《宋史·列传·卷一百八十六》
在十五六岁的时候，与弟弟程颐听说汝南周敦颐谈论学问，于是厌弃科举考试的学习方式，感慨地有追求道义的志向。
自十五六时，与弟颐闻汝南周敦颐论学，遂厌科举之习，慨然有求道之志。
At the age of fifteen or sixteen, I heard Cheng Yi and Zhou Dunyi of Runan talk about learning, so they abandoned the way of learning in the imperial examination and sighed with the ambition to pursue morality.