清代文学家袁枚在《新齐谐》里记载了一个老“剩男”的故事。峨眉山有一个老樵夫,打柴为生,99岁时还是光棍儿一个。樵夫打来的柴,经常卖给山下一对做豆腐的吴姓夫妻,这对夫妻膝下只有一个女儿。这一天老吴要过60岁生日,提前跟樵夫约好,让他多送些 Yuan Mei, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, recorded an old “left man ” story in New Harmony. There is an old woodcutter Emei Shan, firewood for a living, 99 years old or a bachelor. Firewood called by a woodcutter was often sold to a couple of men and women who made tofu at the foot of the mountain. The husband and wife had only one daughter under their knees. Lao Wu this day to 60 years old birthday, advance agreement with the woodcutter, so he sent more