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26 February 2026

The History of Historiography Research Process of Ancient Chinese Music Institutions

Quancheng Li*
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1 Suihua University, Suihua 152000, Heilongjiang, China
LNE 2026 , 4(2), 223–229; https://doi.org/10.18063/LNE.v4i2.1532
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

The academic study of the history of ancient Chinese music began in the 1920s. With the publication of Ye Bohe’ s History of Chinese Music in 1922, systematic research on ancient Chinese music history was officially initiated. A large number of works subsequently emerged, covering areas such as music theory, organology, archaeology, and related disciplines. With the development of the times and the deepening of scholarly inquiry, a relatively mature research system has gradually formed. Among these, the study of musical institutions constitutes a significant branch within the historiography of music.

Keywords
musical institutions
Music Bureau (Yuefu)
Dynastic history
general history
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