Abstract:
The discovery of the Holy Bird Fu advanced the date of the birth of popular Fu back to the late West Han Dynasty. Accidentally, the words in the Hanpeng Fu on inscribed wooden slips unearthed at the ruins of beacon tower in the Han Dynasty at Majuanwan, Gansu, indicated that some popular Fu lines discovered were also handed down from the Han Dynasty. The shaping of the Fu was closely associated with the blind musician in the Qin Dynasty who was engaged in chanting and singing in the court, some of whose works were preserved in SHI KUANG. It was also connected with the farce actor who served in the court by telling stories and acting plays, some of which were found in YAN ZI CHUN QIU. To sum up, the popular Fu was a form of literature advanced mainly by the farce actor's writing.
