门神神荼、郁垒的故事，最早见于东汉思想家王充（27—约97）的《论衡·订鬼》。王充说这段话出自《山海经》，可今天传下来的《山海经》里，已经找不到它了。东汉末年，应劭在《风俗通义·祀典》里也记下了这对兄弟。

The earliest record of the Door Gods Shenshu and Yulu is in the chapter Ding Gui of Lunheng, by the Eastern Han thinker Wang Chong (27–about 97). Wang Chong said the passage came from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but it can no longer be found in the version handed down today. At the end of the Eastern Han, Ying Shao also wrote about the two brothers in the chapter Si Dian of Fengsu Tongyi.

古人过年在门上挂桃木板，叫「桃符」。《宋史》记载，五代后蜀的国君孟昶在桃符上亲笔题了「新年纳余庆，嘉节号长春」，常被看作早期的春联。北宋王安石（1021—1086）的《元日》也写道：「总把新桃换旧符。」

In ancient times, people hung peach wood boards on their doors at New Year. These were called taofu. The History of Song records that Meng Chang, ruler of Later Shu in the Five Dynasties period, wrote a pair of lucky lines on a taofu himself, which is often seen as an early spring couplet. Wang Anshi (1021–1086) of the Northern Song also wrote in his poem New Year Day: always taking down the old taofu and putting up the new.

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