Written genres for performance and readingshumiande biaoyan diben yu duwuxingde zhonglei
書面的表演底本與讀物性的種類
Performance literature
shuochang wenxue
說唱文學
Storytelling
pinghua, pingshu
評話, 評書
Hangzhou storytelling
Hangzhou pinghua
杭州評話
Written genres for performance and reading| Northern Song | The chaotic society of Northern Song and the corruption at court |
| Wu Song and Wu the Elder | The background of the brothers, Wu the Elder and Wu Song |
| Wounding a man | Wu Song (in a fit of drinking) has wounded/killed a man |
| Flight from home | Wu Songs flight from his home town |
| Staying with Chai Jin | Wu Song meets Song Jiang at Chai jin's manor |
| Praising Wu Song | Wu Song's extraordinary character is praised |
| Travelling home | Wu Song travels via Yanggu District on his way back home |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |