《水经注·卷三十》
从前袁术去九江，即将往东投奔袁谭，途经此浦，因而得名。又往东流经淮阴县老城北边，此城北濒淮水。
《地理志》所谓渠水也，西北至未口入淮。
In the past, when Yuan Shu went to Jiujiang, he was about to go east to join Yuan Tan. He passed through this Qupu, which was named after it. Then it flows east through the north of the old city of Huaiyin County, and the city is bordered by the Huai River in the north.