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
Fuzhou storytelling
Fuzhou pinghua
福州平話



Jingyanggang Wu Song da hu
景陽崗武松打虎

Wu Song Fights the Tiger on Jingyang Ridge
Episodes included in this version of the story:

Wu Song and Wu the Elder The background of the brothers, Wu the Elder and Wu Song
Flight from home Wu Songs flight from his home town
Staying with Chai Jin Wu Song meets Song Jiang at Chai jin's manor
Travelling home Wu Song travels via Yanggu District on his way back home
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
Refusing a prostitute Wu Song rebuffs the advances of a village prostitute and is attacked by her pimp
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 victim The hunters tell about one of their colleagues who was killed by the tiger
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.
Meeting Wu the Elder Wu Song meets his elder brother in the street