古箏教育家曹正，一九二○年十二月三十一日出生於遼寧省新民縣，一九九八年四月十三日病逝於北京，曹氏原名郭緝光，後易名為曹正。一九三六年，得姑父之助到北平，參加民間社團「道德學社」，得晤該社河南箏家魏子猷及其學生婁樹華，並拜婁為師學箏，一九四五年，又得婁師引薦，拜梁在平門下習箏，一九四八年春，經程午加介紹在南京國立音樂院任教古箏一學期，其間，向夏一峰習古琴，同年，與范樂天、鄭培新、童宜風等人在徐州發起成立「薰風箏社」，一九五○年，曹氏調瀋陽魯迅藝術學院任教，並於一九五七年至一九八九年期間，分別往西安音樂學院及上海音樂學院各任教一年。在瀋陽任教期間，與朱郁之合作，將箏曲《漁舟唱晚》改編為高胡與箏二重奏，廣為流傳，並獲遼寧省音樂創作一等獎。一九六四年秋，中國音樂學院在北京成立，被調往該院任教。曹氏為北京古箏研究會第一任會長。
CAO Zheng
CAO Zheng was born on December 31, 1920 in Xinmin, Liaoning province and passed away of illness on April 13, 1998 in Beijing. He was originally named GUO Ji-guang. In 1936, his uncle introduced him to join a local society in Beijing, where he had a chance to learn the zheng under WEI Zi-you of the Henan school and also his student LOU Shu-hua. In 1945, he was introduced by Lou to learn the zheng under LIANG Zai-ping. In 1948, he was recommended by CHENG Wu-jia to teach the zheng in the Nanjing National Conservatory for a term. During that time, he learned the guqin from XIA Yi-feng. At the same year, he and his friends FAN Le-tian, ZHENG Pei-xin and TONG Yi-feng initiated to establish the Xun Feng Zheng Society in Xuzhou. In 1950, he was appointed to teaching in Shenyang Conservatory. In 1957 and 1989, he was transferred to teach in Xi’an Conservatory and Shanghai Conservatory for a year each respectively. While in Shenyang, he made arrangement together with ZHU Yu-zi on the zheng piece Evening Song in the Fishing Boat into a duet of the gaohu and zheng, which was well received and won an award of first honor. In the Autumn of 1964, the China Conservatory was founded in Beijing, he was transferred to teach there. He was the first president of the Beijing Zheng Research Association.