1, Confucianism: Xunzi believes that in turbulent times, music can inspire soldiers in front to be brave and good at fighting, but in a peaceful environment, music can make people treat each other with courtesy. In terms of music content and artistic form, Confucian music theory puts "goodness" and "harmony" in the first place, and the beauty of artistic form in the second place.

2. Taoism: Laozi's Tao Te Ching is a famous argument of China's ancient music theory. He believes that the most beautiful music should make people feel harmonious and calm, and this kind of calm can make people unconsciously cultivate and sublimate.

3. Mohism: a school of music opposite to Confucian music thought. Mozi strongly opposed the Confucian idea of "ruling the world with rites and music" in music, and his attitude towards life was too negative, only seeking to meet the minimum living requirements.

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The representative work of Confucian musician's aesthetic thought, Yue Ji, discusses that music is composed of space, its root is that people's thoughts and feelings are stimulated by foreign objects, and "animal mentality" is the viewpoint of primitive materialism reflection theory.

The Music Record puts forward many problems related to music art, such as the causes and characteristics of music, the relationship between music and national politics, the relationship between music and real life, the aesthetic function of music, the educational function of music, the social function of music and so on.