《宋史·列传·卷一百八十八》
患病而死，还手书奏疏劝皇上亲近君子，远去小人，相信、任用防止一己之偏，好恶以天下之公理为标准。
病且死，犹手疏劝上亲君子远小人，信任防一己之偏，好恶公天下之理。
Suffering from an illness, he died. Already before his death, he had written a memorial, urging the emperor to be close to noble-minded persons and to keep away from mean persons, to trust and employ men impartially, and to regard the good or evil, right or wrong defined by the world as the standard.