Wang Tong,also known as Wen Zhongzi,was born at the end of the chaos of Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.As a result of witnessing the disaster brought to the people by political chaos and war,he gradually gave birth to the cultural consciousness of taking the world as his own duty and practicing the inheritance of ancient rites and music.Firstly,he defined the essence of music education theoretically,and thought that music was a symbol and description of the virtue of the holy king.Secondly,he pointed out that the action mechanism of music education is to express its moral spirit in a concrete,tangible and pleasant form through ritual music,and then move listeners imperceptibly,so that they can be induced by the goodness of mo-rality and the beauty of art,and finally affect their inner world and external words and deeds.Finally,he tried to rebuild the rites and music in the early Sui Dynasty by reviewing the practice of the rites and music education,teaching disciples,participating in politics and so on.Although he failed to realize his vision in the end,Wang Tongle's thought still has indelible modern value for us to study.
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