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Here was indeed a high- precision
science and craftsmanship justly corn -
parable to the most refined modern
techniques in optics or electronics.
Many of the large pentagonal stones
Discussed above had arched hases for
improving tone duration and sonority.
It was found that the diameter of
the curvatures was the same for several
stones in the same set, suggesting that
they were parts of, and cut from, one
ring -shaped original unit. A study
extending over three years finally
showed that the ancient acoustical engineers
and mathematicians had devised
a system of cutting two very
large circular stone disks (of the Pi
type ) into six segments each, forming
six tones each of the twelve semitones
contained in the octave. According to
Chinese cosmological tradition, there
are six male and six female tones in the
twelve -tone system. They follow each
other alternatingly in the construction
of the circle of the fifths.2 The six
male tones came from one large ring,
the six females from a second slightly
smaller unit, and they were cut up
according to a secret mathematical
division, without leaving scrap or
fragments from the ring's total circumference.
Thus, the cosmological unity
of the tone system and its derivation
from two co -equal male and female
elements were actually built into the
stones. This mathematical secret has
been lost, and so far nobody has been
able to reconstruct it, in spite of all
our advanced mathematical knowledge
and computing equipment. It reminds
one of the case of the Cremona violin
makers; no amount of modern research
can produce anything even
remotely comparable to the masterpieces
of a Stradivarius or Guarneri.
These are some of the focal points of
ancient Chinese achievement that justify
-- to me, anyway - the contention
that we have something to learn
from them. The Chinese did things
the hard way. Our easier ways may
have hazards. The senses of modern
researchers and engineers have become
blunt and unresponsive, because they
rely completely on testing and measuring
instruments. The Chinese had
to train themselves throughout many
centuries to develop an incredible
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