The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the first period of ideological emancipation in China's history. With the disintegration of the Western Zhou Dynasty and slavery, spokesmen of all classes and thinkers of all schools put forward their own political thoughts and academic viewpoints, arguing with each other and influencing each other, thus forming an extremely active situation of academic thoughts in the contention of a hundred schools of thought. "Music", as a part of a hundred schools of thought contended at that time, was further expounded in theory. As far as the types of his academic thoughts are concerned, most of them belong to the category of music sociology and music aesthetics. Among them, it discusses the social function, aesthetic viewpoint, the relationship between music and politics, ethics and so on of Confucianism and Legu School, which has a far-reaching influence on the development of traditional music in China and is representative in the history of music thought in China. It is still of practical significance to study and reflect on Confucian music thoughts for a deeper understanding of China's excellent traditional music culture.

The founder of Confucian music view was an important thinker, politician and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius was born in Lu (now Qufu, Shandong) and died in 479 BC. Confucius, as a great thinker and educator, left a rich ideological and cultural heritage to later generations, including his view of music. Among the six arts he teaches, music ranks second. As the saying goes, "based on poetry, ceremony and music", that is to say, a person's cultivation begins with poetry and ends with music, which shows that he attaches importance to music. He integrated music education into aesthetic education, which can be said to be the first person in China to put forward and implement "aesthetic education".

Confucius' understanding of music is based on practice. He can sing to the music of 305 poems in The Book of Songs. He is also familiar with many musical instruments, and can play the piano, drums, blowing sheng and percussion. His ability to appreciate music is also quite high. He once heard the wonderful music in Qi, but "I don't know the taste of meat in March". This ability to feel music is absolutely professional. It is on this basis, coupled with the wisdom of thinkers, that Confucius formed his unique and profound view of music.