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Guqin

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A named seven-string zither of Chinese literati practice. Not a kantele, not the harp of Orpheus, and not a generic zither under a court name.

Also known as Qin

Chinese tradition

  • Guqin is historically related to Silk.

    Bushell’s notes on scholar arts seat the qin / guqin as the silk-stringed zither of the Chinese literati — zither speech, not a pipa lute alone.

    from Stephen W. Bushell · Chinese Art, 1904–1906 (2nd ed. 1909)

    historically related to · sourced · documented

sources

  • Chinese Art · Stephen W. Bushell

    Stephen W. Bushell, Chinese Art (V&A handbook, 1904–1906).