《明湖居听书》是从《老残游记》第二回《历山山下古帝遗踪明湖湖边美人绝调》节选下来的。在本文开始之前,有两个自然段与本文关系很密切,值得一顾。一段是写老残在济南大街上见到一个“说鼓书”的招贴,并听到两个挑担子的人说:“明儿白妞说书,我们可以不必做生意,来听书吧。”又听到铺子里有人说道:“前次说书是你告假的,明儿的书,应该我告假了。”这些街谈巷议,引起老残心中诧异:“白妞是何许人?说的是何等样书?为甚一纸招贴,便举国若狂如此?”紧 “Minghu Habitat Book” was selected from the “Retrospection of the Old Man” and the second “Limeshan Mountain ancient emperor traces the beauty of the lake”. Before the beginning of this article, there are two natural paragraphs that are closely related to this article and are worthy of consideration. One paragraph is to write a remnant on the street in Jinan to see a “drum book” poster, and heard the two bear the burden of the people said: “Minger Bai Ni said, we can not do business, to listen to it.” I heard someone in the shop say: “The last time the story book was your leave of absence, and the book of Ming’er was supposed to leave me.” These streets talked about and caused the elder heart to be surprised: “What is the white girl? What kind of book is it? A poster placard, so if the country is so crazy?"