《徐霞客游记·楚游日记七》
到此地，湘江的东岸为常县地界，湘江的西岸为永州府的祁阳县地界，两边都是平衍宽展的大土山，远处冈阜交错重叠。
至此地，湘之东岸为常宁界，湘江西岸为永之祁阳界，皆平陵扩然，冈阜远叠也。
On reaching this point, the east bank of the Xiang River was the boundary of Chang County and the west bank was the boundary of Qiyang County in Yongzhou Prefecture. On both sides there were flat, broad, large earth mountains, and distant hills were crisscrossed and overlapped.