《宋史·列传·卷九十六》
经过四年，按常规应当升迁，宰相庞籍说 ：范镇具有特殊才能，而不汲汲于官职的升迁。 于是越级授官直秘阁，判吏部南曹、开封府推官。
经四年，当迁，宰相庞籍言： 镇有异材，不汲汲于进取。 超授直秘阁，判吏部南曹、开封府推官。
Four years later, according to convention, he should have been promoted, but Prime Minister Pang Ji said: "Fan Zhen has special abilities but is not interested in career advancement." So he was promoted to Privy Secretary, serving as an adjudicative officer in the Southern Bureau of the Ministry of Personnel and the Kaifeng Prefectural Government.