山东筝家高自成，一九一八年十二月一日出生于山东省郓城高庄一农家，二零一零年八月二十一日病逝于西安。郓城为鲁西南著名之古筝之乡、唢呐之乡、曲艺之乡。而高庄亦为郓城一带著名之「戏疙瘩」，乡民甚好戏曲与音乐。高氏字铭勋，自幼丧母，亦好音乐，由弹筝高手的祖父高广思及叔父高继贤启蒙，学奏筝、扬琴及唱琴书。六岁时，高氏入学堂念「洋书」，因家境不济而辍学，但迷于筝艺。稍长，经同窗高克奇介绍，于每晚收工后，步行至相隔二十五里路的张坑村随筝家张为昭习大板曲子，至深夜方归，历时三年。一九三一年，高氏又向由东北返故里之张为台、黄怀德，张念胜、黎连俊习筝与扬琴。一九三五年，又得王殿玉收为徒，并参加王氏之「东鲁雅乐团」。一九五五年，入总政文工团，一九五七年，调西安音乐专科学校（后改西安音乐学院）任教，一九六二年，西安音乐学院聘河南筝家王省吾到校讲课，高氏与王氏均发现河南筝与山东筝之曲调与风格甚为相近，有将两者合为重奏之设想，历经半年，编曲十首，定名为《鲁豫大板套曲》，在西安曾有演出，一九八零年，再作整理完稿。一九八三年六月，「秦筝学会」在西安成立，高氏被选为该会会长。
GAO Zi-cheng
GAO Zi-cheng was born 0n December 1,1918 in Yuncheng, Shandong province and passed away of illness on August 21,2010 in Xi’an. His first name was Ming-xun and he started to learn the zheng and yangqin from his grandfather GAO Guang-si and his uncle GAO Ji-xian since his childhood. Later, he was introduced by his classmate GAO Ke-qi to learn the zheng under ZHANG Wei-zhao who lived twenty five miles away from his home. In 1931, he further studied the zheng and yangqin under ZHANG Wei-tai, HUANG Huai-de, ZHANG Nian-sheng and LI Lian-jun. In 1935, he learned under WANG Dian-yu and joined Wang’s Ensemble of Dong Lu. In 1955, he was appointed to the Main Politic Song and Dance Troup in Beijing. In 1957, he was transferred to teach in Xi’an Conservatory. In1962, when the zheng artist WANG Sheng-wu of the Henan school joined Xi’an Conservatory, both of Gao and Wang found that the zheng melody and style the Shangdong school and the Henan school were really close. They then used half year’s time to arrange ten duet pieces of them and named these Da Ban Tao Qu of Lu and Yu and reedited and completed the draft in 1980. He was elected the first president of the Qin Zheng Association, which was founded in June 1983 in Xi’an.