1. Educational function: Confucius believes that music plays an important role in education. He believes that music helps to cultivate people's virtue and morality, can reconcile emotions, cultivate sentiment and improve personal cultivation and quality.

2. Etiquette norms: Confucius believes that music should conform to etiquette norms. He emphasized that music should be expressed in a solemn and dignified way, avoiding too unrestrained or indulgent music style. He pursues the neatness, harmony and elegance of music.

3. Harmony and order: Confucius paid attention to the rhythm and melody of music. He believes that music should have a clear beat and a reasonable pitch to maintain a harmonious overall effect. He pursues the order and unity of music.

4. Listening cultivation: Confucius emphasized the cultivation of good listening cultivation. He believes that by appreciating elegant music, people can improve their aesthetic level and emotional accomplishment, thus becoming more perfect people.

5. Music and social harmony: Confucius believes that music is an important part of social harmony. He advocated that music should conform to the etiquette, promote the harmonious atmosphere of society, and play the role of education and influence.

The influence of Confucius' music thought on later generations

1, Social Etiquette: Confucius regarded music as a part of social etiquette, and he believed that music should conform to etiquette norms and promote social harmony. This concept has influenced the music creation and performance of later generations, prompting people to closely combine music with etiquette and celebration activities.

2. Music education: Confucius emphasized the importance of music in education. He believes that music helps to cultivate sentiment, morality and character. This concept urges educators in later generations to take music as an important part of school curriculum and bring it into the category of moral education.

3. Music aesthetics: Confucius pursues the neatness, harmony and elegance of music, and has high requirements for rhythm and temperament. This concept has influenced the musical aesthetic concept and creative style of later generations, and urged people to pursue harmonious musical expression and beautiful musical forms.

4. Inheritance of music culture: Confucius attached importance to and admired music, which made his music thoughts widely inherited and developed. Music theorists, educators and musicians of later generations were all inspired by Confucius' music thought, and they inherited, developed and integrated it into their own creative and educational practice.