As examples, Li took Yang Hsiao-lou and Hao Chen-chi, two actors who specialized in acting the Monkey King.
李桐春表示，同樣是四進士裡老謀深算、為友洗冤的宋士傑，馬連良演來「險、奸、損、壞」，麒麟童唱來則「乾、耿、倔、藏（音葬，北方話彆扭之意）」，於是「南麒北馬」，皆成一代宗師。他又舉猴戲為例。