Northern Song | The chaotic society of Northern Song and the corruption at court |
Heroes of Mount Liang | The Water Margin heroes |
Wu Song and Wu the Elder | The background of the brothers, Wu the Elder and Wu Song |
Knocking out a salt-seller | Wu Song drinks in a tavern in Qinghe and knocks out a salt-seller |
Wounding a man | Wu Song (in a fit of drinking) has wounded/killed a man |
Qinghe court | Wu Song pleads guilty |
Exiled | Wu Song is exiled to Yunnan by the Qinghe magistrate |
Yanggu court | The magistrate of Yanggu announces an award for killing the tiger on Jingyang Ridge |
Taking leave with sister-in-law and brother | Before setting out, Wu Song visits his home and takes leave with his sister-in-law and brother |
Meeting the hunters of Yanggu | On his trip to Yunnan, Wu Song drinks in several taverns, arrives at Jingyang Ridge and meets the hunters |
Fighting the Five Tigers | Wu Song destroys a group of local despots called the Five Tigers in the Dong Family Temple in Shandong |
Flight from home | Wu Songs flight from his home town |
Staying with Chai Jin | Wu Song meets Song Jiang at Chai jin's manor |
Wu Dalang in trouble | Wu Dalang narrowly escapes punishment on behalf of Wu Song who has slain the burglars in Dong Family Village and left his hometown |
The flight of Wu Dalang and his wife | Because of a drought Wu Dalang and his wife flee from home and settle in a town close to Ximen Qing’s mansion |
The letter from home | Wu Song receives news from his brother and decides to travel home |
Departure | Wu Song leaves for home under much festivity |
Praising Wu Song | Wu Song's extraordinary character is praised |
Travelling home | Wu Song travels via Yanggu District on his way back home |
Hunters on duty | The hunters from Yanggu County are on duty to kill the tiger |
Jingyang Town and the tiger | Jingyang Town in a desperate situation under the threat of the tiger |
Hunters in dire straits | The hunters of Jingyang District are punished by the magistrate for not being able to catch the tiger |
The tavern | Wu Song rests in a tavern, drinking a strong wine |
Short of money | Wu Song has used up his last silver and tries to pay for the wine with his bundle |
The Quarrel | The waiter and the innkeeper quarrel over Wu Songs tip |
The warning | The innkeeper/waiter warns Wu Song about a tiger on Jingyang Ridge |
The inscribed tree | An inscription on the trunk of a tree prohibits the crossing because of the tiger |
Refusing a prostitute | Wu Song rebuffs the advances of a village prostitute and is attacked by her pimp |
The proclamation | The official warning about the tiger, pasted to a temple wall |
The rock | Wu Song falls asleep on a flat rock along the mountain track |
The wind | A gust of wind (awakens Wu Song from his sleep) |
The tiger appears | The tiger appears |
The Prey of the Tiger | The hunting methods of the tiger |
The Tiger's Love Story | The unhappy love story of the tiger |
Three ways | The tiger has three ways to intimidate people |
Breaking the staff | Aiming for the tiger with his staff, Wu Song (misses and) breaks it |
The fighting | The fighting between man and beast |
The killing | The tiger is killed |
Two tigers | As Wu Song is on his way down the ridge, two tigers come out from the brushes |
The hunters | Hunters (dressed in tiger's fur) meet Wu Song |
The victim | The hunters tell about one of their colleagues who was killed by the tiger |
Redeemed | The magistrate of Yanggu redeems Wu Song's crime, because of his deed of killing the tiger |
The reward | The hunters take Wu Song to the District Magistrate to fetch the reward for killing the tiger. Wu Song is also given a post as a captain. |
The tiger parade | Wu Song is honored with a tiger parade and Wu the Elder is among the crowd |
Meeting Wu the Elder | Wu Song meets his elder brother in the street |
Returning to Qinghe | Wu Song returns to Qinghe in triumph and is received by his sister-in-law |