《新唐书·列传·卷二十四》
李纲曾说： 接受前辈君主的委托，辅佐幼小的孤儿君主，保护遥远的垂危生命，古人认为困难，我却认为容易。 
尝言曰： 托六尺之孤，寄百里之命，古人为难，纲以为易！ 
Li Gang once said: accepting the assignment of a previous monarch, assisting a young orphan monarch, protecting a remote life in danger, the ancients deemed it as difficult, but I thought it was easy.