京剧中有一出宋代故事戏《乌盆记》,剧情是这样的:家在河南南阳太平庄的商人刘世昌,在外地经营绸缎生意,赚了许多钱。一天,他携仆人回家,途中行至定远县界东大洼,遇大雨,借宿于一个叫赵大的家中。赵大夫妇是烧制瓦盆的个体户,小本生意,见到刘世昌行囊中有许多银两,便生歹意。晚间,夫妇二人假意招待刘世昌主仆,在酒中下了老鼠药,将刘世昌主仆害死,并将尸骨剁烂,掺上土,烧成一个黑色的瓦盆。当地有个叫张别古的老者,以 Peking Opera has a story of the Song Dynasty, “Wu basin,” the story is this: home in Henan Nanyang Taipingzhuang businessman Liu Shichang, operating in the field of satin business, made a lot of money. One day, he brought his servant home and traveled to Dingyuan County on the way to East Dawa. In case of heavy rain, he borrowed money from a home named Zhao Da. Zhao and his wife are fired pots of self-employed, small business, to see Liu Shichang luggage in many silver two, students malicious. In the evening, the couple entertained Liu Shichang, master and servant, and took the rat poison in the wine. They killed the chief servant Liu Shichang and chopped the rotten bones of the bones into a black tile basin. There is a local old man called Zhang, to