《明史·列传·卷一百九十九》
茂州这个地方方圆有几千里，从唐朝武德年间改为会州郡后，统领有九个羁縻州，前后居住的都是蛮族人，向来没有城郭。
茂州地方数千里，自唐武德改郡会州，领羁縻州九，前后皆蛮族，向无城郭。
Maozhou region covered thousands of miles. After Tang's Wude reign, the region was renamed to Huizhou county ruling over nine dependent states. The residents used to be ethnic minorities, and the region did not have walls or cities.