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Two pages of a book explaining the editorial choices made by Rulan Chao Pian in transcribing two pieces of music into staff notation.

Sonq dynasty musical sources and their interpretation

An open book with qin music in character notation.

Song feng ge qin pu

Two pages of musical notation.

Section of modern Peking opera Hai gang

A woman looking through the eyepiece of a hand-held video camera, standing in a crowd of people of all ages.

Rulan Chao videotaping Cantonese opera in Hong Kong, 1975

A beaming woman holding a bouquet, standing next to a table with drinks and a platter of food, and surrounded by a semi-circle of smiling people.

Rulan Chao Pian receiving flowers at her department retirement party, 1992

A formal, black-and-white portrait photograph of a woman. She is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile, her greying dark hair is pulled back, and she is wearing a light blouse and dark pinstriped blazer.

Rulan Chao Pian on her induction to Academia Sinica in Taiwan, 1991.

An open book with two pages of music for qin, in Chinese character notation.

Qin pu he bi [er zhong san juan]: Taigu yi yin [er juan] ; Boya xin fa [yi juan]

A framed, oblong ink brush painting of a landscape with trees and two small blue birds.

Qin player and listener

A woman seated on the floor, looking into the eyepiece of a handheld video camera.

Professor Rulan Chao Pian taking a video of a Korean Janggu (drum) lesson, Seoul, South Korea, 1974

A broadly smiling woman. Her dark hair is pulled neatly back into a bun, and she is wearing a blazer, pearl earrings, and a pearl necklace. There are laugh lines around her eyes and mouth.

Professor Rulan Chao Pian (Apr.20, 1922 – Nov.30, 2013)

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