I read two notes of Song people, Dongting Chinese Dream and Legend of Wulin, and I know that there were dozens of storytellers at that time. Since then, the name of the storyteller has not been known to people; It was not until recent years that people began to praise Liu Jingting's storytelling skills.

Liu Jingting is a native of Taizhou, Yangzhou Prefecture, whose real name is Cao. /kloc-he changed his surname to Liu at the age of 0/5 because he was quite fierce and violated the criminal law and should be sentenced to death. At that time, I fled to Xuyi City to teach books, which was already able to impress the citizens.

Later, after crossing the Yangtze River (to the south of the Yangtze River), a scholar named Mo Houguang from Songjiang Prefecture met him and said, "This man is witty and flexible, and can help him become famous with his acting skills." So he said to Liu Jingting, "Storytelling is a small skill, but it is also necessary to sketch and describe the character and modality of the characters, and to be familiar with the local customs."

Like Youmeng, he is good at satirizing in argot, singing and then achieving something. "LiuJingTing returned home to concentrate, study hard, think again and again, a month later, he went to see the Mo Houguang. Mo Houguang said, "You can make people laugh when you tell stories. "

After another month, Mo Houguang said, "You can make people cry by telling stories." After another month, Mo Houguang said admiringly, "You showed your feelings of sadness and joy before you spoke, which made the audience unable to control their feelings, which exceeded the general skills."

From then on, Liu Jingting told stories in Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinling and other places, and became famous among dignitaries. At the grand party in the luxurious hall, a person sat in a leisurely pavilion, and people scrambled to ask Liu Jingting to perform his skills. They were genuinely dissatisfied and said that he performed well.