《红楼梦》第四十七回有一段“斗牌”描写。小说中是这样描写的:一时鸳鸯来了,便坐在贾母下手,鸳鸯之下便是凤姐儿。铺下红毡,洗牌告幺,五人起牌。斗了一回,鸳鸯见贾母的牌已十严,只等一张二饼,便递了暗号与凤姐儿。凤姐儿正该发牌,便故意踌躇了半晌,笑道:“我这一张牌定在姨妈手里扣着呢。我若不发这一张,再顶不下来的。”薛姨妈道:“我手里并没有你的牌。”凤姐儿道:“我回来是要查的。”薛姨妈道: “Dream of Red Mansions,” the forty-seventh back has a “bucket card” description. The novel is described in this way: a time when the mandarin duck came, they sat sat Jia mother, under the mandarin duck is Feng Jie children. Lay red carpet, shuffle reported unitary, five from the card. After a fight, Yuanyang see Jiamu card has been ten strict, only waiting for a second cake, then handed the sign and Fengjie children. Sister Feng is the licensing, they deliberately hesitated for a long while, laughed: “I am a card set in the hands of my aunt buckle it .If I do not send this one, then top down.” : “I do not have your hand card. ” Fung elder sister said: “I was back to check.” Xue aunt said: