潮籍筝家郭鹰，一九一四年出生于广东省朝阳县南阳乡一贫家，二○○二年逝世于南京，学名明坤，别号秦筝馆主，九岁丧父，与母相依为命，十三岁时，始习椰胡，后拜精通潮乐之塾师庄以莅为师习潮筝，后又获潮筝前贤萧韵阁先生之教益。一九三一年，往上海谋生，拜师习装潢美术，并在鑫记大舞台任管理员。其间不忘习筝，参加旅居上海潮汕人士之“岭东丝竹社”及“新潮丝竹会”等社团，一九四一年前后，上海民间丝竹乐社团众多，常假兰心大戏院演出，郭氏亦于此举行潮筝演奏会，是二十世纪较早时期将潮筝介绍于上海地区年轻筝人。一九四七年，郭氏在上海一电台作定期潮筝演奏之实况广播，并不断结识上海的国乐高手。一九五○年，郭氏在上海创建“潮州国乐团”，并任团长，演出活动频繁。一九五三年，在上海录制潮筝《寒鸦戏水》唱片，上海民族乐团成立后，担任古筝独奏员。一九六○年，郭氏调上海音乐学院任教，并在南京艺术学院兼任教职，孙文妍、项斯华、范上娥、王昌元、张燕、郭雪君及涂永梅、尹群等著名筝家均得其教益。
GUO Ying
GUO Ying was born in 1914 in Chaoyang, Guangdong province and passed away in 2002 in Nanjing. He was also named GUO Ming-kun and was called “the master of Qinzheng Guan”. He learned the yehu at the age of thirteen and later learning the zheng from ZHUANG Yi-li and XIAO Yun-ge. In1931, he moved to Shanghai and lived there. He joined the Chaozhou societies in Shanghai. In 1941, he took a concert to introduce Chaozhou zheng music to the Shanghai community. In 1947, he often broadcast Chaozhou music in the radio stations. In 1950, he founded the Chaozhou Music Ensemble of Shanghai. In 1953, he made the recording of Ospreys Sporting with Water and later joined the new established Shanghai Traditional Orchestra as zheng soloist. In 1960, he was transferred to the Shanghai Conservatory and also taught in the Nanjing Institute of Arts. Many famous musicians were his students, such as SUN Wen-yan, HON See-wah, FAN Shang-e, WANG Chang-yuan, ZHANG Yan, GUO Xue-jun and TU Yong-mei. In 1987, the people’s music publishing house published the Chaozhou Zheng Tune Played by Guo Ying. In 1992, the Shanghai Musicians’ Association zheng specialized committee was founded, GUO Ying was elected for the president.