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- ↑ Vol.187 of Zizhi Tongjian indicate that Pei Xingyan and his father were killed shortly before Yang Tong. (王世充以礼部尚书裴仁基、左辅大将军裴行俨有威名，忌之。仁基父子知之，亦不自安，乃与尚书左丞宇文儒童、儒童弟尚食直长温、散骑常侍崔德本谋杀世充及其党，复尊立皇泰主；事泄，皆夷三族。齐王世恽言于世充曰：“儒童等谋反，正为皇泰主尚在故也，不如早除之。”世充从之，遣兄子唐王仁则及家奴梁百年鸩皇泰主。皇泰主曰：“更为请太尉，以往者之言，未应至此。”百年欲为启陈，世恽不许；又请与皇太后辞决，亦不许。乃布度焚香礼佛：“愿自今已往，不复生帝王家！”饮药，不能绝，以帛缢杀之。谥曰恭皇帝。). Zizhi Tongjian did not record an exact date for Yang's death, but placed it in the 5th month of that year, which corresponds to 17 Jun to 16 Jul 619 in the Julian calendar.
- ↑ Book of Sui :时隋大乱，有功者不录。仁基见强寇在前，士卒劳敝，所得军资，即用分赏。监军御史萧怀静每抑止之，众咸怨怒。怀静又阴持仁基长短，欲有所奏劾。仁基惧，遂杀怀静，以其众归密。密以为河东郡公。其子行俨，骁勇善战，密复以为绛郡公，甚相委昵。
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian :密以仁基为上柱国、河东公；仁基子行俨，骁勇善战，密亦以为上柱国、绛郡公。
- ↑ New Book of Tang :世充与密战，知节以内骑营北邙，单雄信以外骑营偃师。世充袭雄信，密遣知节及裴行俨助之。行俨中流矢坠马，知节驰救之，杀数人，军辟易，乃抱行俨重骑驰。追兵以槊撞之，知节折其槊，斩追者，乃免。
- ↑ Book of Sui :密难违诸将之言，战遂大败，仁基为世充所虏。
- ↑ Book of Sui :及僣尊号，署仁基为礼部尚书，行俨为左辅大将军。行俨每有攻战，所当皆披靡，号为“万人敌”。世充惮其威名，颇加猜防。仁基知其意，不自安，遂与世充所署尚书左丞宇文儒童、尚食直长陈谦、秘书丞崔德本等谋反，令陈谦于上食之际，持匕首以劫世充，行俨以兵应于阶下，指麾事定，然后出越王侗以辅之。事临发，将军张童仁知其谋而告之，俱为世充所杀。
- ↑ Old Book of Tang :五月，世充礼部尚书裴仁基及其子左辅大将军行俨、尚书左丞宇文儒童等数十人谋诛世
- ↑ Shuo Tang (Story of Tang) Chapter 31: 茂公道：“臣算阴阳，今日巡天都太保、八臂膊哪叱临凡，第三条好汉杀来了，瓦岗城内这些大小将官不经打。