The founder of Confucian music view was an important thinker, politician and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius was born in Lu (now Qufu, Shandong) and died in 479 BC. Confucius, as a great thinker and educator, left a rich ideological and cultural heritage to later generations, including his view of music. Among the six arts he teaches, music ranks second. As the saying goes, "based on poetry, ceremony and music", that is to say, a person's cultivation begins with poetry and ends with music, which shows that he attaches importance to music. He integrated music education into aesthetic education, which can be said to be the first person in China to put forward and implement "aesthetic education".
Confucius' understanding of music is based on practice. He can sing to the music of 305 poems in The Book of Songs. He is also familiar with many musical instruments, and can play the piano, drums, blowing sheng and percussion. His ability to appreciate music is also quite high. He once heard the wonderful music in Qi, but "I don't know the taste of meat in March". This ability to feel music is absolutely professional. It is on this basis, coupled with the wisdom of thinkers, that Confucius formed his unique and profound view of music.