What discrepancies might creep in when present-day researchers and musicians attempt to re-create and interpret the musical scores of an earlier era? According to Wang Ying-fen, acting director of the NTU Graduate Institute of Mu sicology, "Comparing the traditional musical cultures of China and Ryukyu is just the first step." More important, perhaps, is the question of just how well we actually understand Chinese music of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
說起來，「中琉傳統音樂文化的比較，這只是起步」，台灣大學音樂研究所代所長王櫻芬指出，或許要進一步突破的關鍵在，我們對明清時代音樂的理解有多少？