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Xiǎo shēng / Xiǎoshēng

original: 小笙

small Shēng

Mouth organ (Southeast Asia)

Identical types: 20
Shēng

Mentioned in Wong, who fails to add details, in connection with the Yuèhé found in inscriptions from the Yin Dynasty (1401 BC - 1122 BC); ➺ Xiǎoshēng (!).

Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.135.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.759 & 613.