《明史·志·卷六十四》
宋转运使王纯臣曾经令苏州、湖州百姓修筑田埂抵挡洪水，百姓感到非常有利。
宋转运使王纯臣尝令苏、湖作田塍御水，民甚便之。
Wang Chuchen, the Song Dynasty's Transport Envoy once ordered the people of Suzhou and Huzhou to build embankments to block the flood, and the people found this very useful.