In the novel The Scholars, Fan Chin is invited to dinner by the county magistrate after passing the provincial examination, but refuses to take a seat. The magistrate immediately ordered the chopsticks with silver inlay to be changed for ivory chopsticks, but he still wouldn't sit at the table. Only when plain bamboo chopsticks were brought did Fan Chin happily tuck into the banquet.
在「儒林外史」中，范進中舉，知縣請他吃飯，但他卻不肯坐下，知縣見狀馬上命人把鑲銀的筷子換成象牙筷，那知他仍不肯吃，後來換上白竹筷，范進才歡喜地上桌大嚼山珍海味。