This book includes an introduction and 21 chapters in two parts, totaling nearly 500,000 Chinese characters and more than 200 photos and illustrations. The authors are first- and second-generation students of Professor Tian Liantao, many of whom are renowned scholars and experts in the field today. They focus on the teaching and academic development of Chinese ethnic minority music studies at the Central Conservatory of Music over the past 40 years, and comprehensively discuss Professor Tian Liantao's outstanding contributions to the development of the "three major systems" of Chinese ethnic minority music: discipline, scholarship, and discourse. The book offers a complete account of the development of the discipline under Professor Tian Liantao’s guidance, from its establishment to its growth, spanning across generations.