Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Scholar

He Xian 和峴

Attested AD 960 - AD 976

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Xian was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 976 宋初
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16

Events and relationships

Remade twelve pipes one note below Wang Pu
AD 960 to AD 976 宋初 · Scholarly · Reformer · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16
Relation Revised standard of · Person Wang Pu (王朴) · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Xiande pitch sounded too near grief and longing · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 16

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 39Volume 39 Treatises 20: Music 1: Formal Music, Court Music, Wind Instrument Music, Our Own Court Music · 1 passage

宋初亦用王朴所制樂，時和峴以周顯德律音近哀思，乃依西京銅望臬、石尺重造十二管，取聲下王樸一律。 Early Song likewise used music composed by Wang Pu. He Xian argued that the Xiande pitch sounded too mournful, so he remade the twelve pipes according to the Western Capital's bronze pitch-standard and stone foot-rule, lowering the pitch one note below Wang Pu's standard.