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Cutter, Robert Joe (1983), Cao Zhi (192–232) and His Poetry (PhD Diss.), Tacoma: University of Washington, p. 287 Cited in Cutter 1992, p. 578. Cutter, Robert Joe (1992). "The Death of Empress Zhen: Fiction and Historiography in Early Medieval China". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 112 (4). University of Michigan Press: 577–583. doi:10.2307/604472. JSTOR604472.
Book of Wei: "后寵愈隆而彌自挹損,後宮有寵者勸勉之,其無寵者慰誨之,每因閑宴,常勸帝,言「昔黃帝子孫蕃育,蓋由妾媵衆多,乃獲斯祚耳。所願廣求淑媛,以豐繼嗣。」帝心嘉焉。其後帝欲遣任氏,后請於帝曰:「任旣鄉黨名族,德、色,妾等不及也,如何遣之?」帝曰:「任性狷急不婉順,前後忿吾非一,是以遣之耳。」后流涕固請曰:「妾受敬遇之恩,衆人所知,必謂任之出,是妾之由。上懼有見私之譏,下受專寵之罪,願重留意!」帝不聽,遂出之。" Cited in Chen and Pei 429, 5.160. Wang Chen; Xun Yi; Ruan Ji (c. 250s). 魏書 [Book of Wei]. Cited in Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms. Chen Shou (1977) [429]. Pei Songzhi (ed.). Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志注. Taipei: Dingwen Printing. Often cited as Sanguozhi.
Book of Wei: "十六年十月,太祖征關中,武宣皇后從,留孟津,帝居守鄴。時武宣皇后體小不安,后不得定省,憂怖,晝夜泣涕;左右驟以差問告,后猶不信,曰:「夫人在家,故疾每動,輙歷時,今疾便差,何速也?此欲慰我意耳!」憂愈甚。後得武宣皇后還書,說疾已平復,后乃懽恱。十七年正月,大軍還鄴,后朝武宣皇后,望幄座悲喜,感動左右。武宣皇后見后如此,亦泣,且謂之曰:「新婦謂吾前病如昔時困邪?吾時小小耳,十餘日即差,不當視我顏色乎!」嘆嗟曰:「此真孝婦也。」" Cited in Chen and Pei 429, 5.160–161. Wang Chen; Xun Yi; Ruan Ji (c. 250s). 魏書 [Book of Wei]. Cited in Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms. Chen Shou (1977) [429]. Pei Songzhi (ed.). Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志注. Taipei: Dingwen Printing. Often cited as Sanguozhi.