The Study Of Taigensho's Reference Books Cited From Chinese Classics

Taigensho is a music book which makes a comprehensive discussion about Gagaku. And it is one of the four great Japanese music books.The book is a total of 13 volumes.It was accomplished by in the ninth year of Yongcheng Danasty(1512).As one of the culture carriers,books play a very important role in the process of cultural communication between China and Japan. Taigensho cites a large number of Chinese classics. In this paper,on the basis of collating these classic books, I will set out to research from these classics,and check them up with the original in Taigensho one by one to investigate the true source of these quotations. And I will also classify these quotations to make out the ways and rules of citing Chinese classics in Taigensho, the influence of ancient Chinese books to Japan's music theory,the extent of preservation and absorption from Chinese classics In Japan.In the Chinese classics cited in Taigensho, there is a vast part of direct quotation in the Tang and Song dynasties of Chinese Genus-books,such as Chuxueji, Taipingyulan and Yueshu, written by Chenyang in Song Dynasty. However, what is worthy of our attention is that a part of Chinese classics are quoted in Japanese music books, such as Shigansho, Kyokunsho, Kaichusho, and so on. This paper is attempted to compare the two parts of quotations to find out the ways and rules of citing Chinese classics in Japanese music books.