《宋史·列传·卷一百五十》
曾觌、龙大渊被皇上宠幸，台谏官交替弹劾他们，一起被调任知门事，周必大与金安节不书写备案录黄，并奏道： 陛下对于政府侍从，想罢就罢，想贬就贬，唯独对这二个人委屈迁就，这样恐怕公众的议论会纷纷而至不得停止。 第二天皇上宣布手诏，说： 给事中、中书舍人为人煽风点火，太上皇时的小事情，怎么可以乱说。 周必大进宫谢罪道 ：如此看来，那是我没有像侍奉太上皇一样侍奉陛下。 周必大退朝待罪，皇上说： 我知道你很尽职，只是想破除朋党、端正纲纪。 十天后，皇上重申以前的任命，周必大阻止不了，于是请求任宫观官。
曾觌、龙大渊得幸，台谏交弹之，并迁知阁门事，必大与金安节不书黄，且奏曰： 陛下于政府侍从，欲罢则罢，欲贬则贬，独于二人委曲迁就，恐人言纷纷未止也。 明日宣手诏，谓： 给舍为人鼓扇，太上时小事，安敢尔！ 必大入谢曰： 审尔，则是臣不以事太上者事陛下。 退待罪，上曰： 朕知卿举职，但欲破朋党、明纪纲耳。 旬日，申前命，必大格不行，遂请祠去。
Zeng Chi and Long Dayuan were favored by the emperor, and the Censors impeached them one after another. They were both transferred to be prefects. Zhou Bida and Jin Anjie did not write the备案录黄. They reported, "Your Majesty can dismiss or demote government officials at your whim, but you are the only one who has wronged these two people. I'm afraid that the public will not stop talking about this." The next day, the emperor issued an imperial edict, saying: "The Censor-in-Waiting and the Assistant Minister of the Secretariat are fanning the flames. It is inappropriate to talk about trivial matters from the time of the Retired Emperor." Zhou Bida went to the palace to apologize, saying: "It seems that I have not served Your Majesty as well as I served the Retired Emperor." Zhou Bida retired from the court and waited for punishment. The emperor said, "I know that you are very dedicated, but I just want to break up the cliques and set things right." Ten days later, the emperor reinstated the previous appointments, but Zhou Bida could not stop it, so he requested to be appointed as an official in charge of a palace or temple.