《宋史·列传·卷一百五十三》
每到一处则率门生数十人，依照春秋战国时士人之态势，妄自希求孔子、孟子历次受聘之风采，若绳之以治世之法，则他可被视为乱人之首。
所至辄携门生十数人，习为春秋、战国之态，妄希孔、孟历聘之风，绳以治世之法，则乱人之首也。
Wherever he goes, he takes after him dozens of students and, in order to emulate the bearing of the scholar-knights of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, he vainly aspires to recreate the good fortune of Confucius and Mencius, with their frequent appointments to high positions. However, if we were to judge him by the standards of governance of our time, we would see that he should be regarded as the ringleader of a group of rebels.