The early Republic-era figure Wu Chih-huei wrote a scroll couplet one New Year's during the War of Resistance Against Japan for a barbershop he frequently patronized. The scroll said, "My two fists can strike the heroes of the land, yet none dare resist; this knife has shaven the great, and all have bowed their heads before it."
民初名人吳稚暉，抗戰期間住在重慶陪都，某年除夕，特別為經常光顧的理髮廳撰寫一對春聯「憑我雙拳，打盡天下英雄，誰敢還手；就此一刀，剃遍世間豪傑，無不低頭。」