《新五代史·列传·杂传第三十一》
颖州与淮西是邻境，多次受到秦宗权进攻，奋力作战抵御秦宗权，秦宗权把河南各州全部攻陷，惟独壬敬萎不能攻克，因此颖州附近各州的百姓，都依仗王敬莞躲避贼人。
颍州与淮西为邻境，数为秦宗权所攻，力战拒之，宗权悉陷河南诸州，独敬荛不可下，由是颍旁诸州民，皆依敬荛避贼。
Yinzhou and Huaibei are neighboring areas, which has been under Qin Zongquan's attack many times. He fought hard to resist Qin Zongquan. Qin Zongquan captured all the states in Henan, but only Ren Jingwei could not be captured. Therefore, the people in the states near Yinzhou all relied on Wang Jingwan to hide from the bandits.