" --- " refers to not known, not yet currently known or possibly non-existent.
| Personal Names (English) |
Personal Names (Chinese) |
Other Names, Titles and Styles |
Dates |
School or Base |
Remarks |
| Tsar Teh-yun (Mandarin: Cai Deyun) |
蔡德允 |
Madam |
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
Head of the Yinyin Shi Qinshe of Hong Kong, oldest qin player alive today (100 years old in 2004) |
| Chen Changlin |
陳長林 |
|
(act.) |
Min (Fujian) |
Transmitter of the Min School. As computer scientist and well-respected guqin player, he participated in the early phase of a "Digital Guqin" project and presented a version using C++, demonstrated a software for generating guqin notations on PC286 which runs on DOS, created in the early 1980s |
| Cheng Gongliang |
成公亮 |
|
1940 - present |
Nanjing |
--- |
| Chen Leiji |
陳雷激 |
|
1967 - present |
Zhucheng? Shanghai? |
Student of Gong Yi |
| Dai Xiaolian |
戴曉蓮 |
|
(act.) |
Shanghai |
A qin player and professor of guqin at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Grand-niece of Zhang Ziqian. Has published her solo CD album by Hugo |
| Gong Yi |
龔一 |
|
1941 - present |
Shanghai |
Professional qin player previously from the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra |
| Guan Pinghu |
管平湖 |
|
1897 - 1967 |
Jiuyi |
Highly-regarded qin player. Dapued many qin scores such as Liu Shui and Guangling San. In 1977, his recording of Liu Shui (Flowing Water) was chosen to be included in the Voyager Golden Record, a collection of world music sent into space on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts |
| Guan Zhenning |
--- |
|
(act.) |
Wuhan |
--- |
| Li Fengyun |
李鳳雲 |
|
(act.) |
Tianjin |
Concert guqin player from Tianjin. She has published a solo CD album by Hugo |
| Li Mingzhong |
李明忠 |
|
(act.) |
Shanxi |
Qin scholar and maker |
| Li Xiangting |
李祥霆 |
Professor |
1940 - present |
Beijing |
Professional qin player. Current president of the China Guqin Committee |
| Lin Youren |
林友人 |
|
1938 - present |
Guangling |
Transmitter of the Guangling school |
| Lau Chor-wah (Mandarin: Liu Chuhua) |
劉楚華 |
|
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
--- |
| Liu Shaochun |
劉少椿 |
|
1901 - 1971 |
Guangling |
--- |
| Mei Yueqiang |
梅曰強 |
|
1929 - present |
Guangling |
--- |
| Pu Xuezhai |
溥雪齋 |
|
(dec.) |
--- |
The brother of the last emperor of China, Puyi. An artist Chinese painting |
| Tong Kin-woon (Mandarin: Tang Jianyuan) |
唐健垣 |
PhD |
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
Guqin player and teacher, chief editor of Qinfu 琴府, a composite volume of ancient scores (not to be confused with the Qin Fu of Ji Kang). As well, a virtuoso of the guzheng and nanyin (a singing style) |
| Wang Di |
王迪 |
|
(dec.) |
--- |
Female student of Guan Pinghu, did a cross country survey of qin players in 1956, tape recorded qin players using magnetic tapes. These recordings are now in Shanghai |
| Wang Duo |
汪鐸 |
|
(act.) |
Suzhou |
Guqin player of the Wumen Qinshe of Suzhou. Head of Guqin Research Centre of Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Special research topics include: silk strings, Dapu, Taoist Guqin music, Guqin master player and musician in the "Digital Guqin" project entitled "Zebrafish". |
| Wang Huade |
王華德 |
|
1922 - present |
Shu (Sichuan) |
--- |
| Wang Wei |
王葳 |
|
(act.) |
Beijing |
Sister of Wang Fei |
| Wei Zhongle |
衛仲樂 |
|
1908/9 - 1998 |
Shanghai |
A virtuoso of many Chinese instruments, including the pipa and dizi, and important figure in Jiangnan Sizhu. |
| Wu Jinglüe |
吳景略 |
|
1907 - 1987 |
Yushan |
Highly-regarded player from the Yushan School |
| Wu Wenguang |
吳文光 |
|
(act.) |
Yushan |
Son of Wu Jinglue and transmitter of the Yushan school |
| Wu Zhao |
吳釗 |
|
1935 - present |
Beijing |
Former president of the Beijing Guqin Society |
| Wu Zhaoji |
吳兆基 |
Xiangquan |
1908 - 1997 |
--- |
Transmitter of the Wu style |
| Xie Xiaoping |
謝孝苹 |
|
(act.) |
--- |
--- |
| Xu Jian |
許健 |
|
(act.) |
Beijing |
Qin scholar who wrote the Qinshi Chubian |
| Xu Kuanghua |
徐匡華 |
|
(act.) |
Zhejiang |
Founder of the Xihu Qin Society. Appeared in the film, Hero |
| Yang Chunwei |
楊春薇 |
|
(act.) |
--- |
Student of Wu Wenguang |
| Yao Bingyan |
姚丙炎 |
|
1921 - 1983 |
--- |
Dapued (transcribed) the classic version of Jiu Kuang in triple-time rhytmn |
| Yao Gongbai |
姚公白 |
|
1948 - present |
--- |
Yao Bingyan's eldest son |
| Yao Gongjing |
姚公敬 |
|
1955 - present |
--- |
Yao Bingyan's youngest son |
| Yeh Shih-hua |
葉時華 |
MA? |
(act.) |
Taiwan? |
--- |
| Yu Bosun |
俞伯蓀 |
|
1922 - present |
Shu (Sichuan) |
--- |
| Yu Shaoze |
喻紹澤 |
|
1903 - 1987 |
Shu (Sichuan) |
Transmitter of the Shu School |
| Zeng Chengwei |
曾成偉 |
|
(act.) |
Shu (Sichuan), Chengdu |
Highly-regarded guqin maker as well as transmitter of the Shu School |
| Zha Fuxi |
查阜西 |
|
1895 - 1976 |
Yushan |
Great researcher and player of qin music, specialising in qin songs |
| Teo Kheng-chong (Mandarin: Zhang Qingchong) |
張慶崇 |
Professor |
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
Guqin player and researcher from Singapore, musician in sound properties of the guqin instrument, has developed a bright style of guqin playing. Participated in the "Digital Guqin" project entitled: "Pale Ink". Teacher of guqin, and scholar researcher of guqin music. |
| Zhang Ziqian |
張子謙 |
|
1899 - 1991 |
Guangling |
Highly-regarded player of the Guangling School |
| Zheng Minzhong |
鄭泯中 |
|
(act.) |
Beijing? |
Student of Guan Pinghu, well-respected player, specialist in guqin connoisseurship in Palace Museum, Beijing |
| Personal Names (English) |
Personal Names (Chinese) |
Other Names, Titles and Styles |
Dates |
School or Base |
Remarks |
| Binkley, Jim |
畢克禮 |
M.S.C.S. |
(act.) |
Portland, Oregon |
Translated the Yugu Zhai Qinpu into English, amateur qin maker. Website |
| Dydo, Stephen |
戴德 |
|
(act.) |
Yonkers, NY |
Co-founder and current president of New York Qin Society; also makes guqin. Website |
| Liang, Mingyue |
梁銘越 |
David |
(act.) |
Ellicott City, MD |
Son of the renowned Taiwanese guzheng player/scholar Liang Tsai-Ping |
| Lieberman, Fredric |
None |
PhD |
(act.) |
Santa Cruz, CA |
Translated the Mei'an Qinpu into English |
| Liu Li |
劉麗 |
|
(act.) |
New York, NY |
A graduate in Guqin performance at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, taught by renowned players such as Wu Jinglüe, Wu Wenguang as well as Li Xiangting. An Associate Professor in Guqin at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing before moving to the US. Collaborated with composer Tan Dun and violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman on recording the soundtrack for the movie Hero |
| Yung, Bell (Mandarin: Rong Hongzeng) |
榮鴻曾 |
PhD |
(act.) |
Pittsburgh |
--- |
| Thompson, John |
唐世璋 |
|
(act.) |
New York, NY |
American whose "historically informed performance" includes over 130 melodies he has reconstructed from early tablature, translation work on the Shenqi Mipu |
| Wang Fei |
王菲 |
MA; Emily |
(act.) |
San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
A qin player (taught by Li Xiangting) based in the United States, founder of the North American Guqin Association, published writer and an international award winner digital artist. Also plays guzheng. Not to be confused with Faye Wong, the Hong Kong based pop singer |
| Wong Gleysteen, Marilyn (Mandarin: Wang Miaolian) |
王妙蓮 |
|
(act.) |
New York, NY |
--- |
| Yip Mingmei (Mandarin: Ye Mingmei) |
葉明媚 |
PhD |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
Qin scholar, a student of Cai Deyun |
| Yuan Jungping |
袁中平 |
|
(act.) |
New York, NY |
Founder of the New York Qin Society |
| Zhang Peiyou |
張培幼 |
Judy Chang |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
--- |
| Zhu Nong |
--- |
|
(act.) |
San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
--- |
| Personal Names (English) |
Personal Names (Chinese) |
Other Names, Titles and Styles |
Dates |
School or Base |
Remarks |
| Cheng Yu |
程玉 |
MMus, PhD |
(act.) |
London |
Qin and pipa player from Beijing now resident in London. Founder and president of the London Youlan Qin Society. Obtained a PhD in Ethnomusicology at SOAS |
| Evans, Christopher |
艾文思 |
BA, LLB |
(act.) |
Yorkshire |
Works primarily as a Chinese to English translator |
| Joseph, Julian |
None |
BSc |
(act.) |
Wiltshire |
Secetary of the London Youlan Qin Society |
| Tan Chin Wee (Mandarin: Chen Jinwei) |
陳錦偉 |
PhD |
(act.) |
London |
Also plays guitar |
| Wang Tingting |
王亭亭 |
BA, (MPhil/PhD) |
(act.) |
Sheffield |
A student of Wu Wenguang, currently doing her PhD on qin songs at Sheffield University |
| Ing Dan-nung (Mandarin: Wu Dannong) |
伍丹農 |
PhD, CEng, FRAeS |
(act.) |
London, sometimes in Beijing |
Also plays guitar |
| Tsua, Wing Yue (Mandarin: Xu Yongyu) |
徐永裕 |
BA; Charlie Huang; etc |
1983 - present |
Birmingham |
Main compiler of the guqin article and all relating articles. See Charlie Huang for other information |
