高山流水 广陵散 平沙落雁 梅花三弄 十面埋伏
夕阳萧鼓 渔樵问答 胡笳十八拍 汉宫秋月 阳春白雪

Mei-Hua-San-Nong made its earliest appearance in the handbook Shen Qi Mi Pu（神奇秘譜）(preface dated 1425). Also called Mei-Hua-Yin（梅花引）or Yu-Fei-Yin（玉妃引）. It was originally a flute piece composed by Huan Yi（桓伊）who li...

《神奇秘谱》： 一、溪山夜月。二、一弄叫月，声入太霞。三、二弄穿云，声入云中。四、青鸟啼魂。五、三弄横江，隔江长叹声。六、玉箫声。七、凌风戛玉。八、铁笛声。九、风荡梅�...

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...

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...

(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...

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

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.

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.

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.