《史记·八书·封禅书》
这年夏季六月中旬，一个名为锦的汾阴巫师在魏脽后土祠旁为民祭祀，见地下有个象钩一样的东西，挖开来看是一个鼎，尺寸很大，与普通大多数鼎都不同，刻有花纹，没有款识，觉得奇怪，告诉了小吏。
其夏六月中，汾阴巫锦为民祠魏脽后土营旁，见地如钩状，掊视得鼎。鼎大异於众鼎，文镂无款识，怪之，言吏。
In the middle of the sixth month of the summer of this year, a Fenyin sorcerer by the name of Jin performed sacrifices for the people at the Hou Tu temple in Weixie and saw an object that resembled a hook in the ground. He dug it up and found that it was a cauldron, which was very large and was unlike most ordinary cauldrons; it was engraved with patterns and did not have an inscription. Thinking it was weird, he told this to a minor official.