《笑林广记·殊禀部》
一个狡猾的人正好路过这里，看到这种情况，问清了原因，就说： 这笔账本来是非常难算的，没有别的办法，我就帮你们平分吧，我替你们先拿走一分，怎么样？ 
一日，乙欲剃头，命仆呼理发匠至，既至，仆乘机欲行拍马，乃上前禀主人曰： 理发匠已来，主人可要开刀否？ 
A cunning man happened to pass by and see this, and after asking about the reason, he said, "This account is originally very difficult to calculate. There is no other way. Let me help you divide it equally. Let me take an item first. How about that?"