潮箏演奏家林毛根，一九二九年二月出生於廣東揭陽的潮樂世家，二○○七年六月八日在汕頭因病與世長遲，其父林道耀為揭陽著名的椰胡演奏家，林氏曾拜著名潮樂及漢樂演奏家張漢齋為師習箏。一九四九年，起林氏在潮汕地區，歷任文工團團長、文化館館長、音樂曲藝團團長、歌舞團團長等職。林氏以演奏潮樂「活五調」見稱，一九九二年，其演奏之《潮州民間箏曲40首》結集出版，所著述的《潮樂的風格與「活五調」》、《談潮州箏》、《談二四譜》等發刊於《中國音樂》及《民族民間音樂研究》。又曾與張漢齋、何天佑、楊廣泉等合作，灌錄有潮樂唱片多輯。
LIN Mao-gen
LIN Mao-gen was born in February 1929 in Jieyang, Guangdong province and passed away of illness on June 8, 2007 in Shantou, Guangdong province. His father LIN Daoyao was a renowned musician of playing the Yehu. He learned the zheng under the famous musician ZHANG Han-zhai. In 1949, he joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army of the Zhaoshan area, later was appointed as the head and manager of various artistic groups in that area. In 1992, the forty scores of his performances on the Chaozhou zheng music were published. Other articles related Chaozhou music were also be published on various publications. He had been making recordings with ZHANG Han-zhai, HE Tian-you and YANG Guang-quan on Chaozhou music.