Qiuran Ke Zhuan (The Curly-Bearded Stranger) is a Tang-dynasty romance set in the late Sui, written by Du Guangting (850-933). In it, Curlybeard's friend Liu Wenjing, a Daoist master, plays a game of chess with Li Shimin (599-649), the future founding emperor of the Tang. Seeing Li's kingly poise and countenance, the Daoist says sadly: "This match is quite lost!"
唐傳奇小說《虯髯客傳》中，寫虯髯客的道兄劉文靜與李世民對弈，道士一見李世民神氣清朗，滿坐風生，慘然曰：此局全輸矣！