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Zhu Quan
Seventeenth son of the Hongwu Emperor, Prince of Ning, who compiled the Shenqi Mipu, the earliest surviving printed qin handbook.
Mural of the cultural record “The Art of the Guqin”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Prince Xian of Ning · Hao Quxian · Hanxuzi · Master Danqiu
Zhu Quan was the seventeenth son of the Hongwu Emperor, with the sobriquets Quxian, Hanxuzi and Master Danqiu. Made Prince of Ning in 1391 and based at Daning, he was moved to Nanchang in 1403 and spent his later years on Daoism, drama and the qin; his posthumous title was Xian. His Shenqi Mipu (preface 1425) records ancient qin pieces such as Guangling San in jianzi notation and is the earliest surviving printed qin handbook. He also wrote the Taihe Zhengyin Pu, a key formulary and treatise on northern qu.
Life and times
Dates 1378–1448