The famous Ha Yuan-chang, actor of the aged male role says, "With a few exceptions water sleeves in various roles are based on a few basic principles. There are different styles such as the water sleeve movements found in the martial roles clearly have to be somewhat harder than those used in the civilian role."
名老生哈元章指出：「各種角色的水袖運用基本原理相差無幾，但在呈現時卻有不同的風貌，譬如武角所展示的水袖功夫，明顯的要比文角硬些。」像黑旋風李逵的水袖動作，就比「紅娘」裡的張生簡潔有力。