古琴曲《归去来辞》作者说法不一，据《太音传习》中记载，此曲是后人根据陶渊明的《归去来兮辞》而作。另一种说法据《阳春堂琴谱》记载：“按斯曲乃晋陶潜所作也。”
此首曲子流传较为广泛，超过三十部古谱皆有收录。取高节之风，旋律中正平和，以方正和畅，澹逸旷达为意趣，亦为佳作。
Of the legends attributed to Tao Yuanming, the Six Dynasties poet who gave up his role as a government official to live as a recluse, there is one that concerns the qin. Tao was said to have kept a qin, the seven-stringed zither which is today called the guqin, without strings on his wall. In a famous couplet, he wrote:
“If one grasps the deeper meaning of the qin, then why string it or try to make sounds?
Tao Yuanming's revered poem "Return Home 归去来辞 (Gui qu lai ci)" powerfully conveys his desire to leave bureaucratic life for the simplicity and authenticity ...