Rumors of an "honorable discharge" had been floating around Peking opera circles for many years, but it always seemed to be a case of "crying wolf." The wolf never really appeared until a little over a year ago; hearsay finally came true.
裁撤之說早已在菊壇流傳了好幾年，卻總像喊「狼來了」，狼卻一直沒來。直到一年多前，傳說終於變成事實。