《宋史·列传·卷一百九十五》
喜欢著书，不爱写单篇文章。郑樵颇为自负，认为自己不比汉代刘向、扬雄差。
好著书，不为文章，自负不下刘向、杨雄。
He loved writing books but disliked writing single articles. Zheng Qiao was rather arrogant, believing that he was no less than Liu Xiang and Yang Xiong of the Han Dynasty