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XIANG Zu-ying
XIANG Zu-ying was born on July 11, 1926 in Suzhou, Zhejiang province and passed away of illness on December 8, 1999 in Shanghai. His father was a musician of Jiangnan Sizhu and Guangdong music and founded the Wu Ping Music Society. Since his childhood, he learned the erhu from his father and further studied it under ZHANG Ji-rang, LU Xiu-tang and JIANG Feng-zhi. In 1946, he was appointed as the manager and leader of the Wu Ping Music Society. He learned the full set of gaohu pieces of LU Wen-cheng by himself. In 1949, he graduated from the Dong Wu University of Suzhou. In 1956, he was appointed as the art committee, leader and soloist of the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra and later taught in the training department of the orchestra, the Shanghai Conservatory, the Shanghai Drama School, etc. He authored the books Traditional Music of Wu Ping, Erhu Music Collection and How to Perform Erhu, etc. He composed and arranged erhu pieces Bangzi Style Music, Under the Mountain Diancang and Parting at Yangguan, etc. He also wrote many articles and published in various magazines.