《宋史·列传·卷一百九十四》
然则原来为蔡京所收罗之人，现在皆在朝廷为官，若将他们都定为蔡京之党徒，就会有大批的人才被抛弃，党论何时休矣。 于是，拜叶梦得守小郡。
则向为京所引者，今皆朝廷之人，若更指为京党，则人才见弃者众，党论何时而弭！ 乃除梦得小郡。
However, those who were originally the people recruited by Cai Jing, are all serving as officials in the court. If they were all identified as Cai Jing's followers, a large number of talents will be abandoned. When will the party discussion end? Therefore, he promoted Ye Mengde as the governor of a small county.