《明史·列传·卷一百八十八》
文炳的母亲杜氏闻知，即命侍女找一些丝绳在楼上做七八个环，命家僮在楼下堆积薪柴，随即又派老仆郑平去把李氏、吴氏二女接回来，对她们说： 我们母女同死于此。 
文炳母杜氏闻之，即命侍婢简笥绦于楼上，作七八缳，命家僮积薪楼下，随遣老仆郑平迎李氏、吴氏二女归，曰： 吾母女同死此。 
Wenbing's mother, Du, heard the news and immediately ordered her maidservant to find some silk ropes and make seven or eight loops upstairs. She ordered the servants to pile up firewood on the ground floor and immediately sent the old servant Zhengping to bring back her two daughters, Li and Wu. She said to them: "We will die together here."