For her as a celebrated player of ch'ing-i roles to lend her star status to Wu Hsing-kuo, a player of elderly lao-sheng roles, was strictly a breach of dramatic etiquette and many drama fans urged her against it.
一來要她以初嶄頭角的青衣名角之尊，為老生吳興國「跨刀」，實在是出了梨園的規矩，許多戲迷勸她不要嘗試。