The great Song dynasty literatus Su Dongpo (1036-1101), feeling very satiated after a congee dish made using Wuxi rice, penned the following lines: "I am so turned upside down that I don't know who I am, but I know that in this mundane world there is something genuinely good."
宋代大文豪蘇東坡曾經在吃了無錫米所熬煮的粥品後，身心暢快，寫下「身心顛倒不自知，更知人間有真味」的詩句。