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One qin. And life becomes worth sitting still for.

It won't change your life. You'll still go to work, still fight for what you want, still laugh, still get hurt. But when you sit down and play — even for ten minutes — the noise settles. The feelings pass through the strings instead of through you. And you sleep better that night.

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Custom guqin – Fuxi style, full view, natural wood finish before lacquer

Made to Order — Custom Guqin

Made to Order — Custom Guqin
$14,999.00
$14,999.00
Jiuxiao Huanpei guqin – full front view, Tang Dynasty imperial replica

Jiuxiao Huanpei Guqin – Replica of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Qin from the Palace Museum

Jiuxiao Huanpei Guqin – Replica of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Qin from the Palace Museum
$19,999.00
$19,999.00
Jiaolin Tingyu Guqin – full view, main image

Jiaolin Tingyu Guqin – Handcrafted Replica of the Classic Qin

Jiaolin Tingyu Guqin – Handcrafted Replica of the Classic Qin
$17,999.00
$17,999.00
Banana Leaf guqin – full view, deep red lacquer finish, handcrafted

Banana Leaf style guqin / Banana Leaf guqin

Banana Leaf style guqin / Banana Leaf guqin
$9,980.00
$9,980.00
Fuxi style guqin – close-up of lower end showing seven strings, upper nut and tuning pegs, warm candlelight, garden setting

Fuxi Style Guqin

Fuxi Style Guqin
$2,980.00
$2,980.00
Traditional Chinese landscape painting scroll – blue-green mountains, pine trees, pavilion and scholars in nature, 50×150cm hanging scroll

Chinese Landscape Painting - Danqing

Chinese Landscape Painting - Danqing
$39.90
$39.90
"Listening to the Qin" – Song Dynasty painting scroll reproduction, Emperor Huizong playing guqin under a pine tree with two ministers and a child, 50×150cm hanging scroll

painting:listening to qin

painting:listening to qin
$49.99
$49.99

News
The First Gathering — Yuyuan Silk Society, December 2025

The First Gathering — Yuyuan Silk Society, December 2025

|William Xu
One hundred and fifty years ago, eight of China's greatest scholar-officials gathered in this garden. In December 2025, seven guqin players gathered in the same hall. The dynasties are gone....

Qin Archive
A guqin master seated alone on stage beneath a cascading waterfall projection, bathed in blue light — ancient music meeting contemporary art

A Paper Qin and a Letter to a Stranger

In 1955, a fifteen-year-old boy in northeastern China heard the guqin on the radio and could not forget the sound. With no teacher and no instrument, he built one from...
What Calls Across the Sea: A Korean Monk's Journey to the Heart of the Guqin

What Calls Across the Sea: A Korean Monk's Journey to the Heart of the Guqin

Partially adapted from an article by Ke Hang, originally published by Guqin Workshop (钧天坊), July 10, 2017. When Rushan was a small boy in South Korea, he asked his father...
A guqin master seated alone on stage beneath a cascading waterfall projection, bathed in blue light — ancient music meeting contemporary art

A Paper Qin and a Letter to a Stranger

In 1955, a fifteen-year-old boy in northeastern China heard the guqin on the radio and could not forget the sound. With no teacher and no instrument, he built one from...

Videos
William Xu playing guqin at the 4th Yuyuan Silk Society Yaji, April 11, 2026

Fisherman and Woodcutter — Live at Yuyuan Garden

Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) — "A Conversation Between a Fisherman and a Woodcutter" — is one of the most beloved and enduring pieces in the guqin repertoire. Two ancient...
10 Minutes of Guqin Breathing Meditation

10 Minutes of Guqin Breathing Meditation

William Xu playing guqin at the 4th Yuyuan Silk Society Yaji, April 11, 2026

Fisherman and Woodcutter — Live at Yuyuan Garden

Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) — "A Conversation Between a Fisherman and a Woodcutter" — is one of the most beloved and enduring pieces in the guqin repertoire. Two ancient...

Recordings
Liang Xiao Yin — Played on Memorial Qin No. 1, in Honor of Mei Yueqiang

Liang Xiao Yin — Played on Memorial Qin No. 1, in Honor of Mei Yueqiang

In 2026, to mark the 20th anniversary of the passing of Grandmaster Mei Yueqiang (梅曰强), his student Mei Shijun and a circle of devoted disciples commissioned a limited series of...
Xianweng Cao — The Opening Hymn of Guqin

Xianweng Cao — The Opening Hymn of Guqin

A rare recording of Xianweng Cao, the traditional opening piece of the guqin repertoire, performed by William Xu on the legendary instrument Yiyun Zhai Xin Zhi — once treasured by...
Liang Xiao Yin — Played on Memorial Qin No. 1, in Honor of Mei Yueqiang

Liang Xiao Yin — Played on Memorial Qin No. 1, in Honor of Mei Yueqiang

In 2026, to mark the 20th anniversary of the passing of Grandmaster Mei Yueqiang (梅曰强), his student Mei Shijun and a circle of devoted disciples commissioned a limited series of...

The Qin as Art
The River Flows East and West

The River Flows East and West

Most people assume that cultural exchange moves in one direction. The West produces. The rest of the world receives. Hollywood films, classical music, modern philosophy — these travel outward from...
Music as Government: An Ancient Chinese Idea the World Forgot

Music as Government: An Ancient Chinese Idea the World Forgot

In the West, we pass laws to keep the peace.We write constitutions, enforce regulations, build courts and prisons. We believe that order comes from rules — and that rules must...
The River Flows East and West

The River Flows East and West

Most people assume that cultural exchange moves in one direction. The West produces. The rest of the world receives. Hollywood films, classical music, modern philosophy — these travel outward from...