Blades, James (1992). Percussion Instruments and Their History. Bold Strummer. стр. 93. ISBN978-0933224612. „The origin of the gong is uncertain, but there seems little reason to doubt the claim of the Chinese whose tradition ascribes it to the country Hsi Yu between Tibet and Burma, where it is mentioned early in the sixth century in the time of Emperor Hsüan Wu (AD 500-515).”