《明史·列传·卷一百七十八》
宸濠将金钱布帛犒赏士卒，要他们做殊死战斗，形势对朝廷官军不利，而王守仁采用冕的建议，以小船装芦苇，驶近贼舰，乘风举火，使宸濠兵大惊，被烧死溺死者无数。
濠尽出金制犒士，殊死战，官军不利。冕密白守仁，以小艇实苇于中，拟建昌人语，就贼舰，乘风举火。濠兵大惊，遂溃败，焚溺死者无算。
Chen Hao rewarded his soldiers with money and silk cloth and asked them to fight to the death. The situation was unfavourable to the imperial troops, however Wang Shouren adopted Men’s suggestion, filling small boats with reeds, steered them close to the enemy ship, and then set fire to them in the wind. The tactic so frightened the soldiers of Chen Hao that many were burned to death and drowned.