Performance
Wang Xiaotang (王篠堂)
Recorded
Vibeke Børdahl (易德波)
Support
Audio Tape (Private collection of Vibeke Børdahl)
Abstract
This version of the tiger story, told by Wang Xiaotang in 1992, begins very much in the same way as the previous, told thirty years earlier by Wang Shaotang, his father. Here we bring an extract from the passage where Wu Song meets the tiger on Jingyang Mountain.
Note
The performance is published in English and Chinese in Børdahl 1996, and in Børdahl and Ross 2002. It is published in Danish in Børdahl 2004.
Wu Song content
Storyline
Prose verse
Narrator Type
Fixed phrases
搖頭擺尾﹐張牙舞爪
yao tou bai wei, zhang ya wu zhua
爺吃三十碗﹐挺身過崗
ye chi sanshi wan, ting shen guo gang
明知山有虎﹐偏向虎山行
ming zhi shan you hu, pian xiang hu shan xing
君子一言﹐快馬一鞭
junzi yi yan, kuai ma yi bian
店東部攔﹐地保不阻
diandong bu lan, dibao bu zu