《元史·列传·卷四十七》
使臣大怒，斥责王磐，限三日内捕尽蝗虫。王磐不理他，亲率役夫到田间去观察，设法捕捉，三天内蝗虫灭尽，使臣大惊，以为他是神仙。
使者怒，责磐状，期三日尽捕蝗，磐不为动，亲率役夫走田间，设方法督捕之，三日而蝗尽灭，使者惊以为神。
The envoy was furious and reprimanded Wang Pan, giving him a three-day deadline to catch all the locusts. Wang Pan ignored him and personally led laborers to the fields to observe the situation and try to catch the pests. Within three days, all the locusts were eliminated and the envoy was astonished, thinking that he was a god.