Music Aesthetics and Appreciation 1
A Foreword to the book"Interpretation of Tragic Content in Chopin's Music"&Yu Runyang 1
The Aesthetics of the Universal Union of Man and Nature：The Combination of Emotion and Setting as Influences upon Traditional Chinese Music&Wang Cizhao 8
Thoughts on Problems Relevant to Prospects of Musicological Development——Speech given at the"Forum of Contemporary Musicology Research Experts"in Nanjing&Zhang Qian 18
Is There Such Thing on Earth as Art?——A discussion with E.H.J.Combrich&Pan Bixin 24
Over the Imperial Millennia,with Ritualism Being Paid Its Due：Who Would Have Dared Express the Affectivity of Music?&Li Qimin 33
Neutralization：Tendencies in the Post-Westernization Era——Predictions about the New Paradigm of Multiculturalism in Music&Song Jin 42
The Trend from"Not Beautiful"to"Not Being"——What Is the Baseline of Art?&Zhou Haihong 51
Concern about One's Audience——Revelations from Contemporary Hermeneutics and Reception Aesthetics Addressed to the Aesthetics of Music&Xing Weikai 58
Chan and Qin：Buddhist Thoughts in the Aesthetics of Guqin(Seven-Stringed Zither)&Miao Jianhua 64
Standardized Evaluation and Non-Standardized Evaluation in Music Aesthetics&He Kuanzhao 73
Reflections on Perceptual Wisdom—A View of Formalism in the Aesthetics of Music&Li Xiaodong 81
A Commentary on Zofia Lissa's Thoughts Concerning Musical Aesthetics Discussed in Three Books&Ke Yang 88
Chinese Traditional Music 95
Thoughts on the Historical Source and Development of Quanzhou Nanyin(Southern Sounds of Quanzhou)&Yuan Jingfang 95
Original Style:"Original-State"or"Original-Ecology"?&Tian Liantao 118
The Sixth Progression in Han(Chinese majority)Folk Songs&Zhong Zilin 125
Study of the Literal Notation in the Christian Hymns of the Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan Province&Yang Minkang 136
On the Loss of Traditional Musical Thinking in the Current Development of Chinese Instrumental Music&Zhang Boyu 146
Some Doubts about"Protoecological"Music&He Yunfeng 153
Nianci(Word Recitals)：Folk Ritual Songs in Xi'an Guyue(Instrumental Ensemble of Xi'an)&Chu Li 162
Chinese Music History 172
Ding Shande:A Pioneer and Founder for the Development of Chinese Piano Music&Wang Yuhe 172
Rewrite Musical History:A Timeless Subject&Liang Maochun 177
Development of Chinese Piano Music&Pu Fang 181
Western Music History 191
When"Criticizing Absolute Music"Was in Vogue&Huang Xiaohe 191
Bach Studies in China&Yu Zhigang 204
Composition,History of Music Structure and the History of Human Beings——Introduction to the Musical History of Daulhaus&Liu Jingshu 213
Johannes Tinctoris and the Change of Ideas in Music in the Renaissance&Zhou Yaoqun 228
Rhetoric：A Strategy for Musical Breakthrough——Observation and Analysis of How Artistic Trends in European Music Emerged from Religious Liturgy&Yao Yaping 237
World Music 246
The Spread and Influence of Indian Music and Dance in China&Chen Ziming 246
Music of Original Ecology and Origianl Ecology of Music&Yu Renhao 255
African Music Study in China&Li Xin 259