The contention of a hundred schools of thought can play a strong role in promoting academic development. Qin culture is naturally the same.

In the field of qin culture, as in other academic fields, there are many artistic viewpoints and playing styles. The musicians each follow some common views and styles of the piano, and form a certain group of piano players, which is the so-called piano school.

The so-called common features in the same qin school generally depend on the local color, the origin of the teacher, the pedigree on which the school is based, the viewpoints of qin science and the basic playing style.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the genre of qin studies has been recorded in records. As Zhao Yeli of the Sui and Tang Dynasties said: "Wu's voice is clear and graceful. If the Yangtze River flows widely and stretches slowly, it has the style of a national scholar. The voice of Shu is impatient and impatient, and if the surging waves rush to thunder, it is also a momentary handsome." In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were also capitals, Two schools of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other schools, and there are recorded comments: "The capital is too strong, and Jiangnan is frivolous, but the quality of the two Zhejiang is not wild, and the text is not historical."

Wang Tan of the Qing Dynasty pointed out in the "Qinzhi Branch Discrimination": "The Zhongzhou School is tall and ancient, dignified, generous and old. The Zhejiang School is clear and good at customs. The Jinling School has a regular order, restrained and disciplined. The Yushan School is clear and distant. "As for modern times, "Zhe School", "Zhongzhou", "Yushan", "Guangling", "Pucheng", "Fanchuan", "Jiuyi", "Zhucheng", "Mei'an", "Lingnan" have been formed successively. "And other famous piano schools. Let's take a look at the style characteristics and overview of several famous piano schools:

Zhejiang school

School names: Zhejiang School, Zhejiang Pu, and Zhejiang Cao.

Formation period: the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Founder: Guo Mian (Chu Wang).

Main style: smooth and clean.

Representatives: Guo Chuwang, Liu Zhifang, Mao Minzhong, Xu Tianmin, Xu Qiushan, Xu Mengji, Xu Zhonghe, etc.

Representative piano pieces: "Xiaoxiang Shuiyun", "Fisherman's Song", "Qiao Song", "Hujia Eighteen Beats", etc.

Important piano works: "Qin Cao Pu" (Guo Chuwang), "Qin Shu" (Yuan Tong), "Xia Wai Qin Pu" (Jin Ruli), "Qin School Famous Words" (Xu Mengji), "Mei Xue Wo Xian Run Qin Pu" ( Xu Zhonghe), "Wugang Piano Score" (Huang Xian), "Xingzhuang Taiyin Sequel" (Xiao Luan), etc.

Zhongzhou Pie

School name: Zhongzhou School.

Formation period: Ming Dynasty.

Main style: high, ancient and strict, generous and old.

Representatives: Wang Shan, Li Jiao, Cui Yingjie, etc.

Representative qin pieces: "Pingsha Falling Geese", "Reading Easy", "Silver Button Silk", "Guan Ju", etc.

Important qin works: "Qin Books Through the Ages", "Zhi Xinzhai Qin Learning and Training" (Wang Shan), "Yanlu Lou Qin Pu" (Cui Yingjie), "Yingyang Qin Pu" (Li Jiao), etc.

Yushan School

School name: Yushan School, Shu School.

Formation period: late Ming Dynasty.

Founder: Yan Zheng (Tianchi).

Main style: subtle and distant, moderate and broad.

Representatives: Yan Tianchi, Xu Shangying, etc.

Representative piano pieces: "Autumn River at Night", "Introduction to a Good Night", "Xiaoxiang Shuiyun", etc.

Important qin works: "Songxianguan Music Score" (Yan Tianchi), "Da Huan Pavilion Music Score" (Xu Shangying), etc.

Guangling School

School name: Guangling School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founder: Xu Changyu et al.

Main styles: Zhongzheng, ups and downs, freedom, and far.

Representatives: Xu Changyu, Xu Hu, Wu Hao, Qin Weihan, Shi Kongchen, Sun Shaotao, Zhang Ziqian, Liu Shaochun, etc.

Representative piano pieces: "Long Xiang Cao", "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms", "Falling Wild Geese in Pingsha", "Xiaoxiang Water Clouds", "Guangling San", etc.

Important piano works: "Chengjiantang Music Score" (Xu Changyu), "Ziyuantang Music Score" (Wu Hao), "Jiao'an Music Score" (Qin Weihan), "Withered Wood Zen Music Score" (Shi Kongchen) Wait.

Pucheng School

School name: Pucheng School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founder: Zhu Tongjun.

Main style: delicate fingering, unrestrained and refined, slow and moderate.

Representatives: Zhu Tongjun, Xu Yuqiao, Zhang He, etc.

Representative qin songs: "Questions and Answers with the Fisherman", "Falling Wild Goose on Pingsha", "Three Die at Yangguan", "Liuquan on the Stone", etc.

Important qin works: "Chun Cao Tang Qin Score" (Su Qinshan), "Yu Gu Zhai Qin Score" (Zhu Tongjun), "Introduction to Qin Studies" (Zhang He), etc.

Fanchuan School

School name: Fanchuan School, Sichuan School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founder: Zhang Hexiu (Kong Shan).

Main style: impatient, imposing.

Representatives: Zhang Kongshan, Gu Yucheng, Gu Jun, Gu Meigen, Xia Yifeng, Cha Fuxi, Yu Shaoze, etc.

Representative qin pieces: "Flowing Water", "Drunken Fisherman Sings Evening", "Confucius Reading Books", "Pu'an Mantra", etc.

Important qin works: "Tianwenge Piano Score" (Tang Songxian), "Bai Ping Zhai Piano Score" (Gu Jun), etc.

Jiuyi faction

School name: Jiuyi School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founder: Yang Zongji (Shibai).

Main style: vigorous and solid, pay attention to the rhythm of singing.

Representatives: Yang Shibai, Guan Pinghu, etc.

Representative qin pieces: "Flowing Water", "Guangling San", "Hujia Eighteen Beats", "You Orchid", etc.

Important qin works: "Qin Study Series" (Yang Shibai), etc.

Zhucheng School

School name: Zhucheng School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founders: Wang Puchang and Wang Yumen.

Main styles: Qing and Danyuan (Pu Chang), beautiful and lingering (Yumen).

Representatives: Wang Puchang, Wang Yumen, Wang Xinyuan, Wang Yanqing, Wang Xinkui, etc.

Representative qin pieces: "Changmen Resentment", "Yangguan Three Layers", "Guan Shanyue", etc.

Important qin works: "Tongyin Mountain Pavilion" (Wang Puchang), "Qin Score" (Wang Yumen), etc.

Mei'an School

School name: Mei'an School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founders: Wang Binlu (Yan Qing), Xu Lisun.

Main features: smooth like a song, beautiful and lingering, with a large range of chanting.

Representatives: Wang Yanqing, Xu Lisun, Shao Dasu, Wang Yongchang, etc.

Representative qin pieces: "Falling Wild Geese in Pingsha", "Changmen Resentment", "Guan Shanyue", "Autumn River at Night", "Putting Clothes", etc.

Important qin works: "Longyin Pavilion" (Mao Shixuan), "Mei'an" (Xu Lisun), etc.

Lingnan School

School name: Lingnan School.

Formation period: Qing Dynasty.

Founder: Huang Jingxing.

Main style: clear and elegant.

Representatives: Huang Jingxing, Li Baoguang, Zheng Jianhou, Yang Xinlun, etc.

Representative qin songs: "Bijian Liuquan", "Q&A with the Fisherman", "Nostalgic", "Jade Tree Facing the Wind", "Ou Heron Forgetting the Machine", "Black Night Cry" and so on.

Important piano works: "Gu Gang Qin Score", "Wu Xue Shan Fang Qin Score" (Huang Jingxing), etc.

With the rapid development of today, in the field of modern qin culture, on the premise of maintaining the unique style of their own qin schools, the qin people of each qin sect learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's shortcomings, integrate with each other, absorb the strengths of many schools, and gradually form their own independent and distinctive Guqin playing style.