1. Confucianism: Xunzi believed that music can inspire soldiers on the front line to fight bravely in turbulent times, and in a peaceful environment, it can make people behave politely. In terms of music content and art form, Confucian music theory puts the "goodness" and "harmony" of the content first, while the beauty of the art form comes second.

2. Taoism: Laozi's "Da Yin Xi Sheng" in "Tao Te Ching" is a famous thesis in ancient Chinese music theory. He believes that the most beautiful music should bring harmony and tranquility to people's hearts, and this kind of tranquility can cultivate and sublimate people unconsciously.

3. Mohism: A music school that is opposed to Confucian music thought. Mozi tried his best to oppose the Confucian idea of ??"ruling the world with ritual and music" in music. His attitude towards life was too negative and he only strived to satisfy the lowest standards. life demands.

Extended information:

"Yue Ji", a representative work of Confucian musicians' aesthetic thoughts, discusses that music is composed of time, and its root is due to the influence of human thoughts and feelings from the outside world. The excitement of things, the "object-moving mentality", is the viewpoint of the original materialist reflection theory.

"Music" raises many issues related to music art, such as: the causes and characteristics of music, the relationship between music and national politics, the relationship between music and real life, the aesthetic role of music, and music education. role, social function of music, etc.