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- ↑ (孫霸字子威，和弟也。) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ (霸二子，基、壹。 ... 孫皓即位，追和、霸舊隙，削基、壹爵土，與祖母謝姬俱徙會稽烏傷縣。) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ ([赤烏五年]八月，立子霸為魯王。) Sanguozhi vol. 47.
- ↑ (殷基通語曰：初權旣立和為太子，而封霸為魯王，初拜猶同宮室，禮秩未分。羣公之議，以為太子、國王上下有序，禮秩宜異，於是分宮別僚，而隙端開矣。) Tongyu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ ([孫]和為太子。霸為魯王，寵愛崇特，與和無殊。頃之，和、霸不穆之聲聞於權耳，權禁斷往來，假以精學。) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ (督軍使者羊衜上疏曰：「臣聞古之有天下者， ... 萬國幸甚矣。」) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ (自侍御賔客造為二端，仇黨疑貳，滋延大臣。丞相陸遜、大將軍諸葛恪、太常顧譚、驃騎將軍朱據、會稽太守滕胤、大都督施績、尚書丁密等奉禮而行，宗事太子，驃騎將軍步隲、鎮南將軍呂岱、大司馬全琮、左將軍呂據、中書令孫弘等附魯王，中外官僚將軍大臣舉國中分。權患之，謂侍中孫峻曰：「子弟不睦，臣下分部，將有袁氏之敗，為天下笑。一人立者，安得不亂？」於是有改嗣之規矣。) Tongyu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 59.
- ↑ (魯王霸覬覦滋甚，陸遜、吾粲、顧譚等數陳適庶之義，理不可奪，全寄、楊笁為魯王霸支黨，譖愬日興。粲遂下獄誅，譚徙交州。) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
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- ↑ (霸二子，基、壹。五鳳中，封基為吳侯，壹宛陵侯。基侍孫亮在內，太平二年，盜乘御馬，收付獄。亮問侍中刁玄曰：「盜乘御馬罪云何？」玄對曰：「科應死。然魯王早終，惟陛下哀原之。」亮曰：「法者，天下所共，何得阿以親親故邪？當思惟可以釋此者，柰何以情相迫乎？」玄曰：「舊赦有大小，或天下，亦有千里、五百里赦，隨意所及。」亮曰：「解人不當爾邪！」乃赦宮中，基以得免。) Sanguozhi vol. 59.
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