《宋史·列传·卷七十三》
当时宣仁皇太后垂帘听政，司马光主持政事，将尽改熙宁、元丰法度。纯仁对司马光说 ：改掉其中过份者即可。
哲宗亲政，用事者欲开边衅，御史郭知章遂论纯粹元祐弃地事，降直龙图阁。
At that time, Empress Dowager Xuanren listened to the government and Sima Guang presided over the political affairs and tried to change all the laws of Xining and Yuanfeng. Chunren said to Sima Guang: "If some of them are changed too much, they should be changed."