潮筝演奏家林毛根，一九二九年二月出生于广东揭阳的潮乐世家，二○○七年六月八日在汕头因病与世长迟，其父林道耀为揭阳著名的椰胡演奏家，林氏曾拜著名潮乐及汉乐演奏家张汉斋为师习筝。一九四九年，起林氏在潮汕地区，历任文工团团长、文化馆馆长、音乐曲艺团团长、歌舞团团长等职。林氏以演奏潮乐“活五调”见称，一九九二年，其演奏之《潮州民间筝曲40首》结集出版，所著述的《潮乐的风格与“活五调”》、《谈潮州筝》、《谈二四谱》等发刊于《中国音乐》及《民族民间音乐研究》。又曾与张汉斋、何天佑、杨广泉等合作，灌录有潮乐唱片多辑。
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.