《宋史·列传·卷七十一》
仁宗当面赐给曾公亮金紫衣，说： 朕于讲席赏赐你，是由于尊重宠爱儒臣。 于是主管制诰兼史馆修撰，为翰林学士、判三班院。
仁宗面锡之，曰： 朕自讲席赐卿，所以尊宠儒臣也。 遂知制诰兼史馆修撰，为翰林学士、判三班院。
Ren Zong personally awarded Zeng Gongliang a golden purple dress and said: I rewarded you in the lecture, because of respecting and favouring Confucian officials. He then took charge of the system and concurrently served as a history museum compiler, and became a Hanlin bachelor and the third class of the Imperial Academy. 