《水经注·卷三》
汉武帝元朔三年前，把这里封给代共王的儿子刘给，立为侯国，后汉时是西河郡的治所。
汉武帝元朔三年，封代共王子刘绾为侯国，后汉西河郡治也。
Three years before the Yuansuo period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this place was given to Liu Ge, the son of King Gong of Dai, and was made a vassal state. In the Eastern Han Dynasty it was the seat of the Western River Commandery.