东坡有幕士，尝谓柳永词只合十七八女郎，执红牙板，歌“杨柳岸，晓风残月”：东坡词须关西大汉，铜琵琶，铁绰板，唱“大江东去”。东坡为之“绝倒”。
Dōngpō yǒu mùshì ，cháng wèi Liǔ Yǒng cí zhǐ hé shíqī bā nǚláng ，zhí hóngyábǎn ，gē “yángliǔ àn ，xiǎofēng cányuè ”：Dōngpō cí xū guānxī dàhàn ，tóng pípá ，tiě chuòbǎn ，chàng “dà jiāng dōng qù ”。dōngpō wèi zhī “juédǎo ”。
One day Su Dongpo came upon a officer who was skilled at singing, so he asked, "How do my ci compare with those of Liu Yong?". He replied, "Liu Yong's ci are only suitable for girls of 17 or 18 to sing, holding their ivory clappers and singing 'a river bank covered in willow trees, with the cold breeze before the dawn', the ci of a scholar like yourself requires a great man from West of the Hangu Pass, using a bronze pipa, a pair of iron clappers, singing 'The River Surges Eastward'." Su Dongpo gave a hearty laugh, not knowing how to react.