查先生名鎮湖，又字夷平，江西修水人。一八九五年十一月七日生於湖南永順縣，一九七六年八月十日卒於北京。幼年在家鄉學奏琴歌，及長，於一九三○年代初在上海組織「今虞琴社」，於新中國成立後又發起組織「北京古琴研究會」，並開展古琴音樂的學術探討，將史料輯撰和整理，又於一九五六年組織三人小組到全國二十多個地方採錄了六十多個古琴家的兩百多首古琴曲。其琴歌藝術始受教於湖南大庸琴家田曦明、龔嶧暉、俞味蒓，一九二○年代在上海及長沙與沈草農、顧梅羮、彭祉卿等琴友交，開始刻苦鑽研琴道，琴風深沉細膩、古樸典雅。其演奏《瀟湘水雲》一曲，在琴壇中贏得了「查瀟湘」的雅號。
ZHA Fu-xi
ZHA Fu-xi was born on November 7, 1895 in Yongshun county, Hunan Province and passed away on August 10, 1976 in Beijing. His first name was Zhen-hu, alias Yi-ping, his ancestral home was in Xiushui, Jiangxi Province. He learned qin and song in his hometown since his childhood. In 1930, he formed the Jinyu Qin Musicians Association in shanghai. After establishing of the new China, he initiated to organize the Qin Research Association of Beijing for development of qin music. In 1956, he led other two followers to go through over 20 places in China for collecting qin materials and to record over 60 qin player’s performance in 200 hundred picecs of qin music. He learned the songs of qin in Hunan from TIAN Xi-ming, GONG Yi-hui, YU Wei-chun. In 1920’s, he studied qin performing together with his friends SHEN Cao-nong, GU Mei-geng and PENG Zhi-qing. His playing of the Mist and Clouds over Xiao-Xiang Rivers won him the fame of a nickname “ZHA Xiao-xiang”.