梅先生字南移，祖籍江西湖口。一九二九年出生於江蘇南京，二○○三年八月二十九日病逝於南京。一九四三年拜在汪建侯門下習琴藝，一九五二年又拜南京琴家夏一峰、趙雲青、胥桐華、劉少椿等為師，精研廣陵琴藝，兼收各派之長而融匯於一身，主張音正韻和而不囿於流派。退休後遷居揚州，任揚州師範學校課外老師，又設琴館，以振興廣陵琴藝為旨。一九九一年中國藝術研究院音樂研究所為其錄製了二十八首琴曲，以作琴樂資料保存。
MEI Yue-qiang
MEI Yue-qiang was born in 1929 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province and passed away of illness on August 29, 2003 in Nanjing. His first name was Nan-yi and his ancestral home was in Hukow, Jiangxi province. In 1943, he started to learn the qin from WANG Jian-hou. Later on, he further studied it under the master XIA Yi-feng, ZHAO Yun-qing, XU Tong-hua and LIU Shao-chun in Nanjing. He received the skills from his teachers of various schools, but he aimed on Guang Ling School much more. After the retirement, he moved to Yangzhou and settled there. He was then teaching students on qin music overthere. In 1991, he was invited by the Music Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts to record down his 28 pieces of qin music recordings for preservation.