汉阳江畔,琴声悠悠,伯牙与钟子期“高山流水遇知音”的故事千古流传。2006年,这一独具魅力的民间传说被正式列入湖北省第一批非物质文化遗产保护名录。知音传说是荆风楚韵的一种诗意表达,近年来,虽然受到了越来越多的关注,但是关于传说本身的研究却稍显薄弱。本文立足前人研究的成果,结合新的研究材料,对知音传说的历史源流进行梳理,呈现它在不同阶段流变过程中的文化形态,勾勒出一条大致清晰的传承和发展的线路。 Hanyang River, a long piano, alchemy and the clock period “mountains and rivers met aphonia ” story ages. In 2006, this unique folklore was officially listed as the first batch of the list of the safeguard of intangible cultural heritage in Hubei Province. A familiar legend is a poetic expression of Jing Feng Chu Yun. In recent years, although more and more attention has been paid to it, the research on the legend itself is somewhat weaker. Based on the research results of the predecessors and the new research materials, this paper sorts out the historical origins of the knowledgeable legends and presents the cultural forms in the rheological process at different stages, and sketches a broad and clear line of inheritance and development.