During the Three Kingdoms period, many of Cao Wei's strategists and warriors were deeply loved by people because of their temperament or ability, such as Xun Yu was not only outstanding in ability, but also loyal to the Han Dynasty, and resolutely died when Cao Cao was called a duke, which was admired, while Xun You was able to strategize and win thousands of miles, and his ability to make decisions was lamented, in addition to them, Guo Jia, who was called "ghost talent" by later generations, also received the recognition and love of many people, and unlike the previous two, Guo Jia was a somewhat debauched skeleton, did not pay much attention to etiquette and was often criticized by other courtiers. But for modern people, this is a symbol of personality, coupled with Guo Jia's exhaustive strategy and strong strategy, so it has gained the admiration of many people in modern times. But in fact, Guo Jia was only recommended by Xun Yu after the death of the strategist Xi Zhicai, who was outstanding in ability and had been affirmed by Xun Yu and valued by Cao Cao. Since the ability of the drama zhicai is so outstanding, why is it rarely recorded in history?
In fact, the Three Kingdoms in the drama Zhicai is likely to be Guo Jia, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" record, The drama Zhi is the counselor recommended by Xun Yu to Cao, Cao Cao was very important to him before, but unfortunately Xi Zhicai unfortunately died early, so there was no detailed record, after the death of Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, which led to the appearance of Guo Jia. However, it is not difficult to find that The name of Xi Zhicai is a double character, this name is almost used by people from very lowly origins, but Xun Yu has a deep friendship with him, from which it can be inferred that Xi Zhicai is likely to be a Han men shizi, and Zhicai is also likely to be his word rather than his name.
Many wild histories have affirmed the early exploits of Xi Zhicai, but in the main history, there is very little information related to Xi Zhicai, if he really made so many credits for Cao Cao, with Cao Cao's eclectic character of degrading talents, it is possible for Xi Zhicai to appear in the records of Wei Luo, thus leaving a correct name, so this point contradicts Cao Cao's personality. And Guo Jia has not appeared with Xi Zhicai at all, as the successor designated by Xi Zhicai himself, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai should have a certain intersection, but there is no such record in history.
Because of this, Xi Zhicai may have been just a book boy or a slave at first, but Cao Cao saw the pearls and hoped that he could fully display his talent, so he gave him a moderate identity, that is, Guo Jia, who was born in the cold door, and said that Xi Zhicai died, only hoping that he could completely forget his previous identity, so as to have a new identity and name. After all, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia were both from Yuan Shao, and neither of them was in good enough health, and it seemed that they could really be a person.
The author believes that there is no historical record of Xi Zhicai, and perhaps he really just changed his identity and lived in the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms.