[戏说 / 戲說, xì shuōㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄛ] dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
[じょうだん(P);ぎだん(戯談)(ok);げだん(戯談)(ok), joudan (P); gidan ( gi dan )(ok); gedan ( gi dan )(ok)] (n, adj-no) (じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談) (See 笑談・しょうだん・2) jest; joke; funny story; (P)#13356