Xiefengqing, a short play of Taiheji in the Ming, is a story about how Liu Yuxi wrote a poem after drinking. Sheng Ming zaju, edited by Shen Tai, suggests that the author of Xiefengqing was Xu Shiquan (Xu Chao), though it was said that the author of Taiheji could be Yang Shen. Xu Chao was a degree holder in the Jiawu year of Jiajing period in the Ming (1935). The extant versions of Xiefengqing were transcribed and carved in 1603, 1624, and 1629 respectively in the Ming. The first two versions were collected in the anthologies of Ming drama. The first anthology, Qunyin leixuan, collected a simplified version of Xiefengqing; only taoshu and the text were included. The second anthology, Wanhuo qingyin, exclusively collected northern plays; Xishang tichun was the only play collected from the Ming. As all dialogues, text, and stage performance of Xishang tichun were included, this version features a process of becoming staged from a closet drama. The methodology of the article is to make comparison among different versions of Xiefengqing and thus to analyze the taoshu and stage arrangement of it. In terms of the methods, this article explores the features of how Xifengqing interpreted poems and composed intellectuals' anecdotes into plays. Moreover, based on the differences between Xiefenqing and Xishang tichun in dialogue, text, and types of roles, this article observes the changes of Ming short plays from being closet drama to staged plays with a discussion of the features of becoming staged in selected Ming short plays from Wanhuo qingyin.