歐陽修作為北宋重要文人，各領域的成就為歷來研究者關注。其藝術美學的論述，集中於書畫、音樂的見解，於音樂方面特別偏好古琴，不僅藏琴、學琴，亦與當代琴士往來，一生與琴相伴，於詩文中反應於「琴意」的表現。故本文披檢歐陽修與古琴有關作品，認為歐陽修早年有志於儒者抱負，透過琴意展現復古精神，及音樂的社會功能性，但隨其政治理念難以實現，與晚年老病纏身的影響，於琴意則表現出無奈、孤獨感。又，宋代文人的藝術生活較前代豐富，於古琴藝術則表現出多元面貌，除以歐陽修作為代表的文人外，亦有道士、僧侶之琴人系統，形成多音交響的特色。歐陽修雖基於復古，但亦能將音樂之形式與內容加以分離，各別觀照，顯示其美學自覺的傾向。

Ouyang Xiu was the Northern Song Dynasty important writer. His each domain’s achievement has always researcher’s attention. His artistic estheticism’s elaboration, concentrates in the calligraphy, painting and music. Likes the guqin specially in music aspect. Not only collects the qin, to study the qin, but also communicates with the contemporary qin gentleman. His life with qin accompanying, responds “meaning of qin” in his article the performance. Therefore this article approves examines Ouyang Xiu and the guqin related work, thought that Ouyang Xiu was ambitious long ago in the Confucian scholar aspiration, unfolds by “meaning of qin” restores the old the spirit, and music social functionality. But realizes with difficulty along with its political idea, is encumbered the influence with the old age prolonged illness, in “meaning of qin” displays the helpless, the lonely feeling. Before Song Dynasty writer’s art life, generation of rich, displays the multi-dimensional appearance in the guqin art, divides Ouyang Xiu to take representative outside the writer, also has qin of person system the Taoist priest, the clergy, forms the multi-sound symphony the characteristic. Although Ouyang Xiu based on restores the old, but can also separates form and the content the music, the different contemplation, demonstrates its esthetics aware tendency.