The typesetting of cross talk can be roughly divided into the words "You have virtue, longevity and treasure civilization".
The crosstalk industry generally considers Dongfang Shuo of the Western Han Dynasty as its founder. However, the earliest crosstalk actor recorded in history is Zhang Sanlu. Internal sources also say that Zhu Shaowen is the founder. Because Zhu Shaowen made cross talk a complete art form, he is generally regarded as the oldest cross talk artist.
Zhu Shaowen has four apprentices, namely Poor Yougen, Fu Yougen, Xu Youlu and Fan Youyuan. They all have the character "you" in their stage names, which was decided by Zhu Shaowen.
Most of the crosstalk actors of later generations will also use typography when choosing their stage names. For example, their next generation, the so-called "Eight Virtues of Crosstalk", Yu Delong, Li Deyang, and Ma Delu, all have the character "De".
The generation with the character longevity is the next generation of Bade. For example, Ma Delu’s son, the famous cross talk artist Mr. Ma Sanli, is the generation with the character longevity. There are also the cross talk king Zhang Shouchen and the old master Guo Rongqi. These are all famous actors with the Chinese character longevity.
After longevity, Baozi comes. This is the golden age of cross talk. Hou Baolin, Liu Baorui, and Chang Baokun are all famous actors of Baozi generation.
The literary generation also has many good actors. Ma Ji, Hou Yaowen, Li Boxiang, and Gao Yingpei are all from the literary generation, and Zhang Wenshun, one of the founders of Deyun Society, is also from the literary generation.
Most of the current crosstalk actors are Mingzi, such as Guo Degang, Yu Qian, Gao Feng and others.
Extended information:
The "genealogy" of cross talk is equivalent to the "family member file" of the cross talk industry, which is also the so-called "family tree". It records the relationship between teachers and teachers of each cross talk actor, Affiliated to the sect and seniority. A "genealogy" not only reflects the vicissitudes of cross talk over the past century, but also reflects the endless vitality of cross talk art.
This "internal file" within the cross talk sect, which is not easily made public, has been exposed twice, once in the "Selected Collection of Tianjin Literary and Historical Materials" published by Mr. Ma Sanli in 1985, and again in 1995 "Crosstalk Actors' Teacher-Instructor Relationship List" published in "Chinese Crosstalk History".
Reference materials:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Crosstalk Genealogy