Yuan Xu 袁叙 was Yuan Shao's younger cousin who served as Grand Administrator of Jiyin. Cao Cao claimed that he urged his cousin to become Emperor, attributing this message to him which stated, "Now those within the seas are decaying and perishing. Heaven's will is actually in our family and the divine response has been decided, that it should be with you, esteemed personage! The southern personage, your minister, wants to have you ascend the throne. In my words, whatever my years, you, northern personage, are older; whatever my position, you, northern personage, are superior. I thus intended to deliver the seal, but it happened Cao Cao blocked the route."[1]
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- ↑ "又紹與臣書云：『可都鄄城，當有所立。』擅鑄金銀印，孝廉計吏，皆往詣紹。從弟濟陰太守敘與紹書云：『今海內喪敗，天意實在我家，神應有徵，當在尊兄。南兄臣下欲使即位，南兄言，以年則北兄長，以位則北兄重。便欲送璽，會曹操斷道。』紹宗族累世受國重恩，而凶逆無道，乃至於此。輙勒兵馬，與戰官渡，乘聖朝之威，得斬紹大將淳于瓊等八人首，遂大破潰。紹與子譚輕身迸走。凡斬首七萬餘級，輜重財物巨億。」"
Chen Shou. "Annals of Cao Cao" in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, cited by Pei Songzhi.
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- Chen Shou 陳壽 (233–297). Sanguo zhi 三國志 “Records of the Three Kingdoms”, with official commentary compiled by Pei Songzhi 裴松之 (372-451).