Sima Qian's Shiji relates that upon appointment as administrator of Po, a province of Wei, Ximen Bao discouraged the local belief that the god of the river required a bride, and punished the local gentry and bureaucrats who took advantage of such superstitions.
Sima Qian's Shiji recounts how Ximen Bao addressed the superstitious belief about the river god needing a bride by discouraging it, and punished those who exploited it among the local gentry and officials.