• Yuelü quanshu (Complete works on music and temperament)
    樂律全書

Author:
  • Zhu, Zaiyu, 1536-1611
Contributor:
  • 鄭藩
Publisher:
  • [China : Zheng fan, Ming Wanli, between 1596 and 1620]
  • [China : 鄭藩, 明萬曆, between 1596 and 1620]
Extent:
  • 20 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Format:
Description:
  • Library has another copy (TA141/2377).
  • In 2 cases.
  • 書名據各家目錄俗稱.
  • 本館目錄中著有明内府刻及鄭藩刻兩種版本, 兩版本核對, 實為同一版.
  • 框25 x 20.2公分, 12行25字, 黑口, 四周雙邊, 雙黑魚尾.
  • 律學新說四卷, 序及卷端題: "鄭世子臣載堉謹撰".
  • 樂經.
  • 樂學新說, 框25 x 20.2公分.
  • 算學新說, 末鐫"萬曆叁拾壹年(1603)捌月初叁日刻完".
  • 律吕精義内篇十卷, 框25.2 x 20.2公分; 律吕精義外篇十卷, 框26.5 x 20.2公分. 萬曆丙申(24年, 1596)載堉"律吕精義序".
  • 操縵古樂譜 , 萬曆叁拾肆年(1606)載堉"進律書奏疏", 框25.5 x 20.2公分.
  • 旋宮合樂譜, 框25.1 x 20.1公分.
  • 鄉飮詩樂譜六卷, 框25.2 x 20.2公分.
  • 六代小舞譜, 框25.4 x 20.3公分.
  • 靈星小舞譜, 有"序", 框25.3 x 20.2公分.
  • 聖壽萬年曆二卷, 萬曆貳拾叁年(1594)載堉"奏書"曰: "將臣昔年所撰律曆融通四卷, 音義一卷并臣近年所撰聖壽萬年曆貳卷, 萬年曆備考叁卷, 共為拾册, 裝潢成帙, 暨表文壹通, 專差右長史關志拯隨本齋捧上進". 框25.2 x 20.2公分.
  • 萬年曆備考三卷, 框25.3 x 20.1公分.
  • 律曆融通四卷, 萬曆九年(1585)載堉"律曆融通序".
Subject:
Edm rights:
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Curator's notes:

  • Zhu Zaiyu 朱載堉 (1536–1611)

    Classical Chinese
    China, between 1596 and 1620, paper

    The basic Chinese printing technologies were simple, and alongside commercial publishers, private printing also flourished. The standard thread-bound volume shown here was printed by Zhu Zaiyu, a scholarly prince specializing in mathematical music theory. He additionally wrote on dance; the ritual dances illustrated here are in the shape of Chinese characters. This text was translated by Amiot, a French Jesuit missionary, and is thought to have informed Western choreography.

    Gest Collection, TA141/278Q

    For further reading

    Standaert, Nicolas. “Ritual dances and their visual representations in the Ming and the Qing.” East Asian Library Journal 12, no. 1 (2006): 68-181. Accessed May 20, 2025. http://eal.lib.princeton.edu/EALJ/standaert_nicolas.EALJ.v12.n01.p068.pdf

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