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- ↑ (廣平游綸、張豺擁衆數萬，據苑鄕，受王浚假署；石勒遣夔安、支雄等七將攻之，破其外壘。浚遣督護王昌帥諸軍及遼西公段疾陸眷、疾陸眷弟匹磾、文鴦、從弟末柸部衆五萬攻勒於襄國。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 88
- ↑ (游綸、張豺請降於勒。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 88
- ↑ (初，戎昭張豺之破上邽也，獲劉曜幼女，年十二，有殊色，季龍得而嬖之，生子世，封齊公。) Book of Jin, Volume 107
- ↑ (趙王虎議立太子，太尉張舉曰：「燕公斌有武略，彭城公遵有文德，惟陛下所擇。」虎曰：「卿言正起吾」戎昭將軍張豺曰：「燕公母賤，又嘗有過；彭城公母前以太子事廢，今立之，臣恐不能無微恨。陛下宜審思之。」) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 98
- ↑ (豺以虎老病， 欲立世爲嗣，冀劉氏爲太后，己得輔政，乃說虎曰：「陛下再立太子，其母皆出于倡賤，故禍亂相尋；今宜擇母貴子孝者立之。」虎曰：「卿勿言，吾知太子處矣。 」虎再與群臣議于東堂。虎曰：「吾欲以純灰三斛自滌其腸，何爲專生惡子，年逾二十輒欲殺父！今世方十歲，比其二十，吾已老矣。」乃與張舉、李農定議，令公 卿上書請立世爲太子。大司農曹莫不肯署名，虎使張豺問其故，莫頓首曰：「天下重器，不宜立少，故不敢署。」虎曰：「莫，忠臣也，然未達朕意；張舉、李農知 朕意矣，可令諭之。”遂立世爲太子，以劉昭儀爲後。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 98
- ↑ (時熒惑犯積屍，又犯昴、月，及熒惑北犯河鼓。未幾，季龍疾甚，以石遵為大將軍，鎮關右，石斌為丞相、錄尚書事，張豺為鎮衛大將軍、領軍將軍、吏部尚書，並受遺輔政。劉氏懼斌之輔政也害世，與張豺謀誅之。斌時在襄國，乃遣使詐斌曰：「主上患已漸損，王須獵者，可小停也。」斌性好酒耽獵，遂遊畋縱飲。劉氏矯命稱斌無忠孝之心，免斌官，以王歸第，使張豺弟雄率龍騰五百人守之。...張豺使弟雄等矯季龍命殺斌...) Book of Jin, Volume 107
- ↑ (劉氏又矯命以豺為太保、都督中外諸軍、錄尚書事，加千兵百騎，一依霍光輔漢故事。) Book of Jin, Volume 107
- ↑ (己巳，虎卒，太子世即位，尊劉氏爲皇太后。劉氏臨朝稱制，以張豺爲丞相；豺辭不受，請以彭城王遵、義陽王鑒爲左右丞相，以慰其心，劉氏從之。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 98
- ↑ (於是世即偽位，尊劉氏為皇太后，臨朝，進張豺為丞相。豺請石遵、石鑒為左右丞相，以尉其心，劉氏從之。豺與張舉謀誅李農，而舉與農素善，以豺謀告之。農懼，率騎百餘奔廣宗，率乞活數萬家保于上白。劉氏使張舉等統宿衛精卒圍之。豺以張離為鎮軍大將軍、監中外諸軍事、司隸校尉，為己之副。鄴中群盜大起，迭相劫掠。) Book of Jin, Volume 107
- ↑ (石遵聞季龍之死，屯於河內。姚弋仲、苻洪、石閔、劉甯及武衛王鸞、甯西王午、石榮、王鐵、立義將軍段勤等既平秦、洛，班師而歸，遇遵于李城，說遵曰：「殿下長而且賢，先帝亦有意于殿下矣。但以末年惛惑，為張豺所誤。今上白相持未下，京師宿衛空虛，若聲張豺之罪，鼓行而討之，孰不倒戈開門而迎殿下者邪！」遵從之。洛州刺史劉國等亦率洛陽之眾至於李城。遵檄至鄴，張豺大懼，馳召上白之軍。) Book of Jin, Volume 107
- ↑ (丙戌，遵軍于蕩陰，戎卒九萬，石閔爲前鋒。豺將出拒之，耆舊、羯士皆曰：「彭城王來奔喪，吾當出迎之，不能爲張豺守城也！」逾城而出；豺斬之，不能止。張離亦帥騰二千，斬關迎遵。劉氏懼，召張豺入，對之悲哭 曰：「先帝梓宮未殯，而禍難至此！今嗣子沖幼，托之將軍，將軍將若之何？欲加遵重位，能弭之乎？」豺惶怖不知所出，但雲「唯唯」。乃下詔，以遵爲丞相，領大司馬、大都督、督中外諸軍，錄尚書事，加黃鉞、九錫。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 98
- ↑ (遵至安陽亭，張豺懼而出迎，遵命執之。於是貫甲曜兵，入自鳳陽門，升于太武前殿，擗踴盡哀，退如東閣。斬張豺于平樂市，夷其三族。假劉氏令曰：「嗣子幼沖，先帝私恩所授，皇業至重，非所克堪。其以遵嗣位。」遵偽讓至於再三，群臣敦勸，乃受之，僭即尊位於太武前殿，大赦殊死已下，罷上白圍。封世為譙王，邑萬戶待以不臣之禮，廢劉氏為太妃，尋皆殺之。世凡立三十三日。) Book of Jin, Volume 107
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