EASIA224 Study Guide - Final Guide: Yayue, Heterophony, Korean Confucianism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Course: EASIA224
• Professor: Jeffery Roberts

Document Summary

List (9) guqin: qindao, zhi(intuition) & flexible score: Qindao is the sound, nature and emotion, combined in the sound of the guqin. Achieving zhi, or intuition, is one of the two ways to return to non-being in daoism. Zhi is something that is discovered, rather than cultivated, and is found in playing the guqin. Pieces are composed as a suggestion, with a flexible score so that those who play the music let their inner zhi take over, showing their authentic self. Quqiant, or kun opera, of the ming dynasty had strong southern influence and was a classical opera with a softer sound. It consists of a vocal prelude, a song cycle, followed by a vocal postlude. The tunes are linked by common melodies and they are accompanied by silk and bamboo instruments. Banquiang, or peking opera, is a national opera that emerged in beijing in the qing dynasty with elements derived from kun opera, northern and southern china.