Proper names

Proper names of persons and places signalize the basic plot ingredients to be expected in a certain story. Names of things also play a role and sometimes have the form of fixed phrases, e.g. the wine names of the tiger tale. The proper names are among the linguistic units that have the highest inter-textual currency, e.g.:

• Wu Song, Wu Song
• Jingyang Ridge, Jingyanggang
• Three bowls and you cannot cross the Ridge, San wan bu guo gang