There are several versions of guzheng mountain stream.

"Mountain Flowing Water", music is very different from Qin music, and has no inheritance relationship with Guqin music. It is generally believed that it was created by guzheng artists after the Republic of China. His music is also based on Boya Guqin Meeting a bosom friend. There are many genres of music books. The most widely circulated and influential is the Biography of Zhejiang Wulin School, with elegant melody and meaningful charm, which has the appearance of "majestic mountains and flowing water". Shan Dong School's Mountain Flowing Water is an ensemble composed of four ditties, namely Qin Yun, Bai Feng Cui Zhu, Ye Jing Ling and Shu Yun. It is also called four-stage music and four-stage brocade. The Mountain Flowing Water of Henan School is based on the folk song Old Liu Ban, with a fresh and lively rhythm. Folk artists often play this song when they meet for the first time to show respect and make friends. As a guzheng music, "Mountains and Flowing Water" is one of the representative tracks.

However, there are three most common versions, one is Shandong Zheng School, the other is Zhejiang Zheng School and the other is Henan Zheng School. There are three versions because the tunes are completely different, not because of the different playing techniques.