Hymn of Idleness is one of Maestro Liu Tianhua’s top ten erhu music works. The piece was composed during the summer vacation of 1928. This music reflected an era; it also echoed the composer’s sentiments. Maestro Liu was relatively comfortable in his life and pinned hope when the “National Music Improvisation Society” was set up, though faced with extreme difficulties at that time. He composed Hymn of Idleness under this ambivalence.