The life of Liu Jingting, a famous storyteller in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties

Liu Jingting, born Cao, named Yongchang, named Wei Xiao, born in Yuxi Town, Nantong, died at 1587 at the age of 83. He was a famous storyteller in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and his storytelling style was praised by later generations and imitated by others. Huang Zongxi, a famous scholar, made a biography for him. One by one, listen to me.

Portrait of Liu Jingting

Huang Zongxi, one of the five great masters of that period, once made a biography of Liu Jingting and praised his storytelling skills. In his biography, Huang Zongxi described Liu Jingting's life, including his early life, artistic attainments, and circumstances in his later years. Liu Jingting's real name is Cao. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, he committed a capital crime because of his arrogance and fierceness. Later he was exiled and changed his surname to Liu. He lives by telling stories in the street. Later, when he crossed the river to the south, he met Mo Houguang, a teacher who was very helpful to his storytelling career, and gave guidance in storytelling, which enabled Liu Jingting to keep up with a higher level in storytelling and even surpassed Mo Houguang in storytelling in his later years.

After receiving guidance, Liu Jingting told stories in Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other big cities, and became famous among dignitaries for a time. You can see him telling stories everywhere and hear his impassioned stories. Sometimes in the magnificent hall, sometimes in the leisurely courtyard, people are scrambling to ask Liu Jingting to perform his skills. No one said that he didn't perform well, but they all admired his skills psychologically.

Qian Qian is a superb storyteller, Liu Jingting is not the best, and Huang Zongxi is his biography, which aims to tell later scholars to seek truth from facts when writing biographies about things, and not to exaggerate characters at will. But this biography is about Liu Jingting.

Liu Jingting Zhe

Liu Jingting, born Cao, named Yongchang, named Wei Xiao, born in Yuxi Town, Nantong, died at 1587 at the age of 83. He was a famous storyteller in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and his storytelling style was praised by later generations and imitated by others. Come and see his life with me.

Portrait of Liu Jingting

Liu Jingting, formerly known as Cao Yongchang, was invaded by Jin people in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Cao Shi went to Changshu. From the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to the first year, the clan moved eastward, and Cao Shi settled in Tongzhou Yu Xichang to avoid chaos. After many years, I have been living in Yuxi Market in Tongzhou. My grandfather and father do business in Yuxi town to provide food and clothing for their families, and my uncle does business between Taizhou and Yuxi. The whole family is mainly engaged in business. Later, according to his grandfather's will, he moved to Taizhou with his father, helped his uncle to do business, and became famous as a storyteller, so later generations thought he was from Taizhou, but he was not.

Liu Jingting was very naughty when he was young, and he was no different from a gangster. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, he committed the crime of beheading. Because Taizhou prefect excused himself from the death penalty, he has been living abroad. It's interesting to listen to artists telling books during their escape. I also talked about books on the market based on some street gossip, but I didn't expect them to be very popular with the public. In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, when he crossed the river and rested under a willow tree, he thought that he was still a fugitive, and it was too easy to reveal his name when telling stories. He couldn't help wetting his eyes. He immediately decided to change his name to Liu and Jingting. Because his face is pockmarked, the world also calls him pockmarked Liu. Since then, a famous critic Liu Jingting has appeared in history.

Liu Jingting tells stories.

Liu Jingting, born Cao, named Yongchang, named Wei Xiao, born in Yuxi Town, Nantong, died at 1587 at the age of 83. He was a famous storyteller in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and his storytelling style was praised by later generations and imitated by others. Learn his storytelling art with me.

Pictures of Liu Jingting's storytelling

Liu Jingting was a big family in his early years. In order to escape the war, Cao Shi moved to Yu Xichang. The family lives on their grandfather and father who are in business. Later, under the command of grandpa, Liu Jingting moved to Taizhou with his father to help his uncle manage the family business. As a teenager, Liu Jingting was restless and easy to get into trouble. /kloc-committed a capital crime at the age of 0/5, was pardoned by the prefect, and began his storytelling career. At first, Liu Jingting just thought telling stories was interesting, so he tried to talk about unofficial history in the street, but it was very popular. Later, crossing the river south, I thought I was still a fugitive, so I changed my name. Since then, the name of Liu Jingting's storytelling has been handed down forever.

Liu Jingting got the guidance of Mo Houguang in Yun Jian (now Shanghai), and his storytelling skills have been greatly improved. Then I went to Yangzhou and Hangzhou to tell stories. Liu Jingting's bibliography, although taken from ready-made novel scripts, is not scripted. Yan's novel "Liu Mazi" notes: "The head of the department is a hero, and the position is different from that of the official"; According to Zhang Dai's Commentary on a Jingting Pavilion in Mengliu, Tao An, he said that "Song Wu killed a tiger" in The Water Margin said that when he heard Liu Jingting say that Song Wu killed a tiger, he felt that it was different from this biography. It shows that he made great changes to the original text and formed his own style when he performed. At the same time, he said that the performance in the book is very delicate, and he will also modify the original work and add his own opinions, love and hate, so as to increase the interest. The characteristics of his storytelling have been imitated by later storytellers.

Liujingting park

Taizhou Liujingting Park is located in the former residence of Liu Jingting in Hailing District, Taizhou City. Liu Jingting was a famous critic artist in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The park has been under construction since the beginning of 1985, covering an area of ***50 mu, of which paddy fields account for about 15 mu. Follow me and show you its beauty.

Photo of Liu Jingting Park

This park is located on the south bank of Hecheng River, surrounded by weeping willows and reeds. In season, catkins fly and reeds are all over the sky, which is beautiful. There are trees in the park, which is a good place for walking and enjoying the cool. Imagine how much you don't like summer afternoons, the rustling in the shade and the cicadas in the noisy city. Willow surrounded from the inside out, in the season when catkins are in full bloom, the breeze blows, only to feel that it snows unconsciously. The deeper you go into the park, the quieter you feel. When you are tired and want to have a rest and indulge, this park is definitely a unique place to go.

When you are hungry, come to a cage of crab yellow soup packets, which are thin and stuffed and delicious. You can't ask for better food! Tired, Taizhou Hotel, which has received foreign tourists many times, has always received rave reviews. Clean and tidy, comfortable and elegant, there are more than 20 Chinese and western restaurants, and there are not enough crab soup bags, so there are delicious feasts you can't expect. After dinner in the evening, I walked on the tree-lined path in the moonlight and looked around. So did the moonlight on Zhu Ziqing's lotus pond. When you leave, take two bags of local famous snacks, Pisces brand pork breast, which is convenient to carry and store. Thin skin, fragrant meat, delicious taste, exported to all parts of the country, and even parts of Southeast Asia. Whether it is for people or for yourself, it is the best choice.