《宋史·列传·卷一百八十六》
我出生于儒学形成的千年之后，追悼儒士们的圣学于晦涩与湮废之中，将会使后人按照流传去寻找源头，这就是我写作这个《传》的原因。
予生千载之后，悼斯文之湮晦，将俾后人沿流而求源，此《传》所以作也。
I was born after the formation of Confucianism for thousands of years, commemorating the Confucianists' holy knowledge in obscurity and ruin, it will make future generations follow the tradition to find the source, this is why I wrote <The Tradition>.