The Middle Kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, literature, social life, arts, and history of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants (1907)
Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 115
98 THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. Let | @ | 4 Pissed aes al (t—_~ 7 —§ —@5 1 Res ae [aa =) fy CF a Ls > _e SE ee d UPN SIE, Cha PF” FER Ei AE Se” PP | … The literature on the art of music is large. One treatise on beating drums scientifically dates from about the year 860 A.D., and contains a list of about one hundred and twenty-nine symphonies, many of which are of Indian origin. Among the seventy-two instruments briefly described in the Chinese…
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