《金史·列传·卷四十四》
况且那个地方年成歉收，民众饥荒，盗贼众多，你必须仍用熟悉情况的旧人加以镇守和安抚，才能使地方安宁和得到治理。希望你尽力而为，以图后效。 不久，他便上表请求退休。皇帝说 ：王袺是个能干的人，国家的事情他出力很多。 
行简转对，因论典故之学，乞于太常博士之下置检阅官二员，通礼学资浅者使为之，积资乃迁博士。
Later, he was convicted of deliberately releasing the prisoner and was dismissed from office. The next year, the emperor specially appointed him as the Dinghaijun Jiedushi. And said to him: "Your personality is too tough, you do things according to your own wishes, so you are punished.