Confucius’ music teacher was Shi Xiang.

Shi Xiang, a music official in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He is good at striking the chime, also known as the chime striker. There is also a theory that he was a music official of the state of Wei, also known as Shi Xiangzi. One of Confucius' teachers, Confucius once learned to play the piano from him.

Confucius (551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), whose surname was Kong, whose given name was Qiu, and whose courtesy name was Zhongni, was born in Zou Yi, the state of Lu (now Qufu City, Shandong Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was born in Liyi, Song Dynasty (today's Xiayi County, Henan Province). He was a great thinker, politician, and educator in ancient China, the founder of Confucianism, and the "Sage of Dacheng".

Confucius created the style of private lectures and advocated benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. He had three thousand disciples, among whom were seventy-two sages. He once led some of his disciples to travel around the country for fourteen years, and revised the Six Classics (Poetry, Book, Rites, Music, Book of Changes, and Spring and Autumn Annals) in his later years.

After his death, his disciples and subsequent disciples recorded the words, deeds, sayings and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled them into The Analects of Confucius. The book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

Confucius was one of the most erudite scholars in society at that time. He was revered as the "Sage of Heaven" and the "Muduo of Heaven" when he was still alive. He was also revered as the Saint of Confucius and the Holy Saint by the rulers of later generations. , the most holy teacher, the most holy teacher of Dacheng Wenxuan Wang, the teacher of all generations. His thoughts have had a profound impact on China and the world, and he is listed as the first among the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".

With the expansion of the influence of Confucius, the "Confucius Ceremony" to worship Confucius once became a great sacrifice on the same level as the Chinese ancestor gods.