Chuang Yung-ming is a scholar of Taiwanese folk music. He points out that--unless one has sheet music--it is easy to lose all historical trace of music created before the advent of recorded sound. It is thus unlike paintings or sculpture, which can be collected and passed along.
台灣歌謠研究者莊永明指出，在早年錄音設備不發達的年代，除非有手稿，否則音樂史料極易喪失，不像繪畫、雕刻等藝術品，因為有人收藏，作品較易流傳。