Zhu Xi always spoke responsibly and with good intentions. Through the reigns of Gaozong, Xiaozong, Guangzong, and Ningzong, he addressed emperors as he would errant schoolboys.
朱熹一生善盡言責，對皇帝不假顏色，歷經高宗、孝宗、光宗、寧宗四朝，他都是老師罵學生的樣子。