古琴是中国古代重要的乐器，在中国音乐史中占有重要的地位，并与中国古代文人结下了不解之缘。古琴在文人士大夫阶层世代相传，使得它本身具有了超越乐器本身的丰富的文化内涵，关于它的传说关系到中国史学、哲学、文学等各个方面，关于它的研究主要集中在具体某个朝代古琴诗歌以及古琴中所体现的传统文化精神的某一个方面上。不可否认，只要面对古琴，我们不能割裂其文化内涵与音乐价值，古琴的音乐文化是一个综合体，只能多角度进行探讨，才能真正的认识古琴与古琴文化的魅力，而且国内这方面的综合论述较少，因此本文试从古代典籍中关于古琴的记载来探讨古琴文化的发展，并综合论述古代典籍中的古琴文化特征，以期对古琴及其文化内涵有一个全面的阐释。

Guqin is an important musical instrument in Chinese history ,it has lots of things to do with our ancestor ,also it plays an magnificent role in our literature history .In this paper ,firstly we do some research about the origin of Guqin with the background of the ancient political issues ,some debate about the enlightenment of Guqin is done .Guqin has been a key factor in our history education. Then with an popular story about friendship Mountain and Flowing Water ,a brief assessment of the pursuit of concert is brought up. In the end ,according to the thinking of Taoism ,it concluded with the conclusion that through playing Guqin ,people want to be one with nature and step into the world of Taoism.