《宋史·列传·卷一百九十》
李之才在泽州一段时间后又转升殿中丞，碰巧母亲去世，他刚刚解除丧服，就暴病死在怀州官舍，这是庆历五年二月的事情。
在泽转殿中丞，丁母忧，甫除丧，暴卒于怀州官舍，庆历五年二月也。
After a period of time in Zhezhou, Li was once more promoted to Vice-Secretary of the Palace, and then happened to lose his mother, and just after the end of his mourning period he died suddenly in the official residence in Huai Prefecture, in February of the fifth year of the Qingli era.