《水经注·卷三十五》
宋元嘉二年，卫将军荆州刺史谢晦拥兵于上流，被征北大将军檀道济打败，逃到这里，被戍主光顺之抓住。两水往南流到武城，都注入大江。
江之左有武口，水上通安陆之延头，宋元嘉二年，卫将军、荆州刺史谢晦，阻兵上流，为征北檀道济所败，走奔于此，为戍主光顺之所执处也。
In the second year of Song Yuangjia, Wei Jiangjun, Jingzhou governor Xie Hui, was defeated by Tan Daoji, General of the Northern Expedition, and fled here to be captured by the garrison master Guang Shunzhi. The two rivers flow southward to Wu City and enter the Yangtze River.