《明史·志·卷六十》
然而有人认为高堰应当溃决，臣认为是保护淮、扬的屏障，必定不可缺少。
而谓高堰当决者，臣以为屏翰淮、扬，殆不可少。
"It would be better, therefore, to open the Chou Bridge, about fifty li to the south of it, so that the waters may be discharged into the Tsao-tzu Lake which should be laboriously dredged, so that one stream flowing from it by the Chin family Bay may be led into the Mang Pa River, and so discharged into the Yang-tse, while the other flowing by the Tze-ying Gutter may be led into the Kuang-yang Lake and so into the sea. Then a large portion of the upper waters of the Huai would have a channel opened out for them."