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- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties : 護兒未識而孤，養於世母吳氏。吳氏提攜鞠養，甚有慈訓。
- ↑ Book of Sui :賀若弼之鎮壽州也，常令護兒為間諜，授大都督。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :及開皇初，宇文忻、宇若弼等鎮廣陵，並深相禮重。除大都督，領本鄉兵。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :十一年，高智慧據江南反，以子總管統兵隋楊素討之。賊據浙江岸為營，周亙百餘裡，船艦被江，鼓噪而進。護兒言于素曰：“吳人累銳，利在舟楫。必死之賊，難與爭鋒。公且嚴陣以待之，勿與接刃，請假奇兵數千，潛度江，掩破其壁，使退無所歸，進不得戰，此韓信破趙之策也。”素以為然。護兒乃以輕舸數百，直登江岸，襲破其營，因縱火，煙焰張天。賊顧火而懼，素因是動，一鼓破之。智慧將逃於海，護兒追至閩中，餘黨皆平。進位大將軍。除泉州刺史，封襄陽縣公。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :煬帝嗣位，被追入朝。仍除右驍衛大將軍。尋遷左。又改上柱國為光祿大夫，徙右翊衛大將軍，進封榮國公，恩禮隆密，朝臣無比。
- ↑ New Book of Tang :始為隋將來護兒帳內，母喪，護兒遣使襚吊之。吏怪曰：“士卒死喪，將軍未有所問，今獨吊叔寶何也？”護兒曰：“是子才而武，志節完整，豈久處卑賤邪？”
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :遼東之役，以護兒為平壤道行軍總管，兼檢校東萊郡太守，率樓船指滄海。入自浿水，去平壤六十裡，高麗主高元掃境內兵以拒之。
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian :護兒欲乘勝趣其城，副總管周法尚止之，請俟諸軍至俱進。護兒不聽，簡精甲四萬，直造城下。高麗伏兵于羅郭內空寺中，出兵與護兒戰而偽敗，護兒逐之入城，縱兵俘掠，無複部伍。伏兵發，護兒大敗，僅而獲免，士卒還者不過數千人。高麗追至船所，周法尚整陳待之，高麗乃退。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :明年，又出滄海道，師次東萊，會楊玄感反，進攻洛陽，護兒聞之，召裨將周法尚等議旋軍討逆。
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian :洛陽被圍，心腹之疾；高麗逆命，猶疥癬耳
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties : 於是護兒與宇文述破玄感於閿鄉，斬平之。還，加開府儀同三司，賜物五千段、黃金千兩、奴婢百人，贈父法敏東陽郡太守、永甯縣公。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :十一年，又率師渡海，破高麗奢卑等二城。高麗舉國來戰，護兒大破之。將趣平壤，高元震懼，使執叛臣斛斯政詣遼東城下請降。帝許之，詔護兒旋軍。
- ↑ History of the Northern Dynasties :本南陽新野人，漢中郎將歙十八世孫也。曾祖成，魏新野縣侯，後歸梁，徙居廣陵，因家焉。位終六合令。
- ↑ New Book of Tang : 濟異母兄恒，上元中，為黃門侍郎、同中書門下三品，父本驍將，而恒、濟俱以學行稱，相次知政事。時虞世南子昶無才術，曆將作少匠、工部侍郎，主工作。許敬宗曰：“護兒兒作相，世南男作匠，文武豈有種邪？”