In "the Analects of Confucius" and "the Book of Rites," there are descriptions that Confucius and his disciples favored playing Kin and put the highest value on it among all musical instruments.
孔子やその門人たちが琴を奏でることを好み、楽器の中でももっとも重用していたことが『論語』や『礼記』にみえる。