Chinese Storytelling Research Database 
Genre definition:     Oral Performances
koutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Performance genres
shuochang
說唱
Storytelling
pinghua, pingshu
評話, 評書
Yangzhou storytelling
Yangzhou pinghua
揚州評話


Wu Song da hu
武松打虎

Wu Song Fights the Tiger
Performed by Wang Shaotang
Fixed phrases used in this version of the story:

三碗不過崗
san wan bu guo gang
Three Bowls and You Cannot Cross the Ridge
太陽大偏西
taiyang da pian xi
the sun was slanting steeply towards the west
非止一日
fei zhi yi ri
it was not only one day
隔壁三家醉
gebi sanjia zui
it makes people tipsy three houses away
武松打虎
Wu Song da hu
Wu Song Fights the Tiger
橫海郡柴進留賓﹐景陽崗武松打虎
Henghaijun Chai Jin liu bin, Jingyanggang Wu Song da hu
Chai Jin entertains his guests in Henghai County, Wu Song fights a tiger on Jingyang Ridge
向西而去
xiang xi er qu
march towards the west
三碗
san wan
three bowls
打虎
da hu
fighting the Tiger
透瓶香
tou ping xiang
Flavour through the Bottle
捉月清
Zhuo yue qing
Clear like Seizing the Moon
應風倒
Ying feng dao
A Gust of Wind and You Collapse
倒算帳
Dao suanzhang
Collapse before paying
爺吃三十碗﹐挺身過崗
ye chi sanshi wan, ting shen guo gang
I can drink thirty bowls and still go straight across the ridge
酒色財氣
jiu, se, cai, qi
wine, sex, wealth and vigour
用無辜之氣
yong wugu zhi qi
use his strength on behalf of innocent people