梅先生字南移，祖籍江西湖口。一九二九年出生于江苏南京，二○○三年八月二十九日病逝于南京。一九四三年拜在汪建侯门下习琴艺，一九五二年又拜南京琴家夏一峰、赵云青、胥桐华、刘少椿等为师，精研广陵琴艺，兼收各派之长而融汇于一身，主张音正韵和而不囿于流派。退休后迁居扬州，任扬州师范学校课外老师，又设琴馆，以振兴广陵琴艺为旨。一九九一年中国艺术研究院音乐研究所为其录制了二十八首琴曲，以作琴乐资料保存。
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.