| Change log entry 64934 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-01-06 03:54:07 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 61536 - submitted by 'kongming819' >> A guqin is NEVER played with a plectrum, always with the fingers. A plectrum would generate too sharp a sound, which runs completely counter to every philosophy of the qin. Furthermore, a qin has not been 5 strings for at least 2 millennia. ------------------------ Editor: Thanks for your contribution. It *is* generally plucked with the fingers, although one dictionary says it is also plucked with a plectrum (用手指或撥子彈奏。) https://www.moedict.tw/~%E5%8F%A4%E7%90%B4 But I think we can leave that out of our definition. |
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- 古琴 古琴 [gu3 qin2] /guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum/the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)/ # + 古琴 古琴 [gu3 qin2] /guqin, a long zither with 7 strings, plucked with fingers/the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)/ + 古琴 古琴 [gu3 qin2] /guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers/ |