The ancient Qin handed down from generation to generation is often engraved with the name of the Qin, such as "Nine Flutes", "Spring Thunder", "Snowy Night Bell" and "Ice Iron". It is also common to engrave (or write) the year and year of the emperor, the name of the piano maker, the place of birth and the place of production on both sides of the groove on the piano surface. This provides convenience for identifying and studying the age of guqin and the development of production technology. In addition, you can also see one or two lines of calligraphy handwriting written by famous ancient writers, or neat small preface or seal at the bottom of the piano.
For example:
1. Xiao Jiu Pei Huan (Fuxi style)
On the top of the pool on the back of the piano, the seal script "Nine Dragons Wai Pei" is engraved, on the bottom of the pool, the seal script "contains" the big seal script side, and on the right side of the pool, "Seamless and carefree Tai Chi" is engraved. The script of Tingjian is 10, and the left side is engraved with the words 10 "Ling Ran Xitai Ancient, Poetry and Dream Zhai Collection" and "Poetry and Dream Zhai Seal".
Above the foot of the piano, it is engraved with "Fog, Spring Breeze and Sunny, Ringing." The curtain is covered with new words, and the sea is covered with old dragons. Su Shi Ji has 23 characters in regular script. The top of Fengnuma is engraved with the oval seal of "Three Thanks" and the bottom is engraved with the seal of "Chu Yuan Tibetan Qin". The left side of the abdomen is engraved with the words "Kaiyuan returned to the domain for three years" in regular script.
In the inscription above, the words "Nine Xiao" and "Han" were engraved at the same time, while Su and Huang's inscriptions and belly money were engraved later. The next pair of guard plates of the piano head are made of rosewood. According to Xu Qi, an ancient violinist of Guangling School, it was installed during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. "Shi Meng Zhai" is another name for Ye La Feng Yi Yin Bu, a famous guqin player from Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty. "Three thanks" and "chu garden" are the nicknames of Liu, a native of Guichi in the late Qing Dynasty.
2. Legacy of the Great Sage (Fuxi style)
On the round pool of Qin Dynasty, the cursive script Legacy of the Great Sage is engraved, and the four-character official script "Zhide Shen Bing" is engraved on the upper and lower corners of the pool, and Zhide is the first year (AD 756) in the early Tang Dynasty. On both sides of the pool, the official script "Tongyong is in Fuyang, the mulberry is expected to be empty, the autumn moon in Feng Ming, and the crane dances Yao Tai" is engraved under the pool.
3. Taikooli (Zhong Ni style)
On both sides of Longchi, there are cursive scripts: "The sword rushes to gold to talk about temporary evidence, and the lute must be played when flowing." The font is like the preface of Wang Xizhi's holy teachings, which is quite tang style, rich in meaning and full of tang style spirit. Under Longchi, there is the calligraphy of Zhu, a great Confucian scholar of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty: "cultivate the neutrality of the monarch, and forbid the nausea of your desire." Gan Kun has nothing to say, but I am deeply hooked by my son. " There is an inscription on Ziyang Qin, which reads: "Chun Xiding didn't add a letter to Zhu Xishu", which is unique to Guqin handed down from generation to generation. There is the word "Yu Zhen" on the top of the goose's foot, which should be the freshness of the pivot seal of the great collectors in the Yuan Dynasty to symbolize its golden sound and jade.
4. Song Shiyi (Xuanhe style)
In the belly pool of the piano, the words "Two-year Imperial System of Xuanhe" were engraved on the right, and the words "Reconstruction of Wang Hanzhang by Kangxi and Wu Geng" were engraved on the left, and the calligraphy was later. Under Longchi, the name of Lishuqin is engraved with turquoise. There are three lines in the running script carved on the pool: "The ancient treasure chest towers the dragon gate piano, and Zhu Xian stops thundering for a long time. Andrew Boya sympathized with his hand and wrote a landscape heart for Yu Yi. " There is also a small line that reads: "Royal Award and Title of Gan Long Ren Xu". It's all mud gold. Fall to the side of "seeing heavenly heart" in the scarlet circle.