In the old books, however, Ying-t'ai travels by boat, and instead of leaping into a crevice in the ground, as in the movie, she throws herself into towering waves. Ying-t'ai's death for love was evaluated in different ways by the old authors.
而根據所有的記載，英台出嫁、繞道祭墓都是搭船；英台殉情時的情形也不同於電影中的山崩地裂，而是巨浪滔天。