《明史·志·卷六十二》
御史尹良任又说： 孟渎通过长江流入黄家港，水面虽然广阔，长江水流很平稳，从这里到达泰兴而又到达湾头、高邮只有二百余里，可以避免瓜、仪不可揣测的灾难。
御史尹良任又言： 孟渎渡江入黄家港，水面虽阔，江流甚平，由此抵泰兴以达湾头、高邮仅二百馀里，可免瓜、仪不测之患。
The Supervisory Officer, Yin Liang Ren, said again: Meng Du leads from the Yangtze River to the Huangjia Port, the water surface, although vast, has very calm currents in the Yangtze River, reaching Taixing from here, and then to Wan Tou, Gaoyou, over two hundred li, this can avoid the disasters that Gua and Yi cannot foresee.