《徐霞客游记·粤西游日记十三》
又向西走五六里，就见柳江自南往北流，就是绕到府城东面的江滨了。
又西五、六里，则柳江自南而北，即郡城东绕之滨矣。
After another five or six kilometers westward, the Li River comes into my view, flowing north from the south. It is the section of the river that flows around the east side of the county.