtuosos, such as Guan Pinghu, Xu, Zhen Wu, etc., and the related research was also deepened.

The tune of "Jieshi Tune" originated very early and is generally considered to be played as dance music in Wei and Jin Dynasties. As early as in the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao wrote a poem "Out of Xiamen" in business music. The Book of the Southern Qi Dynasty said: "Jieshi Tune, Ci and Jin thought Jieshi Dance Song have four chapters." Today, the spectrum of "Jieshi Tiao You Lan" is also divided into four beats, which coincides with the musical structure of "its four chapters". Youlan was the first famous song in Chu Ci.