《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪五》
命令左右亲信赐给老农食物，老农拒绝说： 大王您不侵夺农时，境内的百姓都可以吃饱大王赐予的饮食，我老汉怎么敢独自领受您的赏赐呢！ 
命赐之食，辞曰： 大王不夺农时，则境内之民皆饱大王之食，老夫何敢独受大王之赐乎！ 
Ordered his close confidants to give food to the old farmers, but the old farmers refused, saying: "Your Majesty, if you don't invade the farming season, the people in the territory can eat enough of the food bestowed by your Majesty. How dare I, an old man, accept your reward alone!