《史记·三十世家·陈涉世家》
周文，是陈县有名的贤人，曾经是项燕军中占卜时日吉凶的官员，也在楚相春申黄歇手下做过事，他自称熟习用兵，陈王就授给他将军印，命他带兵西去攻打秦朝军队。
周文，陈之贤人也，尝为项燕军视日，事春申君，自言习兵，陈王与之将军印，西击秦。
Zhou Wen, a renowned sage in Chen County, used to be an official in Xiang Yan's army who made divinations. He had also worked under Huang Xie, the Prime Minister of Chu. He claimed to be familiar with military strategy; King Chen bestowed him with a general's seal and sent him to lead an army westward to attack the Qin.