《宋史·列传·卷一百六十》
后来的结果正如他说的一样。刘宰担任浙东仓司干官，他负责的事都得到了治理，他立即请求辞职，默默地观察形势的变化，顿时不乐意担任官职。不久他退职，监南岳庙。江、淮制置使黄度征召刘宰为自己的幕僚，刘宰推辞说： 皇上召我都不去，现在又能出来做官吗？ 
多方称提，不如缩造楮币；阜通商米，不如稍宽关市之征。 明年，权工部尚书。
The events turned out exactly as he had said. When Liu Zai was given the job of dry goods manager at Zhejiang sea port, he regulated everything he was in charge of. He immediately asked to resign, and clandestinely observed how events were developing, but quickly became unwilling to hold official positions. He soon resigned, and supervised the Nanyue Temple. Huang Du, the pacification commissioner of Jiang and Huai, summoned Liu Zai to be his advisor, but Liu Zai declined, saying: The emperor summoned me, but I did not go, so how could I now come back to serve as an official?