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刘爚升为国子司业，他对宰相史弥远说，请求把朱熹所著的《论语》、《中庸》、《大学》、《孟子》的注释作为劝讲的内容，以求正君定国，慰抚天下学者和士大夫的心。
迁国子司业，言于丞相史弥远，请以熹所著《论语》、《中庸》、《大学》、《孟子》之说以备劝讲，正君定国，慰天下学士大夫之心。
Liu Bu was promoted to Guozisiye, and he said to the prime minister, Shi Miyuan, that he requested to use Zhu Xi's annotations of "The Analects," "The Doctrine of the Mean," "The Great Learning," and "Mencius" as persuasive lectures to rectify the sovereign and stabilize the country, and comfort the hearts of scholars and gentlemen all over the world.