《宋史·列传·卷一百八十八》
朱熹考中进士以后的五十年中，在外面做官仅有九年，在朝中做官才四十天。
熹登第五十年，仕于外者仅九考，立朝才四十日。
Out of the fifty years after Zhu Xi passed the imperial examination, he had only taken up official posts outside the capital for nine years, and served in the court for only forty days.