Ethnomusicologist Ming Li-kuo says that when comparing two cultures, the fact that one sound is very similar or that this or that musical phrase is the same is generally not sufficient grounds for saying that there is a basic similarity between the two cultures.
民族音樂學者明立國就表示，通常講兩個文化相像，很難說是一個音很像，或是哪個音階一樣，就說這兩個文化系統有雷同之處。