Few expected much success for the new work, but in the last scene Wu Hsing-kuo, his body riddled with arrows, brought the audience to its feet in roaring applause when he plunged to the stage from a three-tall stack of tables. Some were even moved to tears. As one put it: "Imagine that! World-class theater right here in Taiwan!"
儘管演出前並不被看好，但當最後一幕，身中亂箭的吳興國，從 3 張疊高的桌子上縱身倒翻直墜而下時，觀眾全都起立鼓掌，許多人更激動落淚：「想不到，在台灣，居然看得到世界級的戲曲演出！」