《宋史·列传·卷八十六》
当时学习的人，没有人敢于不传授学习他的《新义》和《字说》的，主考官只用它为标准来录取考生，士人不得自立新说，先儒解释经书的著作，一切废除不用。
一时学者，无敢不传习，主司纯用以取士，士莫得自名一说，先儒传注，一切废不用。
At that time, no one who was studying dared not to pass on the study of his "New Meaning" and "Character Commentary", the chief examiner only used it as the standard to admit students, scholars could not create new theories, the previous Confucian masters' interpretation of the classics were all abolished as useless.