Gao Shan Liu Shui (高山流水, High Mountain and Running River), Guzheng (古筝, Zither) Solo, was composed by Bo Ya (伯牙) before 221 BC.
Listed as one of ten best ancient Chinese music pieces, "High Mountains Flowing Water" has lyre and zither versions, both inspired by the classical allusion: Boya encountering a person who understands his zither performance.

This is the best-known piece in the 'martial repertory' (wuqu) for the pipa. The earliest extant tablature is found in Hua Qiuping's pipa score dated 1818, a vivid description of the performance of a piece called Chu Han, about the Chinese Chu and Han states, and specifically the epic battle between their rival armies which in 202 BC secured the power of the Han Dynasty (206BC - 220AD). Chu Han is found in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) biography by the literatus Wang Quanding (1598-1662)., Sizhao Tang Collection.

Han Gong Qiu Yue (汉宫秋月, Autumn Moon Over the Han Palace), lute music (琵琶曲). Earliest known performer was Wu Wanqing (吴畹卿), 1847 - 1926.

Guang Ling San (广陵散, Guangling Melody), lyre music (古琴曲), Emerged, at least, in the Han Dynasty before 220.

(Misty River Xiao and Xiang) is a representative work of the famous qin master Guo Chuwang (Guo Mian). The capitulators of the Southern Song dynasty's rulling class planned to destroy the famous general Yue Fei(岳飞） who opposed the Jin dynasty. Re...

Yang Chun has been a very popular melody title in both the qin repertoire and the repertoire of other musical instruments or ensembles. The title can be found in early qin melody lists,4 and in many surviving qin handbooks, but this clearly encompasses...

Wild Geese Flock to Sandy Shores has been played by many famous qin masters for the last three hundred years. Like a number of other famous qin pieces, the authorship of the work is not that clear-cut, but respect for its antiquity can be seen from the...