唐朝大臣牛僧孺所著《玄怪录》卷三中有橘仙的趣闻:传说四川巴邛一户殷实人家,拥有一片橘园,年年硕果累累,获利颇丰。一年秋天,橘树突然长出两只巨橘,硕大无比。剖开一看,橘内无瓤无籽,只见两位老叟端坐其中,相对进行象棋游戏,谈笑风生,棋兴正浓。有人叩问:橘中奕棋,感受如何? The anecdotes of the Orange Fairy in the third book of the Tang Dynasty Minister Niu Xiu’s Mysterious Encyclopedia: It is said that the Sichuan Baba family has an honest family and an orange grove, which is fruitful and profitable. In the fall of the year, the orange tree suddenly grows two giant oranges, which are extremely large. Cut open to see, there are no seeds in the orange seedless, I saw two old man sitting in one of them, the relative chess game, laughing, chess is strong. Someone asked this question: How do you feel when you play chess in orange?