古筝演奏家、教育家李萌，一九五九年出生于广西南宁市，父为著名男低音歌唱家李志曙。一九七一年，李氏入广西壮族自治区杂技团乐队任小提琴与二胡演奏。一九七六年开始习筝，一九七七年考入北京中央音乐学院民族音乐系，先后师从李婉芬、曹正、项斯华、张燕等，一九八二年毕业留校任教，一九八四年，就读该系古筝表演艺术专业研究生。自一九八○年以后，李氏曾多次往粤、闽、陝、豫、浙、蒙等地採集前辈所奏筝乐，一九九五年一月，出版由其所编之《潮州筝曲选》，内收有肖韵阁、郑源、林毛根、杨秀明、郭鹰五位潮州筝家演奏之筝谱《日月交》、《倒瑞莲》等六十二首。
LI Meng
LI Meng was born in 1959 in Nanning, Guangxi province. Her father was a renownd singer LI Zhi-shu. In 1971, she jointed the Acrobatic Troupe of Guangxi as a member of its orchestra in performing of violin and erhu. In 1976, she was admitted to the Central Conservatory learning under LI Wan-fen, CAO Zheng, HON See-wah and ZHANG Yan. In 1982, she graduated from the conservatory and became a teacher there. In 1984, she further studied the zheng as a graduate student. Since 1980’s, she has visited Guangdong, Fujian, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia to collect the zheng pieces performed by the senior musicians. In January 1995, her book Zheng Pieces of Chaozhou published including XIAO Yun-ge, Zheng Yuan, LIN Mao-gen, YANG Xiu-ming and GUO Ying’s sixty two zheng pieces of Chaozhou school.