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- ↑ (皝嗣位，遷平州別駕。時內難連年，百姓勞瘁，真議欲寬減歲賦，休息力役。不合旨，免官。) Book of Jin, Volume 111
- ↑ (後以破麻秋之功，拜奉車都督，守遼東、營丘二郡太守，皆有善政。) Book of Jin, Volume 111
- ↑ (真後從慕容評攻拔鄴都，珍貨充溢，真一無所取，唯存恤人物，收圖籍而已。) Book of Jin, Volume 111
- ↑ (秘書監皇甫真言於恪曰：「根本庸豎，過蒙先帝厚恩，引參顧命。而小人無識，自國哀已來，驕很日甚，將成禍亂。明公今日居周公之地，當為社稷深謀，早為之所。」恪不聽。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 101
- ↑ (俄而根謀發伏誅，恪謝真曰：「不從君言，幾成禍敗。」) Book of Jin, Volume 111
- ↑ (燕人圍野王數月，呂護遣其將張興出戰，傅顏擊斬之，城中日蹙。皇甫真戒部將曰：「護勢窮奔突，必擇虛隙而投之；吾所部士卒多羸，器甲不精，宜深為之備。」乃多課櫓楯，親察行夜者。護食盡，果夜悉精銳趨真所部，突圍，不得出；太宰恪引兵擊之，護眾死傷殆盡，棄妻子奔滎陽。恪存撫降民，給其廩食；徙士人、將帥於鄴，自餘各隨所樂。以護參軍廣平梁琛為中書著作郎。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 101
- ↑ (秦王堅聞恪卒，陰有圖燕之計，欲覘其可否，命匈奴曹轂發使如燕朝貢，以西戎主簿馮翊郭辯為之副。燕司空皇甫真兄腆及從子奮、覆皆仕秦，腆為散騎常侍。辯至燕，歷造公卿，謂真曰：「僕本秦人，家為秦所誅，故寄命曹王，貴兄常侍及奮、覆兄弟並相知有素。」真怒曰：「臣無境外之交，此言何以及我！君似奸人，得無因緣假托乎！」白暐，請窮治之，太傅評不許。辯還，為堅言：「燕朝政無綱紀，實可圖也。鑒機識變，唯皇甫真耳。」堅曰：「以六州之眾，豈得不使有智士一人哉！」) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 101
- ↑ (魏公廋遺吳王垂及皇甫真箋曰：「苻堅、王猛，皆人傑也，謀為燕患久矣；今不乘機取之，恐異日燕之君臣將有甬東之悔矣！」垂謂真曰：「方今為人患者必在於秦。主上富於春秋，觀太傅識度，豈能敵苻堅、王猛乎？」真曰：「然，吾雖知之，如言不用何！」) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 101
- ↑ (秦留梁琛月餘，乃遣歸。琛兼程而進，比至鄴，吳王垂已奔秦。琛言於太傅評曰：「秦人日閱軍旅，多聚糧於陝東。以琛觀之，為和必不能久。今吳王又往歸之，秦必有窺燕之謀，宜早為之備。」評曰：「秦豈肯受叛臣而敗和好哉！」琛曰：「今二國分據中原，常有相吞之志。桓溫之入寇，彼以計相救，非愛燕也。若燕有釁，彼豈忘其本志哉！」評曰：「秦主何如人？」琛曰：「明而善斷。」問王猛，曰：「名不虛得。」評皆不以為然。琛又以告燕主暐，暐亦不然之。以告皇甫真，真深憂之，上疏言：「苻堅雖聘問相尋，然實有窺上國之心，非能慕樂德義，不忘久要也。前出兵洛川，及使者繼至，國之險易虛實，彼皆得之矣。今吳王垂又往從之，為其謀主；伍員之禍，不可不備。洛陽、太原、壺關，皆宜選將益兵，以防未然。」暐召太傅評謀之，評曰：「秦國小力弱，恃我為援；且苻堅庶幾善道，終不肯納叛臣之言，絕二國之好。不宜輕自驚擾以啟寇心。」卒不為備。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 102
- ↑ (王猛入鄴，真望馬首拜之。明日更見，語乃卿猛。猛曰：「昨拜今卿，何恭慢之相違也？」真答曰：「卿昨為賊，朝是國士，吾拜賊而卿國士，何所怪也？」猛大嘉之，謂權翼曰：「皇甫真故大器也。」從堅入關，為奉車都尉，數歲而死。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 102
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