近代琴家叶诗梦琴事述考

A Study of Ye Shimeng,a Gu Qin Master in Modern Time

叶诗梦系清代大臣叶赫那拉•瑞麟的第三子,慈禧之侄。一生历经家国变故,晚年以授琴、行医为生。其古琴前后师承刘蓉斋、祝桐君、祝安伯、孙晋斋、道士静修、释空尘、黄勉之等人,可谓博采众家。他的古琴弟子主要有汪孟舒、管平湖和荷兰汉学家高罗佩(Robert Hansvan Gulik)。因其家世显赫,叶诗梦藏琴很富,庚子国难之后,仅余“崑山玉”“九霄环佩”“风入松”“鸣玉”“归凤”“霹雳”六琴。

This writing discusses the gu qin master Ye Shimeng from four aspects: his family life, his gu qin learning and teaching, and his qin collection. Ye Shimeng is the third son of Yehenala Ruilin, the Minister of Qing Dynasty and nephew of Empress Cixi. His life has gone through the changes of his family and countr y, and in his later years he took piano teaching and practicing medicine for living. His du qin teachers included Liu Rongzhai, Zhu Tongjun, Zhu Anbo, Sun Jinzhai, Taoist Monk Jingxiu, Shi Kongchen, and Huang Mianzhi. His gu qin disciples mainly included Wang Mengshu, Guan Pinghu, and Rober t Hansvan Gulik, a Dutch Sinologist. Because of his outstanding family, Ye Sjimeng had a rich collection of qins. After the of Gengzi National Disaster, only six qins were left behind.