In 220 AD, Cao Cao died. After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi succeeded him to the throne. After that, Cao Pi forced Emperor Chan of Han to give way, the Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed, Cao Pi established the State of Wei, and the Three Kingdoms officially began. However, although Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, he did not reign for a long time. In 226 AD, Cao Pi died. That is to say, Cao Pi reigned for a total of six years, and the time was very short. A few years after Cao Pi's death, Cao Zhi, who was vying for the throne with him, died in 232 AD, and Cao Zhi did not live very long. The successive deaths of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi give people the illusion that Cao Cao's sons were short-lived. In fact, many of Cao Cao's sons did have short lives, but not all of them. There were 6 very long-lived, and even 1 survived until Cao Wei perished.
In fact, in addition to Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, everyone is also very familiar with Cao Cao's other son, which is Cao Chong. This man was a child prodigy, but he died of illness when he was a teenager. In addition, after Cao Pi's death, Cao Pi's son Cao Rui also died relatively early. Everyone's feeling is that the Cao family except Cao Cao, the life of everyone else is compensated. In fact, this is not the case. The Cao family still has long-lived people.
Cao Cao had countless wives and concubines in his lifetime, but the total number of sons he bore was 13, so let's look at the general situation.
Lady Liu gave birth to Cao Cao Ang and Cao Shuo; Lady Bian gave birth to Cao Cao Cao Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong; Lady Huan gave birth to Cao Chong, Cao Zhao, and Cao Yu; Lady Du gave birth to Cao Cao Lin and Cao Gong; Lady Qin gave birth to Cao; Lady Yin gave birth to Cao; Chen Ji gave birth to Cao Cao; Sun Ji gave birth to Cao, Cao Biao, and Cao Qin; Li Ji gave birth to Cao Cao, Cao Cheng, and Cao Jing; Zhou Ji gave birth to Cao Cao; Liu Ji gave birth to Cao Cao; Liu Ji gave birth to Cao Cao; Song Ji gave birth to Cao Cao Zhao Ji gave birth to Cao Cao.
There are 25 sons in total. It can be said that Cao Cao's heirs are still very large, and 25 sons are a huge family at any time.
However, although Cao Cao gave birth to so many sons, not all of them could successfully reach adulthood.
Among the 25 sons, the 12 sons of Cao Shuo, Cao Xiong, Cao Chong, Cao Ying, Cao Jie, Cao Shang, Cao Qin, Cao Cheng, Cao Zhen, Cao Jing, Cao Jun, and Cao Thorn all died prematurely or died without adulthood.
That is to say, there are only 13 sons of Cao Cao who have reached adulthood, and of these 13, the eldest son Cao Ang died in the early years to save Cao Cao, and there are only 12 left. Among Cao Cao's sons, the long-lived ones can only be selected from these 12. However, not all of these 12 live long.
Look at other relatively long-lived sons. Although these people did not die early, they were not over 50 years old.
Cao Zhang died in 223, at the age of 34; Cao Pi died in 226, only 39 years old; Cao Zhi died in 232, at the age of 40; Cao Gong died in 235, the date of his birth is unknown, but it is certain that there is no Cao Zhida, so the oldest should also be about 40 years old, and the oldest should not exceed 43 years old; Cao Hui died in 243, although there is no detailed record of his date of birth, but he was born very late, so he did not exceed 50 years old Cao Gan died in 261, although he died late, but he was born in 215 and died at the age of 46.
These 7 people were not more than 50 years old, although they did not die young, but they did not live long. Cao Cao's true longevity was the remaining 6 sons. Let's look at the general situation of Cao Cao's 6 sons.
The first is Cao Biao. Cao Biao was born in 195 and died in 251 at the age of 56.
This age is not big now, but it is very long-lived in Cao Cao's family. Moreover, this person was still a bit talented and very loyal to Cao Wei. In 249, Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Incident, executed Cao Shuang and others, and took control of the government himself. From then on, Cao Wei's power fell to the side and was controlled by the Sima family. As a royal family, Cao Biao was not willing to be monopolized by Sima Yi, so he also participated when Wang Ling and others opposed Sima Yi. After Wang Ling's rebellion was quelled, Cao Biao was implicated and finally executed by cao fang's order in 251. It was later abolished as a civilian.
Of course, Cao Fang also knew that Cao Biao was for Jiangshan Sheji. Later, he issued an edict saying"
The late Cao Biao, the king of Chu, betrayed the country, attached himself to the traitor, died himself, and his descendants were deposed as commoners, although they were self-inflicted, they still pitied and pitied him. The monarch had the capacity to tolerate and tolerate, and was a way to get close to his relatives, and Cao Biao's son Cao Jia was specially named king of Changshan. ”
Cao Biao can also be regarded as a sacrifice for the country and has been affirmed.
This is followed by Cao Lin. Cao Lin died in 256 AD, a few years after Cao Biao's death.
However, Cao Lin's specific date of birth is unknown. It is only known that he was given the title of Marquis of Raoyang in 211, and it is certain that he was born before, and should have been only a few years old when he was knighted. So he died at the age of about 50. For Cao Lin, there are not many records in the history books. However, he had a granddaughter who later married Ji Kang, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. Before Cao Lin's death, Cao Wei's power had been firmly controlled by the Sima family, and he did not know what it was like to be Cao Cao's son.
The third was Cao Jun, who died in 259 AD, three years later than Cao Lin.
There are not many records of Cao Jun in the history books, but it is said that he was the son of Lady Qin. In 232, Cao Jun was made the Prince of Chenliu. Looking at the name of the fengwang, it can be seen that Cao Jun's status is not very high. At that time, the king status of one word was relatively high, and the relative low status of two words. This is similar to the difference between the later princes and county kings. Cao Jun's qualifications were mediocre, so he did not participate in the battle for the throne. When he died, Sima Zhao was already in power. Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone that the demise of Cao Wei is inevitable, but it is only a matter of time.
The fourth is Cao Zhao. The specific life of Cao Zhao is unknown, but it is highly likely that he will still be alive after Cao Wei's demise.
According to the history books, after Sima Shi deposed Cao Fang, he prepared to establish Cao Fang as emperor. However, Cao Zhi was the uncle of Cao Rui, the Emperor of Wei Ming, which meant that Cao Rui wanted to die, so many people opposed it. In the end, Sima Shi made Cao Xi emperor. During the Jingyuan period, Cao Zhao's fiefdom continued to expand, reaching 4600 households. The era name Jingyuan was used from 260 to 264, that is to say, Cao Zhi did not die before 260 years. In 265, Cao Wei perished. Looking at it this way, it is also very normal to say that Cao Wei lived until Cao Wei perished
Looking at Cao Mao fifth, there are not many records of Cao Mao in the history books, which are similar to Cao Mao.
Cao Mao's character is not very good, and everyone does not like him very much. After Cao Pi became emperor, only Cao Mao was the only one among all his brothers who did not have the title of king. It was not until Cao Rui succeeded to the throne that he was crowned king. However, Cao Rui did not like him,
"Liaocheng Gongmao is not idle and religious, and the long is not good."
This is Cao Rui's evaluation of him, simply put, this person is not doing the right thing. Like Cao Zhao, his fiefdom grew to 5,000 during the Jingyuan years. That is to say, at this time, he was still alive, and it was very likely that he would live until Cao Wei perished.
Finally, look at Cao Yu, who was the last of Cao Cao's sons to die. Cao Yu died in 278, by this time Cao Wei had been destroyed for 13 years, Sima Yi and Sima Zhao had also died, and Sima Yan had already claimed the title of emperor.
When Cao Yu was born is not recorded in detail in the history books. However, he married Zhang Lu's daughter Zhang Qiying, who was born in 196. According to the situation at that time, Cao Yu's age should be older than Zhang Qiying. Even if they were the same age, Cao Yu should have been 82 years old when he died. This age is very long in Cao Cao's family.
For Cao Yu, the history books say that he is "sexually respectful", to put it bluntly, he has a good temper. But the ability is not large.
As Cao Cao's son, he didn't know what it felt like to see his family's Jiangshan taken away by the Sima family.
This is the general situation of Cao Cao's son. In fact, looking at the age of these people when they died, we can find that these people are basically short-lived, except for Cao Yu, no one else has lived long. It can be said that the good genes of the Cao family were inherited by Cao Cao himself, and his son did not inherit much. However, the latter few are still long-lived, and under the expected conditions at that time, it is not much to be more than fifty years old.