Song, Liao, and Jin · Scholar and Musician

Hu Yuan 胡瑗

Attested AD 1049 - AD 1054

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hu Yuan was a scholar and Musician.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1049 to AD 1054 皇祐中
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 18

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 18

Events and relationships

Remade pitch lowering one note
AD 1049 to AD 1054 皇祐中 · Scholarly · Reformer · With Ruan Yi (阮逸) · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 18
Relation Collaborator of · Person Ruan Yi (阮逸) · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 18

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 18

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

皇祐中，阮逸、胡瑗改造止下一律，或謂其聲弇鬱不和，依舊用王朴樂。 During Huangyou, Ruan Yi and Hu Yuan revised the standard again, lowering it by only one note; some complained that the tone was muffled and discordant, so the court reverted to Wang Pu's music.