“流行”一词早在春秋战国已使用,自古至今一直存在流行音乐这种性质的音乐。本文把“流行音乐”作为汉语固有名词,从历史视角对其进行界定和梳理,认为中国流行音乐史属于音乐史学研究范畴,其研究史观、史料、史实等,都可参照音乐史学学科标准。 “Pop ” has been used as early as the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period, since ancient times there has been the pop music of this nature of music. In this paper, “pop music” as an inherent noun in Chinese is defined and sorted from the perspective of history. It is considered that the pop music history in China belongs to the category of music historiography, and its research history, historical materials and historical facts can refer to the history of music historiography standard.