揚琴演奏家鄭寶恒，一九二四年二月出生於山西太原，二零零七年十一月十七日病逝於天津。一九四四年，入西安西北音樂學院主修小提琴，一九四九年，轉中央音樂學院續修小提琴，並師從粵樂演奏家馮永康習揚琴與高胡。一九六一年，調任天津音樂學院，任揚琴專業教師，直至退休。一九五零年，畢業後在母校首開揚琴專業課，即與張子銳合作改革傳統小揚琴，一九五三年，研製成我國首台律呂式大揚琴，有四個八度的全部半音階，便於移調轉調，擴大了音域，增大了音量，並設置了製音器，便於控制餘音。鄭氏作有大揚琴曲《春到淮河》、《翠湖春曉》等，小揚琴曲《海燕》、《萬年歡》、《英雄壯志建山區》，高胡、揚琴、古箏三重奏《勝利花燈》、《淮河隨想曲》等。著述有《揚琴新技法及曲選》及《揚琴演奏藝術》等書譜。
ZHENG Bao-heng
ZHENG Bao-heng was born in February 1924 in Taiyuan, Shanxi province and passed away of illness on November 17, 2007 in Tianjin. In 1944, he was admitted to the Northwest Conservatory of Xian majoring in violin. In 1949, he was transferred to the Central Conservatory in Beijing and further studied the violin. He also studied yangqin and gaohu on Cantonese music under famous virtuoso FENG Yong-kang. In 1950, he graduated in Central Conservatory and became a teacher of the conservatory. In 1953, he developed the 1st set of grand yangqin in chromatic scale of four octaves in China. In 1961, he was transferred to the Tianjin Conservatory until his retirement. He has composed the Spring Comes to River Huai, Spring Morning on the River Bank, The Petrel, Happy Life for Ever, etc. He also wrote books and had his yangqin pieces published in collection.