The gambling of literati was much more cultured. They competed in fine arts (like horticulture, chess, painting, and poetry), and ended by toasting one another. In the Sung dynasty, the married couple of Li Ching-chao and Chao Ming-cheng would make tea at home, then decide precedence in drinking the tea by pointing at books and betting on what was on a certain page in a certain volume.
至於文人之賭則雅緻多了，有的賽花卉、有的比琴棋才藝，最後相互請酒；而宋朝李清照、趙明誠夫婦在家中煮茶，指著堆積的書冊，考某某事在某書某卷第幾頁第幾行以決勝負，來決定飲茶先後，賭得饒富情趣，又可怡情養性，自有另一番境界。