《水经注·卷二十八》
又往南流过邓县东北，河水的左边有一座骑城，周围二里余，高一丈六尺，就是骑亭，邓县是从前楚国的城邑，秦时立为县。
又南过县东北，沔水之左，有骑城，周回二里余，高一丈六尺，即骑亭也。县，故楚邑也。
To the south, it flows past the northeast of Deng County, and on the left side of the river there is a Qicheng, about two miles around and six feet high, which is the Qiting. Deng County was formerly a city in the state of Chu and became a county during the Qin Dynasty.