My philosophy of history is in accord with Ssu-ma Kuang's in very few places. He supported the Confucian ideas of "maintaining mourning for three years" and "resistance to change." As I see it, all these should be reformed. Otherwise they will become obstacles to progress.
我和司馬光的歷史哲學很少相同，他堅持儒家的「守三年喪」、「不能變更」，在我看來都應該改革，否則就是阻礙進步。