Guqin 古琴 Yuan Jung-ping performs Lament of Departure on Guqin, 袁中平古琴演奏長亭怨慢

Mr Yuan Jung-ping, the founder of New York Qin Society as well as Chung Hua Guqin Society [中華古琴協會], and a Guqin instructor in Nanhua University [Taiwan] held a few close and intimate Guqin workshops in Chung-dao Tang [中道堂], Catskill, NY.

He brought with him a Chung-dao Qin [中道琴], made by a Qin maker in Taiwan. Chung-dao Qin are Guqin made with 100-year old wood, made under the strict supervision of Mr Yuan Jung-ping. It uses traditional silk strings, instead of the modern metal strings.

The piece performed is Chang Ting Yuan Man [長亭怨慢], which I loosely translated it to "Lament of Departure." Lyric written by a Song Dynasty poet Jiang Kui [姜夔, aka. Hermit of the White Stone].

The song itself is an old one, the Guqin music was transcripted by Mr Yuan Jung-ping. The location was in the Chung-dao Tang [中道堂] in Catskill, NY.

The lyric is in the song, so I am not recapping them here.

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Links:

Chung Hua Guqin Society:

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/qin-china

Mr Yuan's personal blog:

http://www.qinchungdao.blogspot.com/

2010年初袁中平先生臨紐約上州中道堂，舉辦古琴教課課程。袁先生帶中道琴同行。中道琴乃是百年古木所制，上傳統絲絃，是由袁先生監製的古琴。

所演奏曲子為長亭怨慢，是宋朝姜夔［白石道人]所作。曲子乃是古曲，袁中平先生改之為古琴曲。本人把長亭怨慢翻成英文離愁。如有更好的翻譯請觀眾給意見。

影片裡邊有詞。

中華古琴協會:

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/qin-china

袁中平先生個人部落格:

http://www.qinchungdao.blogspot.com/

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Translation of the poem, roughly, in English:

When winds breathed slowly
and carried cotton blossom drifts
floating from the willow strands,
there in the fragrant willowshade,
we rested in green depths.

Sailing round faraway beaches,
sailing as evening falls;
in this total disorder
of aimless sailing,
where can I make land?

I've met my share of mankind,
but none are like the willows by that
gate of departure. None remain.
If trees had hearts like men do,
they would not be so green with life.

Night comes on, your high city disappears,
There's only the tangle of endless mountains.
Like Wei Lang, I've left you-
But remember; this bracelet of jade;
believe this promise that we've made

When I left, you begged me "Soon return!"
For fear we'd leave the red flowers loveless.

And I didn't take your pair of scissors with me,
but if I had, I still couldn't cut
these thousand binding, silken threads
of melancholy exile.

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[bryantuten]

Very beautifully done on all aspects of this video. Very moving

[Qigarden]

This is the most beautifully played, sung and shot guqin piece!!

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Also I've told you how Mongols took north of China. I do not need to repeat myself.

[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots Zichengs bastards horribly weakened Mings, but Wu Sangui led Qing into final destriction of Ming dynasty. It was like a finishing move that ended Chinese civilization, that destruction is still lasting today, CCP is leading it. Let's just hope traditional ways will return...

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 Ming was not defeated by Qing. It was over threw by Li Zicheng, himself a Han. Wu Sangui of late-Ming then opened the gate to the Manchurians. But most popular culture pin it on Qing instead of Zicheng; it's easier this way.

Before Manchu entered the gates, a lot of the top officials and bureaucrats were already Han. The Qing emperors often had Han blood in them.

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 Mongol conquered most of the known world of the time, do you think they conquered Middle Kingdom by luck and pure accident? No. It's their military POWER that wiped out Jin, Song, and most of Middle East and eastern Europe. You trying to pin an immense military victory as a single incident of betrayal? This is not Disney World.

[glorywong]

（此词“渐”、“向”、“望”、“怕”、“算”五字定用去声。“­远浦萦回，暮帆零乱”是四言对句，接以“向何许”三字紧束。“矣­”、“此”皆属第三部韵，与第四部同叶，盖用方音）　去平仄、平平平仄（韵）。　渐吹尽、枝头香絮，　仄仄平平，仄平平仄（韵）。　是处人家，绿深门户。　『仄仄平平，仄平平仄』，去平仄（韵）。　远浦萦回，暮帆零乱，向何许？　仄平平仄（韵），平仄仄、平平仄（韵）。　阅人多矣，谁得似、长亭树？　仄仄仄平平，仄仄仄、平平平仄（韵）。　树若有情时，不会得、青青如此！　仄仄（韵），　日暮，　去平平仄仄，仄仄仄平平仄（韵）。　望高城不见，只见乱山无数。　平平仄仄，仄仄仄、仄平平仄（韵）。　韦郎去也，怎忘得、玉环分付？　仄仄仄、仄仄平平，去平仄、平平平仄（韵）。　第一是、早早归来，怕红萼、无人为主。　去仄仄平平，平仄平平平仄（韵）。　算空有并刀，难剪离愁幾許



[GuitarDestroyer77777]

@henryshoots in Song dynasty, Jurchen asked help to overthrow Liao dynasty (Jurchen dynasty) which was terrorizing them, Song army helped and after that, Song emperor and officials considered Jurchen a sworn brothers, Jurchen took the opportunity and kidnapped the emperor, north fell in Jurchen hands, that's why Mongols conquered north and created Yuan dynasty.

Late Ming dynasty, general Wu Sangui betrayed Chinese and opened the gates and led Manchus, Qing appears. Betrayal, not weakness...

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 what people don't realize is, a lot of kingdoms around various Han dynasties hired many Han scholars and bureaucratic staffs to run their own country. From merchants, to doctors, to international banks, were usually ran and owned by Han spanning generations.

Even famous stories such as Zhao Jun departing the frontier are examples of Han Dynasty's might against the Xiong Nu, but later bastardized by pop culture and folklore into a story of foreign invasion.

[henryshoots]

@GuitarDestroyer77777 there are deep and historical reasons for Yuan and Qing ruling the Middle Kingdom. Yuan and Qing were the strongest empires of their time, Han lost, simple as that. But during other times, Han had ruled other nations for many thousands of years. Hence the term "年年進貢，歲歲來朝." Back in the days, Han and none-Han influenced each other tremendously.

Today, popular culture, and the lack of truthful history studies, created a fake, unrealistic ancient history.

[MalachiNorvell]

你有福以華美與大師大師像播放的聲音。