《宋史·列传·卷九十》
于是沈括起程回国，他在路上画下沿途山川的险峻平缓迂回顺直，风俗的纯朴和复杂，人情的向背，撰修成《使契丹图抄》一书献给朝廷。
括乃还，在道图其山川险易迂直，风俗之纯庞，人情之向背，为《使契丹图抄》上之。
Shen Kuo set off to return to his country, and sketched the terrain and landscape as well as the local customs on the way back, and compiled them into a book entitled "Illustrations of Mission to the Liao Dynasty" as a gift to the court.