In the past, gezai xi troupes never had scripts. Instead, they would decide on the day of the performance what story was to be performed, a man would hang out placards with the name of each scene, and the performers would wing it.
並將過去由說戲先生講戲的「幕表戲」改為「定本制」，這樣一來，劇本文學的地位提高，戲班的靈魂人物卻不再是名角要旦，而是劇本、導演。