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- ↑ 9th month of the 24th year of the Jian'an era. The month corresponds to 27 Sep to 25 Oct 219 in the Julian calendar.
- ↑ de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Leiden: Brill. p. 851. ISBN 9789004156050.
- ↑ (王昶家誡曰「濟陰魏諷」，而此云沛人，未詳。) Jia Jie annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 1.
- ↑ (世語曰：諷字子京，沛人，有惑衆才，傾動鄴都，鍾繇由是辟焉。) Shiyu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 1.
- 1 2 (粲二子，為魏諷所引，誅。後絕。) Sanguozhi vol. 21.
- 1 2 (魏諷反，廙弟偉為諷所引，當相坐誅。太祖令曰：「叔向不坐弟虎，古之制也。」特原不問，徙署丞相倉曹屬。) Sanguozhi vol. 21.
- ↑ (大軍未反，諷潛結徒黨，又與長樂衞尉陳禕謀襲鄴。) Shiyu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 1.
- ↑ (《傅子》曰：初，太祖时，魏讽有重名，自卿相以下皆倾心交之。其后孟达去刘备归文帝，论者多称有乐毅之量。晔一见讽、达而皆云必反，卒如其言。) Fu Zi annotation in Sanguozhi, vol.14
- ↑ (未及期，禕懼，告之太子，誅諷，坐死者數十人。) Shiyu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 1.
- ↑ (九月，相國鍾繇坐西曹掾魏諷反免。) Sanguozhi vol. 1.
- ↑ (其子與魏諷謀反，伏誅。) Weilüe annotation in Sanguozhi, vol 42.
- ↑ (子泉嗣，坐與魏諷謀反誅，國除。) Sanguozhi vol. 8.
- ↑ (魏諷反，欽坐與諷辭語相連，及下獄，掠笞數百，當死，太祖以稷故赦之。) Xiang Wu Biao (降吳表) annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 28.
- ↑ (廙別傳曰：初，廙弟偉與諷善，廙戒之曰；「夫交友之美，在於得賢，不可不詳。而世之交者，不審擇人，務合黨衆，違先聖人交友之義，此非厚己輔仁之謂也。吾觀魏諷，不脩德行，而專以鳩合為務，華而不實，此直攪世治名者也。卿其慎之，勿復與通。」偉不從，故及於難。) Yi Biezhuan annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 21.
- ↑ (及在魏朝，魏諷以才智聞，巽謂之必反，卒如其言。) Fu Zi annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 6.
- ↑ (傅子曰：初，太祖時，魏諷有重名，自卿相已下皆傾心交之。其後孟達去劉備歸文帝，論者多稱有樂毅之量。曄一見諷、達而皆云必反，卒如其言。) Fu Zi annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 14.
- ↑ Sanguozhi vol. 23.