Chinese Storytelling Research Database 
Genre definition:     Written genres for performance and reading
shumiande 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
Manchu gentry tales / Fast tales
zidishu/kuaishu
子弟書/快書


Wu Song da hu
武松打虎

Wu Song Fights the Tiger
Fixed phrases used in this version of the story:

武松打虎
Wu Song da hu
Wu Song Fights the Tiger
景陽崗山留名姓
Jingyanggangshan liu ming xing
on the mountain of Jingyang Ridge he won himself a name
齊眉棍
qimei gun
quarterstaff
三碗酒
san wan jiu
three bowls of wine
武行者
Wu xingzhe
Wu the Pilgrim
怒氣沖沖奔山口
nuqi chongchong ben shankou
he walked toward the mountain pass in a great fury
山君
shanjun
Lord of the Mountain
那武松
na Wu Song
that Wu Song
青石
qing shi
black rock
斑斕猛虎
banlan meng hu
mottled fierce tiger
該死的孽障
gaiside niezhang
damned monster
那只虎
nazhi hu
that tiger
張牙舞爪
zhang ya wu zhao
bared its teeth and flaunted its claws
擺尾搖頭
bai wei yao tou
swung its tail and swayed its head
好漢
hao han
good fellow
猛大蟲
meng da chong
fierce big beast
百獸之王
bai shou zhi wang
King of the Beasts
他替人民除了大害
ta ti renmin chule da hai
he did away with the evil for all the people