《宋史·列传·卷一百八十六》
哲宗皇帝曾经因为疮疹不愈而有好些天不到迩英殿上朝，程颐到宰相那里问皇帝安否，并说： 皇上不临朝上殿，太后不应当独自坐朝称制。
帝尝以疮疹不御迩英累日，颐诣宰相问安否，且曰： 上不御殿，太后不当独坐。
Emperor Zhezong一度 wegen of untreated sores and did not go to the Er Ying Palace to hold audience for over ten days. Cheng Yi went to the Prime Minister's place to ask about the Emperor's health, and said: if the Emperor does not hold audience, the Empress Dowager should not sit alone and govern.