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Li Yuxian

03-0832Guqin and its MusicTraditional MusicChinese National Academy of ArtsBatch 3 (2009)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1956 he was admitted to the senior division of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to study the guqin under Liu Jingshao and Zhang Ziqian.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He began learning the qin in 1954, first under Zhang Zhengyin and later under Xia Yifeng. From 1961 he taught at the Fujian College of Arts. He founded the Xiamen Guqin Society and the Fujian Guqin Research Association and served as president of both. He was a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association, a member of the expert committee of the Chinese Guqin Cultural Database, vice-president of the Guqin Professional Committee of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, and president of the Fujian Guqin Research Association. He reconstructed the notation of qin pieces including Fengyun Jihui (Meeting of Wind and Cloud), Zhichao Fei (The Pheasant Flies) and Xiuqi Yin. He published articles including A Brief History of Fujian Qin, An Investigation Report on Fujian School Guqin, A Preliminary Study of the Qing Dynasty Qin School: Pucheng Guqin, The Qing Dynasty Fujian School Qin Master Zhu Tongjun, and Zhu Tongjun of Pucheng and Fengyun Jihui.

Honors & Recognition

Male, of Han ethnicity, born in March 1937 in Huantai County, Shandong Province, and died in August 2011. National representative bearer of Guqin and its Music, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Li Yuxian · National Representative Bearer Archive

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Profile

Representative item
Guqin and its Music
Item code
Ⅱ-34
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Chinese National Academy of Arts
Born
1937.03.05
Batch
Batch 3 (2009)

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