Situation, word, a famous musician in Jin State. He lived in 572-532 BC, when Jin Daogong and Gong Ping were in power. Born without eyes, he claimed to be a blind minister, became a doctor in the State of Jin, and was famous for his "Shi Kuang's cleverness". Shi Kuang has a rich knowledge of music. He is not only familiar with piano music, but also good at expressing the sound of nature with piano sound and describing the beautiful posture and singing of birds flying. Excellent listening and sound discrimination. Literature before the Han Dynasty often used him to represent people with a particularly keen sense of voice. Among the musical works in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yangchun, Snow White and Xuan Mo were all composed by Shi Kuang.

Li Yannian: A beautiful song.

Li Yannian? Around 90 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a very accomplished musician from Zhongshan (now Dingzhou City, Hebei Province). His parents, brothers and sisters are musicians, and they all take music and dance as their careers. Li Yannian is not only good at singing and dancing, but also good at music creation. His composition level is very high, his techniques are novel and superb, and his thinking is active. He used Mahadule, which Zhang Qian brought back from the Western Regions, to compose 28 songs, which were used as ritual music in Yuefu. He is the first musician in China's historical documents to clearly mark the author's name and music title, and to process and create with foreign music. To say that he is a traitor is indeed out of thin air.

Seven sages bid farewell to Guangling San: Ji Kang

Ji Kang, the word uncle night. The leader of "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest". During the Three Kingdoms period, a writer, thinker and musician at the end of Wei Dynasty, one of the representatives of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, was good at temperament. His works include Changqing, Short Qing, Long Side, Short Side, etc., which are collectively called "Four Seasons" and "Nine Roads" with the five roads of Cai in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yang Di once regarded "nine farmers" as one of the conditions for selecting scholars in the imperial examination. The story of "The Sound of Guangling" he left behind was passed down as a much-told story by later generations, and Guangling III became one of the top ten guqin songs in China. His works such as Sound Without Sorrow, Breaking Up with Mountain Home, Fu Qin, and Health Preservation are also masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

Su Zhipo's law of five Dan and seven tones.

Su Zhipo: A famous musician and pipa player from Northern Zhou Dynasty to Sui Dynasty. Su Zhipo once learned from his father the theory of "Five Danes" and "Seven Tones" used in the Western Regions, and brought this theory to the Central Plains. Zheng Yi, a musician at that time, learned the theory of Qiuci Pipa and Qiuci music from Su Zhipo and founded the 84-tone theory. Su's musical tune system laid the theoretical foundation for the famous 28 tunes of Yan music in the Tang Dynasty, which was an important turning point in the history of ancient music development in China and made outstanding contributions to the development of national music law in China. Therefore, Pipa flourished and became the main national musical instrument in China.

Eight-tone sandhi Tang Style: Wan Baochang

Wan Baochang: A musician of Sui Dynasty, who is good at playing many kinds of musical instruments. His masterpiece is Music Score. Wan Baochang first noticed Su Zhipo's theory of seven tones, and made a breakthrough in the exploration of pipa. He was ordered to formulate rites and music, and modulated musical instruments based on the self-made "water gauge method", and wrote 64 volumes of Music Score, with the musical theory of "spinning eight tones into the palace, changing strings and shifting columns to eighty-four, one hundred and forty-four, and finally changing them to one thousand and eight tones". This set of court musical instruments he made had a great influence on the pop music of later generations. Although his music theory did not attract attention in the Sui Dynasty, it had an enlightening effect on the Tang law.

Shi Sheng Nishang Feather Dance: Li Longji

Li Longji, a musician in Tang Dynasty, was also the first imperial musician in ancient China. He is proficient in pipa, flute and other music, especially playing Jie drum, which is called "the first of eight tones". He is good at Jiegu and dizi, and has created and adapted Midnight, Xiaoqu and Caiyu. Jiao Fang and Liyuan, music organizations in the Tang Dynasty, were established.

A common sight in Wang Qi's home: Li Guinian

Li Guinian: A musician in the Tang Dynasty, and an outstanding musician in Liyuan. He plays the wind instrument so skillfully that many poets have heard his performance and written many well-known poems. At that time, Li Guinian, Li Pengnian and Li Henian all had literary talents. Li Pengnian is good at dancing, while Li Guinian and Li Henian are good at singing. Li Guinian is also good at playing cymbals, playing Jie drums and composing music. Their "Wei Chuan Qu" was especially appreciated by Tang Xuanzong.

Jiang Kui: Loneliness and Self-tune of Song Ci.

Jiang Kui: A musician and poet in Song Dynasty, also known as Jiang Baishi. Representative works include Yangzhou Slow, Desperado, Song of the Taoist in Baishi, etc. His collection of ci poems "Song of Taoist White Stone" contains 17 self-directed and self-performed songs, with music notes, as well as fingering in the piano music "Ancient Complaints", which is the only complete collection of song ci and music scores handed down from generation to generation. It is precisely because he saved 17 pieces of music that he occupies an important position in the history of music.

Zhu Zaiyu, the first law of twelve averages.

Zhu Zaiyu: Musician and Calendar Mathematician in Ming Dynasty. Grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang IX, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zaiyu is a master in the history of musicology in China. He is the author of Yuefa Quanshu, On the Truth of Law and Lu, and Questioning and Confusing Law and Lu. The Complete Book of Music Law summarizes the previous theories of music law, develops them, and creates the theory of "new secret rate", that is, "twelve average laws".

Attachment: Other famous musicians

In addition to the above-mentioned ten musicians who left a great impression on the history of ancient music in China, there are some famous musicians in ancient China who have not been mentioned, and they have promoted the development of China music to a greater or lesser extent. Because we know that the relationships involved cannot be enumerated one by one, Confucius and Cai Yan are introduced here in the form of appendices. (The picture shows the slave)