Jiang Qingling
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Jiang Qingling, Female, Han, from Yangzhou, Jiangsu, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Yangzhou Storytelling (Ⅴ-2). The tradition is documented in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Within the regional tradition and school record of Yangzhou Storytelling in Yangzhou, Jiangsu: Three Kingdoms and Water Margin are two long programmes that are both deeply popular and have become schools in their own right. Those who performed Three Kingdoms during the Xianfeng and Tongzhi reigns of the Qing dynasty, most famous and most influential being Li Guohui and Lan Yuchun, were taken as models by later generations and were styled the "Li school" and the "Lan school". The eight disciples Li Guohui transmitted were known at the time as the "Eight Steeds"; among them Kang Guohua was renowned for his performance of the Kongming role and was called the "Living Kongming", and the style of performing Three Kingdoms that he founded is known as the "Kang school". The traditional programmes of Yangzhou pinghua fall into three classes: the historical and romance narratives Eastern Han, Western Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang, Water Margin and Yue Zhuan; the case-and-chivalry tales Green Peony, Baqiao Zhu, Jiu Lian Deng and Qingfeng Zha; and the myth-and-marvel tales Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West and The Biography of Ji Gong. The early book history of Yangzhou pinghua, which has no formal lineage of master-disciple transmission, is mostly recorded in the notes of Qing-dynasty writers and in oral transmission on the storytelling platform: during the Qianlong reign Pu Lin composed and performed Qingfeng Zha out of his own experience, Zou Bixian independently created the new book Feituo Zhuan, and Ye Shuanglin poured the frustration of his repeated failure in the imperial examinations into Yue Zhuan.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Jiang Qingling is anchored in the documented technical standards of Yangzhou Storytelling in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Within the documented technical tradition of Yangzhou Storytelling in Yangzhou, Jiangsu: Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "The Li and Lan schools of the Three Kingdoms": Li Guohui and Lan Yuchun founded the two classic schools of the Three Kingdoms; Li's eight disciples were called the eight steeds, and Kang Guohua's manner became the Kang school. "Wang school Water Margin": Wang Shaotang developed four ten-chapter cycles on Song Jiang, Wu Song, Shi Xiu and Lu Junyi, known as the Wang school Water Margin. "Qingfeng Gate and Pi Wu Lazi": Pu Lin's tale of low-life Yangzhou, centred on the rogue Pi Wu Lazi; Yang Mingkun learned it from Yu Youchun and published a hundred-episode version in 2015. "Deng Guangdong and the leaping Water Margin": Deng Guangdong earned the name leaping Water Margin for his vivid gesture and expression; the genre freely borrows from other arts and prizes vocal mimicry.
The Li and Lan schools of the Three Kingdoms
Li Guohui and Lan Yuchun founded the two classic schools of the Three Kingdoms; Li's eight disciples were called the eight steeds, and Kang Guohua's manner became the Kang school.
Wang school Water Margin
Wang Shaotang developed four ten-chapter cycles on Song Jiang, Wu Song, Shi Xiu and Lu Junyi, known as the Wang school Water Margin.
Qingfeng Gate and Pi Wu Lazi
Pu Lin's tale of low-life Yangzhou, centred on the rogue Pi Wu Lazi; Yang Mingkun learned it from Yu Youchun and published a hundred-episode version in 2015.
Deng Guangdong and the leaping Water Margin
Deng Guangdong earned the name leaping Water Margin for his vivid gesture and expression; the genre freely borrows from other arts and prizes vocal mimicry.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Jiang Qingling was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Yangzhou Storytelling, with Yangzhou, Jiangsu as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Yangzhou Storytelling in Yangzhou, Jiangsu: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2006 (batch 1), with Yangzhou, Jiangsu as its declared area, and Yangzhou Qu Yi Research Institute as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
The early book history of Yangzhou pinghua, which has no formal lineage of master-disciple transmission, is mostly recorded in the notes of Qing-dynasty writers and in oral transmission on the storytelling platform: during the Qianlong reign Pu Lin composed and performed Qingfeng Zha out of his own experience, Zou Bixian independently created the new book Feituo Zhuan, and Ye Shuanglin poured the frustration of his repeated failure in the imperial examinations into Yue Zhuan.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Litang | Jiangsu | 02-0709 | Other regional school |
| Li Xintang | Jiangsu | 02-0710 | Other regional school |
| Xing Yanchun | Suzhou, Jiangsu | 03-1152 | Other regional school |
| Huizhaolong | Yangzhou, Jiangsu | 03-1158 | Same declared area |
| Yang Mingkun | Yangzhou, Jiangsu | 05-2476 | Same declared area |
| Jiang Qingling | Yangzhou, Jiangsu | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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