# Lin Youren

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{{Short description|Chinese musician (1938–2013)}}
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'''Lin Youren''' ({{zh|c=林友仁}}; August 11, 1938 – October 12, 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guqin.cc/bencandy.php?fid-190-id-2694-page-1.htm |title=林友仁 - 当代老琴家 - 中华古琴网 |accessdate=2013-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823085506/http://www.guqin.cc/bencandy.php?fid-190-id-2694-page-1.htm |archivedate=2014-08-23 }} Announcement at guqin.cc</ref>) was a noted player of the [Chinese musical instrument](/source/Traditional_Chinese_musical_instruments) [guqin](/source/guqin). He was famous for his unaffected playing style. Lin also taught guqin at the [Shanghai Conservatory of Music](/source/Shanghai_Conservatory_of_Music).

Lin was born on August 11, 1938, in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai), China, but was brought up in nearby [Nanjing](/source/Nanjing). Early on in his musical development, Lin studied with Liu Shaochun (1901–1971). He entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1958 to study the guqin. He was influenced by the playing styles of Liu Jingshao, Gu Meigeng, Shen Caonong, and [Wei Zhongle](/source/Wei_Zhongle) in particular. He graduated in 1963 and stayed at the Conservatory and began research on guqin history and Chinese music after returning from Heilongjiang in the early 1970s during the Cultural Revolution.

Lin gave guqin recitals in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

==Partial discography==
*''Appreciation of Tang Poetry Quatrains –'' 1995
*''Music for the Qin Zither'' – 2000 (recorded in the UK)

== See also ==
:''Please see:'' [References section in the guqin article](/source/Guqin) for a full list of references used in all qin-related articles.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://212.58.226.19/2/hi/entertainment/3129187.stm BBC - Changing China leaves guqin behind]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/shanghaiyaji0409/index.htm North American Guqin Association]
*[https://www.medieval.org/music/world/cds/nim5656.html Medieval.org]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071008105428/http://www.cssa-gre.org.uk/article.php/314 Greenwich Chinese Online: Lin Youren UK concert]

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