潮籍箏家郭鷹，一九一四年出生於廣東省朝陽縣南陽鄉一貧家，二○○二年逝世於南京，學名明坤，別號秦箏館主，九歲喪父，與母相依為命，十三歲時，始習椰胡，後拜精通潮樂之塾師莊以蒞為師習潮箏，後又獲潮箏前賢蕭韻閣先生之教益。一九三一年，往上海謀生，拜師習裝潢美術，並在鑫記大舞台任管理員。其間不忘習箏，參加旅居上海潮汕人士之「嶺東絲竹社」及「新潮絲竹會」等社團，一九四一年前後，上海民間絲竹樂社團眾多，常假蘭心大戲院演出，郭氏亦於此舉行潮箏演奏會，是二十世紀較早時期將潮箏介紹於上海地區年輕箏人。一九四七年，郭氏在上海一電台作定期潮箏演奏之實況廣播，並不斷結識上海的國樂高手。一九五○年，郭氏在上海創建「潮州國樂團」，並任團長，演出活動頻繁。一九五三年，在上海錄製潮箏《寒鴉戲水》唱片，上海民族樂團成立後，擔任古箏獨奏員。一九六○年，郭氏調上海音樂學院任教，並在南京藝術學院兼任教職，孫文妍、項斯華、范上娥、王昌元、張燕、郭雪君及涂永梅、尹群等著名箏家均得其教益。
GUO Ying
GUO Ying was born in 1914 in Chaoyang, Guangdong province and passed away in 2002 in Nanjing. He was also named GUO Ming-kun and was called “the master of Qinzheng Guan”. He learned the yehu at the age of thirteen and later learning the zheng from ZHUANG Yi-li and XIAO Yun-ge. In1931, he moved to Shanghai and lived there. He joined the Chaozhou societies in Shanghai. In 1941, he took a concert to introduce Chaozhou zheng music to the Shanghai community. In 1947, he often broadcast Chaozhou music in the radio stations. In 1950, he founded the Chaozhou Music Ensemble of Shanghai. In 1953, he made the recording of Ospreys Sporting with Water and later joined the new established Shanghai Traditional Orchestra as zheng soloist. In 1960, he was transferred to the Shanghai Conservatory and also taught in the Nanjing Institute of Arts. Many famous musicians were his students, such as SUN Wen-yan, HON See-wah, FAN Shang-e, WANG Chang-yuan, ZHANG Yan, GUO Xue-jun and TU Yong-mei. In 1987, the people’s music publishing house published the Chaozhou Zheng Tune Played by Guo Ying. In 1992, the Shanghai Musicians’ Association zheng specialized committee was founded, GUO Ying was elected for the president.