AbstractThe high–temperature and high–pressure experiment on natural block rock indicates that dehydration–melting of hydrous biotite (Bi) and partial melting of felsic minerals in garnet–biotite–plagioclase gneiss are mainly controlled by temperature, while mineral phase transformation is not only controlled by temperature–pressure conditions but also genetically associated with hydrous mineral dehydration–melting and partial melting of felsic minerals. According to the characteristics of biotite dehydration–melting and garnet transformation reaction, three stages may be distinguished: (1) when the experimental temperature is 700°C, biotite transforms to ilmenite (Ilm) + magnetite (Mt) + H2O and garnet to magnetite (Mt); (2) when the temperature is 730–760°C, biotite is dehydrated and melted and transformed into K2O—rich melt + Ilm + Mt, and garnet, into hypersthene (Hy) + cordierite (Crd); (2) when the temperature is up to or higher than 790°C, biotite is dehydrated and melted and transformed into melt + Hy + Ilm + Mt, and garnet, into the hypersthene (Hy) + spinel (Sp) + cordierite (Crd) assemblage. The melt proportion and its evolutionary characteristics are mainly controlled by dehydration–melting of hydrous minerals and partial melting of felsic minerals besides P–T conditions; In addition to the traditional solid + solid (or fluid) reaction and dehydration—melting reaction, the metamorphic reaction involving melts (reaction between unmelted minerals and melts) is one of the most important reactions in granulite facies metamorphism and its attendant remelting (or regional migmatization). This experiment may provide dependable experimental data for an in–depth study of the genetic mechanism of mineral assemblage evolution and its geological dynamic significance in granulite facies metamorphism of the studied area.