据《戒庵老人漫笔》说,过去的文人作文,很是看重润笔(现在的稿费)。曾有人向桑思玄求文章,因为关系密切,没有润笔。桑说:“我平生从来没有白作文字,这样最败兴。你可以先将一锭四五两银子放在我面前,等我兴致上来写完文章,再还给你也行。” According to “quit Omni Man Manbi” said that in the past the literati composition, it is valued fountain pen (now royalties). Someone had to Sang Si mysterious articles, because close, there is no fountain pen. Sang said: “I never had white characters in my life, so the most disappointing.You can put one ingot forty-two two silver in front of me, wait for my interest to finish the article, and then give it back to you.”