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- ↑ (又曰：《前趙錄》曰：游子遠，幼有姿貌，聰亮好學。年十五至洛陽，張華見而奇之，曰：「此兒雅潔洪方，精公才也。」) Taiping Yulan, Volume 379
- ↑ (丙辰，趙將解虎及長水校尉尹車謀反，與巴酋句徐、厙彭等相結；事覺，虎、車皆伏誅。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 91
- ↑ (光祿大夫遊子遠固諫，曜不從。) Book of Jin, Volume 103
- ↑ (子遠叩頭流血，曜大怒，幽子遠而盡殺庫彭等，屍諸街巷之中十日，乃投之于水。於是巴氐盡叛，推巴歸善王句渠知為主，四山羌、氐、巴、羯應之者三十餘萬，關中大亂，城門晝閉。) Book of Jin, Volume 103
- ↑ (子遠又從獄中上表諫爭，曜手毀其表曰：「大荔奴，不憂命在須臾，猶敢如此，嫌死晚邪！」叱左右速殺之。中山王雅、郭汜、朱紀、呼延晏等諫曰：「子遠幽囚，禍在不測，猶不忘諫爭，忠之至也。陛下縱不能用，柰何殺之！若子遠朝誅，臣等亦當夕死，以彰陛下之過。天下將皆捨陛下而去，陛下誰與居乎！」曜意解，乃赦之。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 91
- ↑ (曜敕內外戒嚴，將自討渠知。子遠又諫曰：「陛下誠能用臣策，一月可定，大駕不必親征也。」曜曰：「卿試言之。」子遠曰：「彼非有大志，欲圖非望也，直畏陛下威刑，欲逃死耳。陛下莫若廓然大赦，與之更始；應前日坐虎、車等事，其家老弱沒入奚官者，皆縱遣之，使之自相招引，聽其復業。彼旣得生路，何爲不降！若其中自知罪重，屯結不散者，願假臣弱兵五千，必爲陛下梟之。不然，今反者彌山被谷，雖以天威臨之，恐非歲月可除也。」曜大悅，卽日大赦，以子遠爲車騎大將軍、開府儀同三司、都督雍‧秦征討諸軍事。子遠屯于雍城，降者十餘萬；移軍安定，反者皆降。惟句氏宗黨五千餘家保于陰密，進攻，滅之，遂引兵巡隴右。先是氐、羌十餘萬落，據險不服，其酋虛除權渠自號秦王。子遠進造其壁，權渠出兵拒之，五戰皆敗。權渠欲降，其子伊餘大言於衆曰：「往者劉曜自來，猶無若我何，況此偏師，何謂降也！」帥勁卒五萬，晨壓子遠壘門。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 91
- ↑ (諸將欲擊之，子遠曰：「伊餘勇悍，當今無敵，所將之兵，復精於我，又其父新敗，怒氣/span>
- ↑ (曜將葬其父及妻，親如粟邑以規度之。負土為墳，其下周回二里，作者繼以脂燭，怨呼之聲盈于道路。遊子遠諫曰：「臣聞聖主明王、忠臣孝子之于終葬也，棺足周身，槨足周棺，藏足周槨而已，不封不樹，為無窮這計。伏惟陛下聖慈幽被，神鑒洞遠，每以清儉恤下為先。社稷資儲為本。今二陵之費至以億計，計六萬夫百日作，所用六百萬功。二陵皆下錮三泉，上崇百尺，積石為山，增土為阜，發掘古塚以千百數，役夫呼嗟，氣塞天地，暴骸原野，哭聲盈衢，臣竊謂無益於先皇先後，而徒喪國之儲力。陛下脫仰尋堯舜之軌者，則功不盈百萬，費亦不過千計，下無怨骨，上無怨人，先帝先後有太山之安，陛下饗舜、禹、周公之美，惟陛下察焉。」曜不納，乃使其將劉岳等帥騎一萬，迎父及弟暉喪于太原。) Book of Jin, Volume 103
- ↑ (趙以汝南王咸爲太尉、錄尚書事，光祿大夫劉綏爲大司徒，卜泰爲大司空。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 93
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