中国上古乐事,消逝久远,不可再现。有藉文本传诸后世者,不过一鳞一爪,却也弥足珍贵。今天的古乐史研究,正可依据这些传世文本来钩沉发覆、寻幽探微,以便最大限度地恢复上古乐史的本来面目。然而,文本之籍, 古人载述颇多语焉不明,又有怪、力、乱、神杂糅其中,更因年代久远,嬗替无常,其所透露远古乐事的史实真相,早已尘埋沙掩,类多湮 Chinese ancient music, disappeared, can not be reproduced. There are texts passed on to all future generations, but they are all over one claw, but they are also precious. Today’s study of ancient music history is based on these handed down texts to catch up, find subtle exploration in order to maximize the restoration of the original appearance of the ancient music history. However, the text of the book, the ancients described a lot of language is not clear, there are strange, power, chaos, God mix them, but also because of the passage of time, the impermanence, which revealed the historical facts of ancient music, has long buried dust cover , Class annihilation