《宋史·列传·卷一百四十》
赵逵说 ：我没有能够效仿古人与权奸之臣抗争，仅仅是不与他们同流合污而已，然而所有事奉宰相的各种礼节我也是不敢有所欠缺。 又说 ：我受陛下的恩宠得到官位和俸禄，而奔走于权门之间，我不仅仅是不敢，而且是不忍心违背陛下的美意。 第二年赵逵任同知贡举之职，所有考生的考卷均交给赵逵审阅，以便革除历年考试中的作弊现象，于是得到了王十朋、阎安中等一批才识过人的学者。
入谢，帝又曰： 秦桧炎炎，不附者惟卿一人。 逵曰： 臣不能效古人抗折权奸，但不与之同尔，然所以事宰相礼亦不敢阙。 又曰： 受陛下爵禄而奔走权门，臣不惟不敢，亦且不忍。 明年同知贡举，尽公考阅，以革旧弊，遂得王十朋、阎安中。
Zhao Kui said, "I have not been able to follow the example of the ancients and fight against the treacherous ministers, but I have only not agreed with them, but I have not dared to neglect any of the etiquette of serving the prime minister. He also said, "I have received the emperor's favor and obtained official positions and salaries, and I have been running around among the powerful, not only because I am afraid, but also because I am reluctant to betray the emperor's good intentions. The following year, Zhao Kui was appointed as a member of the same knowledge prefectural examination, and all the candidates' examination papers were submitted to Zhao Kui for review in order to eliminate the cheating that had occurred in previous examinations. As a result, a group of scholars with outstanding talent, such as Wang Shipeng and Yan Anz中等, were selected.