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- ↑ Volume 61 of Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Li Jue and Guo Si took their respective hostages on the bingyin day of the 3rd month of the 2nd year of the Xingping era of Liu Xie's reign. This corresponds to 22 Apr 195 on the Julian calendar. As this event marks the beginning of the civil war between Li Jue and Guo Si, Huangfu Song probably died in April 195.
- ↑ (帝遣小黄门左丰诣军观贼形埶，或劝植以赂送丰，植不肯。丰还言于帝曰：“广宗贼易破耳。卢中郎固垒息军，以待天诛。”帝怒，遂槛车征植，减死罪一等。) Houhanshu, vol.64
- ↑ (及车骑将车皇甫嵩讨平黄巾，盛称植行师方略，嵩皆资用规谋，济成其功。以其年复为尚书。) Houhanshu, vol.64
- ↑ (度辽将军规之兄子也。父节，雁门太守。) Houhanshu, vol.71
- ↑ (初举孝廉、茂才。太尉陈蕃、大将军窦武连辟，并不到。) Houhanshu, vol. 71
- ↑ (嵩、俊各统一军，共讨颖川黄巾。) Houhanshu vol.71
- ↑ (嵩、俊乘胜进讨汝南、陈国黄巾，追波才于阳翟，击彭脱于西华，并破之。馀贼降散，三郡悉平。) Houhanshu vol.71
- ↑ (嵩復與鉅鹿太守馮翊郭典攻角弟寶於下曲陽，又斬之。) Houhanshu vol. 71.
- ↑ (嵩與角弟梁戰於廣宗。梁眾精勇，嵩不能剋。明日，乃閉營休士，以觀其變。知賊意稍懈，乃潛夜勒兵，雞鳴馳赴其陳，戰至晡時，大破之，斬梁，獲首三萬級，赴河死者五萬許人，焚燒車重三萬餘兩，悉虜其婦子，繫獲甚眾。) Houhanshu vol. 71.
- ↑ (以黄巾既平，故改年为中平。嵩奏请冀州一年田租，以赡饥民，帝从之。百姓歌曰：“天下大乱兮市为墟，母不保子兮妻失夫，赖得皇甫兮复安居。”) Houhanshu vol.71
- ↑ 5th year of the Zhongping era
- ↑ (贼王国围陈仓,复拜嵩为左将军，督前将军董卓，各率二万人拒之。) Houhanshu, vol.71.
- ↑ (国走而死。卓大笾恨，由是忌嵩。) Houhanshu, vol.71. Huangfu Song's biography in the same volume recorded some of these disagreements.
- ↑ (明年，卓拜为并州牧，诏使以兵委嵩，卓不从。嵩从子郦时在军中，说嵩曰：“本朝失政，天下倒悬，能安危定倾者，唯大人与董卓耳。今怨隙已结，埶不俱存。卓被诏委兵，而上书自请，此逆命也。又以京师昏乱，踌躇不进，此怀奸也。且其凶戾无亲，将士不附。大人今为元帅，杖国威以讨之，上显忠义，下除凶害，此桓文之事也。”嵩曰：“专命虽罪，专诛亦有责也。不如显奏其事，使朝廷裁之。于是上书以闻。帝让卓，卓又增怨于嵩。) Houhanshu, vol.71
- ↑ 1st year of the Chuping era
- ↑ (初平元年，乃征嵩为城门校尉，因欲杀之。嵩将行，长史梁衍说曰：“汉室微弱，阉竖乱朝，董卓虽诛之，而不能尽忠于国，遂复寇掠京邑，废立从意。今征将军，大则危祸，小则困辱。今卓在洛阳，天子来西，以将军之众，精兵三万，迎接至尊，奉令讨逆，发命海内，征兵腢帅，袁氏逼其东，将军迫其西，此成禽也。”嵩不从，遂就征。) Houhanshu, vol.71
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