《宋书·志·卷二十九》
宋文帝元嘉十三年四月辛孔日，武昌县章山的水边土层白开现出神鼎，江州刺史南谯王刘义宣献给朝廷。
宋文帝元嘉十三年四月辛丑，武昌县章山水侧自开出神鼎，江州刺史南谯王义宣以献。
On the day of the xin-kong of the fourth month of the thirteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, a magical cauldron emerged from the white soil layer by the waterside of Zhang Mountain in Wuchang County, and the governor of Jiangzhou, King Liu Yixuan of Nanqiao, presented it to the court.