今所谓月琴,多指圆腹、琴颈较短、四弦九品的弹拨类弦鸣乐器(图1)。如图1所示,月琴名称和形象于今似已约定俗成。但在唐代,月琴则指今所称之为的阮咸。如唐人李匡乂在《资暇集》有载:“乐器有似琵琶而圆者,曰阮咸……往中宗朝,元宾客行中为太常少卿,时有人于古冢获其铜铸成者献之。元曰:此阮仲容所造, The so-called Yue Qin, more refers to the abdomen, the neck is shorter, four strings of nine items of spring-type string instruments (Figure 1). As shown in Figure 1, the name and image of the moon lotus seems to have been established as usual. However, in the Tang Dynasty, Yue Qin refers to what is now called Ruan Xian. Such as the Tang Li Kui in the ”leisure time set“ contains: ”instrument is similar to the pipa and round, said Ruan salty ... ... towards the Zong Dynasty, Yuan guests off too often Shaoqing, when someone got its bronze cast in the mound Those who offer them. Yuan said: The Nguyen built,