Zha Fuxi (; 1895–1976), also known as Zha Yiping () was a leading player and scholar of the

guqin The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and Scholar-bureaucrats, literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinemen ...

. Born in

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, he started learning guqin in his childhood. In 1936, he co-founded the Jinyu Qin Society () which later became one of the major national musical organizations for the guqin. Apart from his profession on guqin, he worked for the civil aviation company and was active in the labour movement. After the

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was established in 1949, he was a vice-chairman of the National Musical Association, president of the Beijing Guqin Society, and a department head at the Central Institute of (Folk) Music. Few recordings of his qin performance have been published, though more remain in private and institutional circulation. His playing style was unaffected but serious and elegant; he specialized in qin songs (accompanying himself vocally) and contributed several noteworthy dapu reconstructions, as well as earning the nickname "Zha Xiaoxiang" for his mastery of the piece Xiao Xiang Shui Yun.

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Zha Fuxi's report of classical guqin pieces recorded across China in 1956.

1895 births 1976 deaths Guqin players People's Republic of China musicians Musicians from Jiangxi {{china-musician-stub

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