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- ↑ (未幾, 復以封奕為軍諮祭酒軍, 國機要悉以委之。) Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Volume 31
- ↑ (段遼遣將李詠夜襲武興，遇雨，引還，都尉張萌追擊，擒詠。段蘭擁眾數萬屯於曲水亭，將攻柳城，宇文歸入寇安晉，為蘭聲援。皝以步騎五萬擊之，師次柳城，蘭、歸皆遁。遣封弈率輕騎追擊，敗之，收其軍實，館穀二旬而還。謂諸將曰：「二虜恥無功而歸，必復重至，宜於柳城左右設伏以待之。」遣封弈率騎潛于馬兒山諸道。俄而遼騎果至，弈夾擊，大敗之，斬其將榮保。) Book of Jin, Volume 109
- ↑ (封弈等以皝任重位輕，宜稱燕王，皝於是以咸康三年僭即王位，赦其境內。以封弈為國相，韓壽為司馬，裴開、陽騖、王寓、李洪、杜群、宋該、劉瞻、石琮、皇甫真、陽協、宋晃、平熙、張泓等並為列卿將帥。起文昌殿，乘金根車，駕六馬，出入稱警蹕。以其妻段氏為王后，世子俊為太子，皆如魏武、晉文輔政故事。) Book of Jin, 109
- ↑ (皝問計於封弈，對曰：「石虎凶虐已甚，民神共疾，禍敗之至，其何日之有！今空國遠來，攻守勢異，戎馬雖強，無能為患；頓兵積日，釁隙自生，但堅守以俟之耳。」) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 96
- ↑ (俊猶豫未决，以問五材將軍封弈，對曰：「用兵之道，敵强則用智，敵弱則用勢。是故以大吞 小，猶狼之食豚也；以治易亂，猶日之消雪也。大王自上世以來，積德累仁，兵强士練。石虎極其殘暴，死未瞑目，子孫爭國，上下乖亂。中國之民，墜于塗炭，廷 頸企踵以待振拔，大王若揚兵南邁，先取薊城，次指鄴都，宣耀威德，懷撫遺民，彼孰不扶老提幼以迎大王？凶黨將望旗冰碎，安能爲害乎！」) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 98
- ↑ (渤海人逄約因趙亂，擁眾數千家附於魏，魏以約為渤海太守。故太守劉准，隗之兄子也，土豪封放，弈之從弟也；別聚眾自守。閔以准為幽州刺史，與約中分渤海。燕王俊使封弈討約，使昌黎太守高開討准、放。開，瞻之子也。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 99
- ↑ (弈引兵直抵約壘，遣人謂約曰：「相與鄉里，隔絕日久，會遇甚難。時事利害，人各有心，非所論也。願單出一相見，以寫佇結之情。」約素信重弈，即出，見弈於門外。各屏騎卒，單馬交語。弈與論敘平生畢，因說之曰：「與君累世同鄉，情相愛重，誠欲君享祚無窮；今既獲展奉，不可不盡所懷。冉閔乘石氏之亂，奄有成資，是宜天下服其強矣，而禍亂方始，固知天命不可力爭也。奕世載德，奉義討亂，所征無敵。今已都薊，南臨趙、魏，遠近之民，襁負歸之。民厭荼毒，鹹思有道。冉閔之亡，匪朝伊夕，成敗之形，昭然易見。且燕王肇開王業，虛心賢俊，君能翻然改圖，則功參絳、灌，慶流苗裔，孰與為亡國將，守孤城以待必至之禍哉！」約聞之，悵然不言。弈給使張安，有勇力；弈豫戒之，俟約氣下，安突前持其馬鞚，因挾之而馳。至營，弈與坐，謂曰：「君計不能自決，故相為決之，非欲取君以邀功，乃欲全君以安民也。」 ) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 99
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- ↑ (輔國奕等二百一十人勸稱尊號、令曰：「非常之事，匪寡德所宜聞也。」...十月，輔國恪等五百五人奉皇帝璽。十一月，僭即皇帝位於正陽前殿，大赦改年，時晉遣使詣雋，謂之曰：「還白汝天子，我承人乏，為中國所推，已為帝矣。」) Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Volume 3
- ↑ (时燕调发繁数，官司各遣使者，道路旁午，郡县苦之。太尉、领中书监封弈请「自今非军期严急，不得遣使，自馀赋发皆责成州郡，其群司所遣弹督先在外者，一切摄还。」俊从之。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 100
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