讲史是宋元“说话”的主要家数。和以往的历史传说不同，讲史规模宏大，体系完整，内容丰富。讲史的兴盛，和宋代史学的通俗化、普及化有着密切的关系，史籍的流布和历史知识的普及，为讲史提供了广泛的群众基础，也为讲史艺人提供了丰富的素材和可资借鉴的叙事技巧，并随之产生了有关讲史的评价尺度。 Speaking history is the main number of “talking” in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Different from the past historical legends, the history of large scale, system integrity and rich content. The prosperity of history is closely related to the popularization and popularization of historiography in the Song Dynasty. The distribution of historical records and the popularization of historical knowledge provide a broad mass foundation for history, and provide rich material for historical artists. Capital draws on the narrative skills, and the resulting evaluation of the history about the scale.