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- ↑ Sanguozhi indicated that Xu Rong died soon after Dong Zhuo, who died in May 192. Thus, Xu Rong's death date should be c.June 192
- ↑ Volume 59 of Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Xu Rong was from Xuantu. However, Gongsun Du's biography in Sanguozhi recorded that Xu Rong was from the same commandery as him. The confusion may have arisen from the account in Du's biography that he was originally from Xiangping County, but his father Gongsun Yan later moved to Xuantu. (公孙度字升济，本辽东襄平人也。度父延，避吏居玄菟，任度为郡吏。时玄菟太守公孙琙，子豹，年十八岁，早死。度少时名豹，又与琙子同年，琙见而亲爱之，遣就师学，为取妻。后举有道，除尚书郎，稍迁冀州刺史，以谣言免。同郡徐荣为董卓中郎将，荐度为辽东太守。) Sanguozhi, vol.08
- ↑ (同郡徐荣为董卓中郎将，荐度为辽东太守。) Sanguozhi, vol.08
- ↑ (董卓在雒阳，袁绍等诸军皆畏其强，莫敢先进。曹操曰：“举义兵以诛暴乱，大众已合，诸君何疑！向使董卓倚王室，据旧京，东向以临天下，虽以无道行之，犹足为患。今焚烧宫室，劫迁天子，海内震动，不知所归，此天亡之时也，一战而天下定矣。”遂引兵西，将据成皋，张邈遣将卫兹分兵随之。进至荥阳汴水，遇卓将玄菟徐荣，与战，操兵败，...) Zizhi Tongjian vol.59
- ↑ (时长沙太守孙坚亦率豫州诸郡兵讨卓。卓先遣将徐荣、李蒙四出虏掠。荣遇坚于梁，〈故城在今汝州梁县西南。〉与战，破坚，生禽颖川太守李旻，亨之.) Houhanshu, vol.72
- ↑ (傕等然之，各相谓曰：“京师不赦我，我当以死决之。若攻长安克，则得天下矣；不克，则钞三辅妇女财物，西归乡里，尚可延命。”众以为然，于是共结盟，率军数千，晨夜西行。王允闻之，乃遣卓故将胡轸﹑徐荣击之于新丰。荣战死，轸以众降.) Houhanshu, vol.72
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