Explanation of"Daxie Zhanwei"in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Southern Opera
"Zhan"presents an omitted expression of"Tie in Hu Yinju's version and the popular version of A Descriptive Catalogue of the Southern Opera,the two"Tie"characters are in reciprocal use because of their similar pronunciation,and"Wei"just presents the wrong form of"Tao"."Xietie"in Sanqu refers to the works with e rhyme in the entering tone.The size of"Xietie"is roughly classified by the number of rhymes of fifty,and The Se-lected Group Opera Tunes identified the division between big and small"Xietie".In terms of rhyme,people in the Ming Dynasty used"Xietie"but not"Chezhe",for they gave consideration to the tones and historical reasons.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Southern Operatranscript of Huang PilieXietie