Chinese Storytelling Research DatabaseThe Wu Song Project
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
Drama literature
xiju wenxue
戲劇文學
Plays of the Marvellous
chuanqi
傳奇
Di si chu: Chu xiong
第四齣: 除兇
Act Four: Subduing the Beast
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