李禹賢先生，號勁草，又號琴童，山東桓台人，一九三六年出生，二Ｏ一一年因病逝世於福建。十六歲時受張正吟之啟蒙，後從學操縵於夏一峰，一九五六年在上海音樂學院附中時，受業於劉景韶、張子謙，課餘時又向管平湖、吳景略等大師請益，博採各家之長，而形成自己的風格。其在琴學研究上的著述屢獲殊榮，被評為國家級非物質文化遺產古琴藝術代表性傳承人。他嘗在福建省藝術學校執教，又於一九八六年創辦“勁草琴堂”，培育琴界新秀。一九九九年創立厦門古琴學會，二ＯＯ一年又創建福建古琴研究會，並任會長。
LI Yu-xian was born in 1936 and passed away of illness in 2011 in Fujian. His name was Jin-cao and other name was Qin-tong. His ancestral home was in Huantai, Shandong Province. When he was sixteen, he learned the qin under ZHANG Zheng-yin and further studied under XIA Yi-feng. In 1956, he was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory and Studied under LIU Jing-shao and ZHANG Zi-qian. He always visited and studied under GUAN Ping-hu and WU Jing-lue. He has proclaimed as one of the representative successors of qin music of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by Cultural Department of China. In 1986, he founded the Jin-cao Qin School. In 1999, he established the Qin Society of Xiamen. In 2001, he founded the Fujian Qin Association and was appointed the chairman.