注：○道根源：王禹偁《日长简仲咸》：“伯阳书见道根源。”○玄谈：魏晋玄学之谈。葛洪《抱朴子·嘉遁》：“积篇章为敖庾，宝玄谈为金玉。”译原文之Doctor。圣论：班固《典引序》：“臣固常伏刻诵圣论，昭明好恶，不遗微细，缘事断谊，动有规矩。”译原文之Saint。○余旧译：“志学曾希为圣徒，出游惟是访名儒。既知章句诚堪鄙，便把来途作去途。”以汉儒故实译之。嫌末句不典，更译。○魏新河兄译云：“为问穷通好访贤，当年林下竞谈天。如今自顾依然我，却向来时路上还。”
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
About it and about: but evermore
Came out by the same door where in I went.