《宋史·列传·卷一百九十五》
陛下日思夜想，期达中兴日月之功，以纯墨取士，以文法处事，圣断裁制于朝野，而大臣空有其名，胥吏只知坐行条令，官僚机构相互推诿责任，致使人才变得日益卑微和卑鄙。
陛下蚤朝晏罢，冀中兴日月之功，而以绳墨取人，以文法涖事；圣断裁制中外，而大臣充位，胥吏坐行条令，而百司逃责，人才日以阘茸。
Your Majesty thinks about it day and night, hoping to achieve the merits of the Mid-Autumn Festival, to select scholars with pure ink, and deal with matters with Wens method. The saints make the system in the court and the countryside, while the ministers have no names, and the胥吏 officials only know Sit and implement the regulations, and the bureaucracy shirks responsibilities from each other, causing talents to become increasingly humble and despicable.