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- ↑ Records of the Grand Historian,Book 33,"武公九年春，武公與長子括，少子戲，西朝周宣王。"
- ↑ Records of the Grand Historian,Book 33,"欲立戲為魯太子。周之樊仲山父諫宣王曰：「廢長立少，不順；不順，必犯王命；犯王命，必誅之：故出令不可不順也。令之不行，政之不立；行而不順，民將棄上。夫下事上，少事長，所以為順。今天子建諸侯，立其少，是教民逆也。若魯從之，諸侯效之，王命將有所壅；若弗從而誅之，是自誅王命也。誅之亦失，不誅亦失，王其圖之。」宣王弗聽，卒立戲為魯太子。夏，武公歸而卒，戲立，是為懿公。 魯懿公"