"The poem begins with his flight to the “tribal Chu” (Jingzhou), the “Difficulties andBarriers” (titles of two Yi jing hexagrams) he suffered, and a eulogy on the extraordinary feats of Cao Cao, whom he calls “Brilliant Flowers” (huanghua 皇華)." [...] "This is an abbreviation of the title of the Shi jing poem “Huanghuang zhe hua” 皇皇者華 (Brilliant Are theFlowers, no. 163), which was performed to escort a king’s envoy according to the Mao commentary. For the commentary, see Mao shi zhengyi, 9b.8a (318-2). By calling Cao Cao “Brilliant Flowers,” Wang Can implies thatCao Cao led the army in the name of the emperor, like an envoy sent by the royal house."
Articles relating to Decade of Lu Ming
Deer Callshttp://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu/37lxyy/lx04lm.htm
Huang Huang Zhe Hua:https://torguqin.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/the-shijing-can-be-sung/
"The poem begins with his flight to the “tribal Chu” (Jingzhou), the “Difficulties andBarriers” (titles of two Yi jing hexagrams) he suffered, and a eulogy on the extraordinary feats of Cao Cao, whom he calls “Brilliant Flowers” (huanghua 皇華)." [...] "This is an abbreviation of the title of the Shi jing poem “Huanghuang zhe hua” 皇皇者華 (Brilliant Are theFlowers, no. 163), which was performed to escort a king’s envoy according to the Mao commentary. For the commentary, see Mao shi zhengyi, 9b.8a (318-2). By calling Cao Cao “Brilliant Flowers,” Wang Can implies thatCao Cao led the army in the name of the emperor, like an envoy sent by the royal house."
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/23343/Shin_washington_0250E_11629.pdf?sequence=1
Tian Bao:
NATURE AND RELIGION IN ANCIENT CHINESE POETRY
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933321?seq=1
"SHI JING" SONGS AS PERFORMANCE TEXTS: A CASE STUDY OF "CHU CI" (THORNY CALTROP)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23354274?seq=1
Some musical adaptations of Cai Wei:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/07/c_138040045.htm
https://changan-moon.tumblr.com/post/108551733973/classical-dance-of-han-chinese-lyrics-are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKcJ-bfzz8 (this feels like a weird karaoke set-up?)