《南齐书·志·卷十八》
故鄣县有枫树枝杈相连，两棵树相距七尺，粗八围，离地面一丈高，仍相合成树，宛如一棵。
故鄣县枫树连理，两株相去七尺，大八围，去地一丈，仍相合为树，泯如一木。
There were two maple trees in Gushan Xian with interlaced branches, which were seven feet apart, had a circumference of eight feet, and were ten feet above the ground. The trees still formed a single tree, as if they were one and the same.