The chapter "Huaji Liezhuan" (" Biographies of Interesting People ") in the Shi Ji (Records of the Grand Historian) records that King Zhuang of Chu's beloved horse grew ill and died, and he planned to conduct a luxurious funeral for the horse in the manner performed for a high-level official.
《史記》的「滑稽列傳」曾記載，楚莊王的愛駒病死，他打算以大夫之禮厚葬之，左右大臣力諫不成。