At the same time he's also the first music composer in China to create symphony, Chinese opera (of the sort mentioned above), chorus, and concert music. He was the first to introduce the Western theory of composing music to China, wrote the very first book to be used as teaching material, and established the first orchestra.
他同時也是中國第一位創作交響曲、清唱劇、合唱曲、器樂合奏曲的作曲家；他首先將西方作曲理論引進中國，並撰寫第一本音樂教材、成立第一個管弦樂團……。