《宋史·列传·卷一百九十八》
 何况陛下方欲重振军威，讲求兵法，修建武祠，目的就是为了激励武将戎臣，使他们从过去那些名将中获得智慧与精神。然而，如果不将那些名将神位摆放进去，武祠便形同虚设，臣私下以为这是欠妥当和公允的。
忽使长廊虚邈，仅有可图之形；中殿前空，不见配食之坐。似非允当，臣窃惑焉。
Moreover, his majesty wishes to reinvigorate military authority, study military strategy, and build a military temple in order to encourage military officers and ministers to draw wisdom and spirit from these famous generals of the past. However, if the divine status of these famous generals is not restored, then the military temple will be no more than an empty shell, and I privately believe that this would be inappropriate and unfair.