古箏演奏家、教育家李萌，一九五九年出生於廣西南寧市，父為著名男低音歌唱家李志曙。一九七一年，李氏入廣西壯族自治區雜技團樂隊任小提琴與二胡演奏。一九七六年開始習箏，一九七七年考入北京中央音樂學院民族音樂系，先後師從李婉芬、曹正、項斯華、張燕等，一九八二年畢業留校任教，一九八四年，就讀該系古箏表演藝術專業研究生。自一九八○年以後，李氏曾多次往粵、閩、陝、豫、浙、蒙等地採集前輩所奏箏樂，一九九五年一月，出版由其所編之《潮州箏曲選》，內收有肖韻閣、鄭源、林毛根、楊秀明、郭鷹五位潮州箏家演奏之箏譜《日月交》、《倒瑞蓮》等六十二首。
LI Meng
LI Meng was born in 1959 in Nanning, Guangxi province. Her father was a renownd singer LI Zhi-shu. In 1971, she jointed the Acrobatic Troupe of Guangxi as a member of its orchestra in performing of violin and erhu. In 1976, she was admitted to the Central Conservatory learning under LI Wan-fen, CAO Zheng, HON See-wah and ZHANG Yan. In 1982, she graduated from the conservatory and became a teacher there. In 1984, she further studied the zheng as a graduate student. Since 1980’s, she has visited Guangdong, Fujian, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia to collect the zheng pieces performed by the senior musicians. In January 1995, her book Zheng Pieces of Chaozhou published including XIAO Yun-ge, Zheng Yuan, LIN Mao-gen, YANG Xiu-ming and GUO Ying’s sixty two zheng pieces of Chaozhou school.