Tip: It is reasonable to say that these wives and concubines of Cao Cao are all mothers and nobles, but when Cao Cao dies, he still wants them to weave cloth and sell shoes for a living, this way of life is like the stars in the sky are surrounded by the night, but it is a new life. People don't know whether Cao Cao's wives and concubines did what Cao Cao wanted, but people knew that being a wife and concubine must not be adopted by others. Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, Cao Cao in the world is not Cao Cao alone, Cao Cao came and went, Cao Cao's words are still the most simple and practical today, but who can still use their own faint light like stars to open the dark abyss? Those who are raised, O, must learn well.
On March 15, 220, Cao Cao left.
Although the novel image of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did not dress him very well, history still gave him a fair evaluation. Li Zhan, an official of the Eastern Han Dynasty, said: "The times will be chaotic, and the heroes of the world will not be able to surpass Cao Cao." Chen Shou said in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the heroes and heroes rose up, while Yuan Shao looked at the four states and was strong and invincible. Taizu's planning and scheming, flogging Yunei, the spells of Shen and Shang, the Strange Strategies of Han and Bai, the official teachings, each because of its instruments, pretentious and calculating, not remembering the old evil, can finally be the emperor of the machine, Kecheng Hongye, only its ming is slightly optimal. Or can it be said that it is a very special person, a supernatural masterpiece. ”
According to historical records, Cao Cao suffered from headache disease, also known as "head wind disease", which was caused by the fact that he led soldiers to fight for many years, often camped in the wild, fell ill, and suffered unbearable pain when he was sick. Although he was a high-ranking and powerful person, he still could not cure this disease. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Cao Cao repeatedly asked Hua Tuo to treat himself, but due to the limitations of ancient medical conditions, it was very difficult to completely cure him, and even Hua Tuo did not have a good plan. In early 220 AD, Cao Cao died of this illness in Luoyang.
Before his death, Cao Cao left his last words:
I have half a night 's sleep (waking up), small bad; until tomorrow, drink porridge sweat out, take angelica soup. I am in the army, and the dharma is also. As for small anger, great negligence, improper effect also. The world has not yet been settled, and it has not been obeyed. I have a head disease, and I have written a turban (headscarf) since then. After I die, when I keep my great clothes, I will not leave them behind. When a hundred officials are in the temple, they shall raise fifteen voices (mourn with ceremonies); when they are buried, they shall remove their clothes; those who will be soldiers shall not leave the tunbu; and each of the divisions shall be appointed. He was buried in The West Gang of Ye, similar to the Ximen Leopard Shrine, and did not hide gold and jade jewelry. My concubines and servants are diligent, and they make the copper bird terrace and treat them well. On the top of the hall, install a six-foot bed, lay down the tent, and set up a breast (food) in the direction of the breast. On the fifteenth day of the month, from the morning to noon, he made a trick in the tent. Ru waited for the Tongque Terrace from time to time to look at the Wuxi Mausoleum Field. The incense may be divided among the ladies, and no sacrifice will be made. There is nothing to do in the house, you can learn to sell shoes (make shoes to sell money) also. All the silks that my officials have received are in hiding. I have the rest of my clothes, but don't hide it. If not, brothers can share.
The translation of this text into modern Chinese is:
In the middle of the night, I felt a little uncomfortable, and I sweated from eating porridge and taking angelica soup at dawn. It is right for me to practice the law in the military, but as for small anger and major negligence, we should not learn from them. The world is not yet stable, and the ancient system of funerals cannot be observed. I had a headache and put on a headscarf very early. When I die, I wear the same dress as I did when I was alive, don't forget. The civil and military officials should come to the temple to cry and hang, as long as they cry fifteen times. After burial, they took off their mourning clothes; the soldiers who were stationed in various places were not allowed to leave the garrison; and the officials were to perform their duties. When entering the funeral, he wore the clothes he was wearing at that time and buried him on the hill west of Yecheng, close to the ancestral hall of Ximen Leopard, and did not use gold and jade treasures to accompany the burial. My concubines and singers and dancers were very diligent, and they were placed in the Tongquetai and treated them well. A six-foot-long bed was placed on the main hall of the Tongquetai and a curtain was hung. In the morning and evening, sacrifices such as jerky meat and dried rice are offered, and on the first and fifteenth days of the first month of each month, from morning to noon, they sing and dance towards the spiritual tent. You will always ascend to the Tongque Terrace and visit my Xiling Tomb Field. The incense I have left behind may be distributed among the ladies, and shall not be sacrificed with incense. People in each room have nothing to do, they can learn to knit ribbons and make shoes to sell. The ribbons I received from my lifetime as an official were put in the library. The clothes and leather coats that I have left behind can be put in another library, and if not, your brothers will divide them.
It is said that this last word of Cao Cao was inadvertently discovered by Lu Ji, a famous literary scholar of the Western Jin Dynasty, in the secret cabinet of the palace, and after reading it, Lu Ji could not help but sigh and wrote a "Hanging Wei Wu Wen". It says: Cao Cao was grand in life, far-sighted, and prosperous in his great cause, but he inevitably appeared amorous and entangled in some family affairs, and his life was not stopped in detail about some small things, and his vast thoughts lingered on the concubines weaving shoes, ribbons, and other things, so that his life would be deeply meaningful in a short time!
Although, Lu Ji said, it is resentful that looking at Xiling (Cao Cao's tomb) is only a vast expanse of grass and trees. Climbing the TongqueTai, everyone is sad, and the beautiful people (Cao Cao's wife and concubine) stare at the distance, what can they see? But apparently, Lu Ji saw two very shining words--labor, whether in Cao Cao's last words or in Lu Ji's hanging text, it is the simplest truth for people to live in the world. Cao Cao did not give his assets to the concubines, but let them learn to make shoes and weave cloth, use labor to feed themselves, support themselves, and read sadly and realistically. Cao Cao's life is deeply rooted in this sad reality, which tells people a universal truth, that is, if you want to live in this world, you must ultimately rely on your own labor rather than the gifts of others. What does that make us think of today?
There is a famous song: "The blue-faced Dou Erdun steals the imperial horse, the red-faced Guan Gongzhan Changsha, the yellow-faced Dianwei, the white-faced Cao Cao, and the black-faced Zhang Fei chirps!" Cao Cao thus "called Jiao" all the way to the present, and people gave him such a historical "position": his real name was Jili, the character Mengde, the nickname Aqi, the nickname Emperor Wu (Emperor Wu of Wei), and the people of Peiguo County (present-day Bozhou, Anhui). He was an outstanding politician, military figure, writer and calligrapher at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime.
But what about labor? Will it walk and sing like this? According to research, Cao Cao married fifteen or six wives and concubines in his lifetime, some of whom were still the widows of others, and they were all taken in by Cao Cao with their children, and the children became Cao Cao's adopted sons, such as He Yan, Qin Lang, and Cao Zhen. Cao Cao regarded them as his sons and raised them to adulthood. One of the stories is about Qin Lang:
Qin Lang was the son of Qin Yilu and Du Shi, who sent an envoy to Yuan Shu while under Lü Bu, who married him the daughter of the Han Dynasty, while Qin Lang and his mother were left behind in Xia Pi. In the third year of Jian'an (198), Cao Cao besieged Lü Bu in Xia Pi, and after the city was destroyed, Cao Cao refused Guan Yu's request and took the Du clan for himself, and Qin Lang became Cao Cao's stepson and lived with his mother in Cao Province. At that time, Lady Yin's child He Yan was also adopted in Cao Mansion, and unlike He Yan, who acted unscrupulously, Qin Lang's words and deeds were cautious and low-key. Cao Cao also liked Qin Lang very much, and once said to the guests: "Is there anyone in the world who loves his stepson like me?" ”
It is reasonable to say that these wives and concubines of Cao Cao were all mothers and nobles, but when Cao Cao died, he still wanted them to weave cloth and sell shoes for a living, this way of life is like the stars in the sky, although they are surrounded by the night, but they are a new life. People don't know whether Cao Cao's wives and concubines did what Cao Cao wanted, but people knew that being a wife and concubine must not be adopted by others. Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, Cao Cao in the world is not Cao Cao alone, Cao Cao came and went, Cao Cao's words are still the most simple and practical today, but who can still use their own faint light like stars to open the dark abyss? Those who are raised, O, must learn well.
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