中国古代乐律学概述

Overview of Fundamental Theories of Chinese Ancient Music

中国古代的"乐律",最早称"音律",其后亦有"钟律"、"律吕"、"乐典"、"声律"等基本意义相通的称谓。之后又出现了"乐学"、"律学"的学科名称。进入现代社会后又出现了"乐律学"的名称,这就需要对这一学科性质的定位、学科内容的分类作进一步的探讨。

In ancient China,"yuelu" (temperament) was first called "yinlu",and then other names with basically the same meaning also appeared including "zhonglu","lulu","yuedian" and "shenglu".Later on,there appeared terms like "yue xue" and "lu xue" (means "studies on temperament")for these studies.In modern times,a new name "yuelu xue" is invented,and with all these different names,it is necessary to make a clearer definition of the subject as well as a systematization of its coverage.