The makers of the Three Kingdoms television series originally intended to render the wooden ox as a wheelbarrow, but the director asserted that this would contradict the popular interpretation. It was decided to make a four-legged version instead.
大陸所製作的電視連續劇「三國演義」，編劇原本便是根據主流派說法，以獨輪車來呈現「木牛流馬」，但是導演不同意，認為與民間傳說不符，才重新製作四隻腳的木牛流馬道具。