許講德，一九三八年十月出生於北京，原籍浙江省海寧縣。一九五○年，參加中國人民志願軍文工團，同年隨軍赴朝鮮作文藝宣傳工作。一九五三年返國後，調中國人民解放軍華北軍區戰友歌舞團，從事專業二胡演奏。一九六一年，許氏參加全軍「三獨」（獨唱、獨奏、獨舞）會演，首演晨耕、唐訶所作《子弟兵與老百姓》、《歡樂的競賽》，得聽眾普遍歡迎。一九六四年，參加第三屆全軍匯演，首演王竹林作《金珠瑪米贊》、《家鄉小曲》，獲優秀表演獎。一九七四年，奉調至文化部屬下之「錄音、錄影小組」，參加有計劃之器樂人聲化演奏實驗，以二胡模擬演奏京劇名家唱腔，獲得成功。一九八一年，北京二胡研究會成立，許氏被選為常務理事。
XU Jiang-de
XU Jiang-de was born in October 1938 in Beijing, Hebei province and her ancestral home was in Haining, Zhejiang province. In 1950, she joined the Song and Dance Troupe of the Chinese Volunteers Army and went to North Korea to proclaim their cultural work. In 1953, she came back to China and was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the Military Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army as professional erhu performer. In 1961, she was selected to participate in the Recital, Solo and Single Dance Show of the entire armed forces joint performance. She has premiered Chen-geng and TANG He’s new works The Soldier and the Common People and The Happy Competition. In 1964, she was selected to premiere WANG Zhu-lin’s Ode to the Liberation Army and A Hometown Melody in the 3rd Joint Performances of the Entire Armed Forces and awarded the outstanding performance prize. In 1974, she was appointed by the Ministry of Culture to join the Sound and Video Recording Group to research for the imitation of Beijing Operatic Songs by instrumental music. In 1981, she was the routine committee of the newly set up Beijing Erhu Research Association.