《水经注·卷三十三》
常球说：胸忍县在巴东郡西二百九十里，县治就在老县城，坐落在山坡上，南濒大江；大江南岸有方山，山呈方形，十分陡峭，一侧濒江。
常璩曰：县在巴东郡西二百九十里，县治故城，跨其山阪，南临大江。江之南岸有方山，山形方峭，枕侧江濆。
Chang Qiu said: Xiong'an County is 290 miles west of Badong County. The county seat is located in the old county seat, on the hillside and on the south bank of the Yangtze River. There is a square mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The mountain is square and very steep. On one side of the river.