A British general who occupied Peking during the Boxer Rebellion and made off with a painting from the palace was said to have believed that the jade batons around which the painting was rolled must be very valuable to have been wrapped in such "fancy silk." (Traditional Chinese paintings were painted on silk.)
據說當年英法聯軍攻佔北平的時候，一位洋軍官從宮中搶走了一幅卷軸。誰知此兄並不識中國書畫，卻看上了畫軸二端所鑲玉飾。