謝導秀先生，廣東省梅縣人，一九四Ｏ年出生於故鄉。謝先生一九六○年就讀於廣州音樂專科學校民樂系古琴專業，隨嶺南古琴名宿楊新倫學習操縵，得其真傳，尤特精擅《碧澗流泉》等嶺南派曲目，謝氏琴風古樸剛健，明快爽朗，對作育後進，不遺餘力，現任教於廣州星海音樂學院，並任廣東古琴研究會會長。
XIE Dao-xiu was born in 1940 in his ancestral home in Mei County, Guangdong Province. In 1960, he was admitted to the Guangzhou Conservatory to study the qin under YANG Xin-lun. He has inherited the arts of Lingnan School from his qin master. He was skillful in playing the Green Brook Running. He is now teaching the qin at Xinghai Conservatory in Guangzhou and also be the chairman of Guangdong Qin Association.