Figures
4.a Burial grounds of the Jia Lake archaeological site 90
4.b Bone flute (artifact no.: M282:20) 90
4.c Plan of tomb M344 91
4.d Tortoise shell with carved symbols (M344:18) 92
7.a Xiao jiaojing ge jinwen taben
7.b The first illustration of a drum in Xiqing gujian
7.c Bronze drum with four frogs and a perching phoenix. (In the collection of the Taiwan Central Museum) 185
7.d Bronze drum B. In the private collection of Lin Xudian
7.e Bronze drum of Bao mountain
7.f Rubbing of a bronze mirror decorated with flag and banner patterns (Gui Fu
7.g Bronze drum from Indonesia 209
7.h Railing designs in patterns on a bronze drum from Thailand 209
8.a P.3564 ‘Mogao ku gongde ji’
8.b P.3718 ‘Miaozhen zan’
10.a Dance notation of ‘Southern Songlet’
12.a ‘Shitan zhenyan’
12.b ‘Shitan zhenyan’ (Sanskrit in the Ranjani script) 324
12.c ‘Shitan zhenyan’ (Sanskrit in the Ranjani script) 325
12.d ‘Shitan zhenyan’ (Sanskrit in the Ranjani script) 326
13.a The mystery of Luo-li-lian
13.b The mystery of Luo-li-lian 352
Tables
1.1 Five types of ‘cao
1.2 The three fundamental timbres matched to the sancai 24
2.1 Comparison of Shi Bo
3.1 The Five Notes matched to Indian gods 79
3.2 Musical modes used at particular times of day 80
4.1 Matches between the seven-note scale, the pitches of the seven holes, and lü
5.1 Transcriptions of the texts of Yinque
5.2 Comparisons between Winds given on Yinque bamboo slips and other sources 108
5.3 Locations of the Eight Winds 109
5.4 Matches between the five divisions of the day and the Five Grains 121
6.1 Matches between numerical formulation and the Twelve Earthly Branches 134
6.2 Ratios of you
7.1 Principal places where drums in the Gambir Museum were excavated 193
10.1 Compositions that contain the tempo instructions ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ 247
10.2 Songs and compositional forms 250
10.3 Dan-movement