拜读蔡仲德先生的《出路在于向‘西方乞灵’》(刊《人民音乐》１９９９年第６期,以下简称《乞灵》)后,我也想就中国音乐发展道路发表一点粗浅看法。《乞灵》从对文化的哲学思考说起,依次论及中西文化、中西音乐,最后论述中国音乐发展的方向,本文也按这个次序来谈。一、关于文化 After reading Mr. Cai Zhongde’s “Way out is to begging for the West” (People’s Music Magazine, No. 6, 1999, hereinafter referred to as “Begging Spirit”), I would also like to make a brief comment on the development of Chinese music. From the philosophical thinking of culture, Begining refers to Chinese and Western cultures and Chinese and Western music in turn, and finally discusses the direction of the development of Chinese music. This article also talks in this order. First, about culture