ONE Introducfion 1.1 Yangzhou��The Birth Place of Yangzhou Storytelling 1.2 The Basis of the Yangzhou Storytelling of Rogue Pi Wu 1.3 Literature Review 1.4 Methodology TWO The Pu School of Pi Wu 2.1 The Pu School of Pi Wu in History 2.2 Sources of Inspiration for Pu Lin's Creation 2.3 Conclusion THREE Performance Space and the Audience 3.i Yang Mingkun and the Pi Wu Story House 3.2 The Tradition of Yangzhou Story House 3.3 The Development of Audience in Yangzhou Storytelling 3.4 Conclusion FOUR Narrative Features in Yang Mingkun's Performance 4.1 Preservation 4.2 Enrichment through Addition and Reduction 4.3 The Narration of Pi Wu in Yang's Story 4.4 Conclusion FIVE Phonetic and Syntactic Features of Yang Mingkun Performance Language 5.1 Phonetic Features of Yang's Performance Language 5.2 Syntactic Features of Yang's Performance Language 5.3 Historical-linguistic Value of Yang's Performance Language 5.4 Conclusion SIX Lexical Features of Yang Mingkun's Performance Language 6.1 Diction 6.2 Nong��Yalibuyaxia��Guaiguailongdidong and Huolodo 6.3 Comedic Elements 6.4 Conclusion SEVEN The Features of Acting by Yang Mingkun 7.1 Speaking Styles 7.2 Mouth Acrobatics��Look��Hand��Body and Step 7.3 Conclusion EIGHT Conclusion Bibliography