Taiheiki' was passed on from the medieval period by monogatari-so (storytelling priests) through taiheiki-yomi (taiheiki storytelling or storytellers) and was used as a text for primary study, later becoming one of the stories told in the kodan (vaudeville storytelling) of the Edo period.
「太平記」は中世から物語僧の「太平記読み」によって語られ、初等学問に置けるテキストの役割や江戸時代には講談で語られる物語の1つとなる。