As a master collection of Confucian music theories,The Book of Music provides a comprehensive theoretical conception of the music theories to be applied in governance since the Western Zhou Dynasty.The Book of Music first dismantles the logical structure of“music”and divides it into three parts:“sound”,“tone”and“music”,each granted different values.For instance,“sound”is a simple expression of individual emotions,“tone”an important criterion to examine political gains and losses,“music”not only an ideal symbol of morality and ethi...