《水经注·卷三十一》
秦昭襄王任命白起做大将，进攻楚国，夺取了邹都，就把这地方设立为南阳郡，改县名为宛。王莽改名，郡称前队，县名南阳。
秦昭襄王使白起为将，代楚取郢，即以此地为南阳郡，改县曰宛。王莽更名郡曰前队，县曰南阳。
King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Bai Qi as a general to attack the state of Chu and captured Zou County, so he established this place as Nanyang County and changed the county name to Wan. Wang Mang changed the name, and the county was called the front team, and the county name was Nanyang.