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A WORD or two about the days When Hsüan-yüan reigned.
Ling Lun cut bamboos Four-and-twenty of them.
Ling Lun gathered them Upon the hill of K'un.
Hsüan-yüan ordered him To halve them, making twelve.
Thus Ling Lun regulated Musical pitch,
And with this Hsüan-yüan Ordered the Primal Breaths.
When the Yellow Emperor Ascended into heaven,
Three-and-twenty pitch-pipes Followed in his train.
Only a single pipe remained For men to play,
Yet since they lacked virtue This pipe was not for them,
So it was buried deep Within the shrine of Shun.
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