Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The 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
Performance literature
shuochang wenxue
說唱文學
Storytelling
pinghua, pingshu
評話, 評書
Hangzhou storytelling
Hangzhou pinghua
杭州評話

Di yi hui: Toupingju Wen Kang mai jiu, Jingyanggang Wu Song da hu, Di er hui: Chu menghu haohan li wei ming, ji changjie Dalang shou zhiru
第一回﹕透瓶居文康賣酒 景陽岡武松打虎 第二回﹕除猛虎好漢立威名﹐擠長街大郎受恥辱

Chapter One: Wen Kang Sells Wine in the Tavern of Flavour through the Bottle, Wu Song Fights a Tiger on Jingyang Ridge Chapter Two: Subduing the fierce tiger a good fellow makes his name, In the crowded street Wu the Elder is insulted
Stock phrases used in this version of the story:

話說 hua shuo The story says
這裡先表 zheli xian biao let's perform first
說書的 shuoshude storyteller
待說書的略表幾句 dai shuoshude lue biao jiju please, wait and let me, the storyteller, give a brief explanation
諸位 zhuwei listeners
且說 qie shuo meanwhile let us tell
正是 zheng shi indeed
不知...且聽下回分解 bu zhi ...qie ting xia hui fenjie as for how...please listen to the explabation of the next session (chapter)