《笑林广记·殊禀部》
有个戏班子演完《琵琶记》后，又接着演《关公斩貂蝉》，乡下人看了哭泣说： 好个孝顺的媳妇辛苦了一生，竟被那红脸蛮子害死了。 
有演《琵琶记》者，而找《关公斩貂蝉》者。乡人见之泣曰： 好个孝顺媳妇，辛苦了一生，竟被那红脸蛮子害了。 
After a troupe of actors finished performing "The Peony Pavilion", they went on to perform "Guan Gong Beheads Diao Chan". The villagers watched and cried, "What a filial daughter-in-law has worked hard all her life, only to be killed by that red-faced barbarian!"