《宋史·列传·卷一百八十三》
入朝应对，奏请稳定国本，端正纪纲，定立规模， 时事多艰，人心易摇，既没有独立承担重任的大臣，又没有守节伏义的儒士，希望早决定大计 。
入对，请定国本、正纪纲、立规模， 时事多艰，人心易摇，无独力任重之臣，无守节伏义之士，愿蚤决大计 。
When he arrived at court, he presented a memorial urging the establishment of a secure basis for the state, an upright system of regulations, and firmly set standards, and saying that when the times were difficult and peoples’ minds were easily shaken, without competent and responsible officials and Confucian scholars who would stick to ethical principles even in the face of difficulties, key policies should be decided on as soon as possible.