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Songs and Arias (ciqu lei 詞曲類)

Songs and Arias (ciqu lei 詞曲類) is a sub-category to the literary category of belles-lettes (jibu 集部) in the collectanea Siku quanshu 四庫全書. The section is divided into the following parts: Complete collections of ci poetry (ciji 詞集), selected ci poems (cixuan 詞選), explanations of and literature about ci poetry (cihua 詞話), remarks, notes and treatises on the rhymes of ci poetry (ci puyun 詞譜韻), and finally arias from the south and from the north (nanbeiqu 南北曲).

Table 1. Songs and Arias (ciqu 詞曲)
Part of Siku quanshu 四庫全書
Part of Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書
1. 詞集之屬 Collections of lyric-metre poetry
2. 詞選之屬 Selections of lyric-metre poetry
花間集 Huajianji (Later Shu) 趙崇祚 Zhao Chongzuo
詞綜 三十六卷 Cizong (Qing) 朱彝尊 Zhu Yizun
明詞綜 十二卷 Mingcizong (Qing) 朱彝尊 Zhu Yizun, 王昶 Wang Chang
國朝詞綜 (清詞綜) 四十八卷
國朝詞綜續編 二十四卷
Guochao cizong (Qingcizong)
Guochao cizong xubian
(Qing) 王昶 Wang Chang
(Qing) 海鹽 Hai Yan, 黃燮清 Huang Xieqing
3. 詞話之屬 Books on lyric-metre poetry
碧鷄漫志 一卷 Biji manzhi (Song) 王灼 Wang Zhuo
4. 詞譜韻之屬 Metrum and rhyme
5. 南北曲之屬 Southern- and northern-style arias
中原音韻 Zhongyuan yinyun (Yuan) 周德清 Zhou Deqing
中州音韻 * Zhongzhou yinyun (Ming) 王文璧 Wang Wenbi
中州全韻 十九卷 (續修) Zhongzhou quanyun (Ming) 范善溱 Fan Shanqin
(新定)九宮大成南北詞宮譜 一卷 (續修) (Xinding) Jiugong dacheng nanbei ciguan pu (Qing) 周祥鈺 Zhou Xiangyu, 鄒金生 Zou Jinsheng et al.
納書楹曲譜 十四卷 (續修) Nashuyin qupu (Qing) 葉堂 Ye Tang
遏雲閣曲譜 一卷 (續修) Eyunge qupu (Qing) 王錫純 Wang Xichun (comp.); 李秀雲 Li Xiuyun (rev.)
曲律 四卷 (續修) Qulü (Qing) 王驥德 Wang Yide
曲品 二卷 (續修) Qupin (Ming) 呂天成 Lü Tiancheng
錄鬼簿 二卷 (續修) Luguibu (Qing) 鍾嗣成 Zhong Sicheng
散曲叢刊 Sanqu congkanCongshu series (Rep) 任中敏 Ren Zhongmin (comp.)

* not included in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書, the catalogue Siku quanshu zongmu tiyao 四庫全書總目題要, nor the Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書.