The four arts of the Chinese scholar, were the four main accomplishments

required of the Chinese scholar. They are Guqin (seven-string zither instrument),

Cheese (strategy game of Go), Chinese calligraphy, Chinese painting. Guqin is the

first place among the other four arts. According to Baihu Tong (白虎通), written in

Han Dynasty, it says “The Qin signifies restraint. Restrain the heterodox to bring

order to people's thoughts.” This also affected the Chinese scholar that given the

Guqin on high status and as a self-cultivation instrument.

In 2003, the Guqin had become the "Intangible cultural heritage" of United

Nations, colleges and non-governmental organizations are more actively to promote

Guqin culture, in addition to teaching, compose new Guqin pieces, where there is

another important part which is Dapu (Reinterpretation of Guqin Tablature

Manuscript)

Through the works of Dapu, enable to represent the ancient Guqin music.

However, the woks of the melody after Dapu, might not same as ancient time, but

this is the way to reconstruct Guqin music and this type of interpretation of Guqin

music is in the way of its cultural, therefore, various schools, qin melodies for the

same notation, may have different interpretation.

This thesis is to research the reinterpretation of Guqin tablature manuscript and

the piece to research is “Dun Shi Cao” (遯世操) which collected in“XiLuTang

QinTung”(西麓堂琴統).