Recently, the hit "Army Division Alliance of The Great Army Division Sima Yi" is being broadcast, and everyone can't help but be overwhelmed by Cao Cao's heroic talent and the image of the adulterous male. However, looking at the Three Kingdoms, it is often very confusing, especially Cao Cao's subordinates, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Zhang, Xiahou Huan, xiahou Yuan, what is the relationship between Cao Cao and Cao Cao? Where did Cao Cao's original surname Xiahou come from? To find out this, many people will think of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for the first time. Opening the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the first time Cao Cao appeared, "Guan Bai Riding Du Wei, Pei Guo Yu Junren also, surname Cao, name Cao, the word Mengde." Cao Song's father, Cao Song,whose original surname was Xiahou (夏侯氏), was the adopted son of Cao Teng (曹腾), so he assumed the surname Cao. Cao Song Sheng Cao, small character Ah Qi, a Ji Li. According to this statement, Cao Cao's father Cao Song was originally surnamed Xiahou, and Cao Song became the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng, so he changed his surname to Cao. His father changed his surname to Cao, and Cao Cao naturally took the surname Cao. The Cao and Xiahou clans were both large clans in Peiguo County (Bozhou City, Anhui Province). However, since Cao Teng, the Mendi have flourished, and most of them have been high officials in the imperial court and counties. Because Cao Teng was deeply trusted by the generals Liang Ji and Emperor Huan of Han, his adopted son Cao Song served as a lieutenant; his younger brother Cao Song (曹褒官) to Yingchuan Taishou (颍川太守), Cao Teng (曹褒官) to Shizhong (侍中) and Changshui (長水) were lieutenants; and another cousin, Cao Dingguan (曹鼎官), was appointed as a lieutenant to Shangshuling (尚書令).
On the other hand, although the Xiahou family has a great career, after all, no one in the ancestors has ever been an official, only an indigenous landlord, not a eunuch (the official lists a separate household registration). In order to seek the development of power, the Xiahou clan gradually moved closer to the Cao clan. Although the Cao clan relied on Cao Teng as a eunuch, they had a good reputation among scholars and doctors, and they were not arrogant in their hometown. Therefore, the Xiahou clan began to move closer to the Cao clan, and the two brothers of the same clan, Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan (Xiahou Yuan was xiahou yuan's brother, then they were not at least the same grandfather) both took a fancy to Cao Cao, who was quite famous in the mouth of the scholar. At that time, Cao Cao resigned at home, and Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan intersected with Cao Cao. Cao Cao had violated the law, Xiahou Yuan replaced Cao Cao and was imprisoned, and Cao Cao actively rescued Xiahou Yuan. Since then, the relationship between the two families has become more and more intimate, and Xiahou Yuan has also taken Cao Cao's sister-in-law as his wife, and the two have become brothers-in-law. Cao Cao raised an army in Chenliu, and Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan took the lead in casting. Cao Cao was then the (i.e., temporary agent) general of Fenwu, with Xiahou Huan as Sima and Xiahou Yuan as Sima of other departments. The two cousins, Cao Ren and Cao Hong (Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong are cousins of each other), were only simas of other departments. Cao Cao also married his daughter to Xiahou Dunxuan's second son Xiahou Mao, so that Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun became the sons and daughters of the family, and their status was more secure. Xiahou Yuan's eldest son Xiahou Heng married Cao Caotang's niece and was also related to Cao Cao. Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan were heavily entrusted to Cao Cao not only because of their in-laws and fellow villagers (in ancient times, the hometown relationship was considered a very important interpersonal relationship and was highly valued, by the way, Dianwei and Xu Chu were both Cao Cao's fellow countrymen), but also because they themselves had considerable political or military talents.
Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong, Cao Xiong, and Cao Yu were Cao Cao's sons, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong were Cao Cao's brothers, and Cao Cao and his family were sons. Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen were adopted by Cao Cao, and were not surnamed Cao, but later changed their surnames to Cao. Cao Rui was the son of Cao Pi and the grandson of Cao Cao, Cao Fang was Cao Rui's adopted son, Cao Anmin was Cao Cao's nephew, and Cao Shuang was Cao Zhen's son