Rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River, the waves have exhausted the characters of the ancient winds, and there have been countless dazzling stars in this sky in Chinese history. Their bodies are the journey of thousands of years in China, and it is their appearance that interprets the beauty and magnificence of Chinese history. Some of them became famous very early, and while others were still playing with mud, they were already famous.
It can be said that in a very short period of time. He has achieved achievements that are difficult for others to look up to with their life's efforts, but they are jealous of talents. It is a pity that the good years passed away early, such as these three. They were recognized as prodigies in ancient China, with superior intelligence but short lives, and none of them lived past the age of eighteen.
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There is a sentence in the Three Character Sutra that goes like this: Xi Zhongni, Shi Xiangqi, Ancient Sage, Shang Qinxue. Zhongni is the word of Confucius, that is to say, Confucius once worshipped a person named XiangQi as a teacher, and Xiangqi was still a child in the year that Confucius worshiped him. At that time, Confucius and his disciples swam east to the beikuo land, looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers, and admired all the way to the east. Several children hid in the distance when they saw their carriage, and only one child stood still in the middle of the road, and this child was Xiang Qi.
Confucius's disciple Zilu saw the situation and stopped and reprimanded, but Xiang Qiao still did not move, and Confucius was curious and asked him what he meant. Xiang Xi was a little unhappy to hear him speak, so he planned to tease them. The two sides came and went, and a series of questions raised by Confucius were resolved one by one by Xiang Qi. Confucius felt that this child was very knowledgeable, and he really couldn't argue with him, so he had to admit defeat and say to Xiang Qi: The future life is terrible, and I should worship you as a teacher.
After the story of Confucius Of The Three Difficulties of XiangQi became popular, the princes and Zhou Tianzi were afraid that this child would grow up in the future and assist which princes would become hegemonic. They scrambled to send samurai to find a way to kidnap Xiang Qi, who refused to woo them one by one, saying that he would not leave his homeland. After several days of stalemate without results, the warriors of the Wu kingdom ran out of dry food they had brought with them, and when they returned to China, they did not use xiangqi for other countries. Unexpectedly, he was killed in the struggle for supremacy among the princes, at the age of 12.
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Xiang Qiu defeated Confucius, and Ganluo's achievements were higher than his, and Ganluo was the grandson of Ganmao, the former left chancellor of the Qin state. Brilliant from an early age, at the age of twelve, he served under Lü Buwei and volunteered to be an envoy to the State of Zhao for the State of Qin. With his own wisdom, he persuaded the King of Zhao to form an alliance with the Zhao Kingdom. The State of Qin sent back Prince Dan, the State of Zhao had no fear of attacking the State of Yan, and the State of Zhao sent five cities to the State of Qin.
Qin Guo had gained many cities in peace, and such feats were extremely rare, and it was not easy to know that it was not easy to capture a city. Therefore, at the age of twelve, Ganluo was given the title of Shangqing (equivalent to Xiang Xiang) by the Qin King, and he did so at a young age. It is reasonable to say that he should have done more in the future, but Ganluo actually disappeared from the history books, and it is very likely that he was killed by jealous people like Xiang Qi.
Cao Chong
Cao Chong is also one of the more unfortunate prodigies in ancient times, he is Cao Cao's son, and he has been intelligent and benevolent since childhood. The evaluation of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is: Shaocong Chaqiling, born five or six years old, has the wisdom of an adult. That is to say, he was born five or six years ago, and the intellectual mind reached the same wisdom as an adult, leaving the story of Cao Chong calling himself an elephant, and it is well known that Cao Cao has always loved talent. His own son was so intelligent, naturally he was more popular with him, and Cao Cao even had the intention of letting him inherit his position.
If Cao Chong did not die young that year, it is not possible to say who inherited Cao Cao's position, and it is not Cao Pi. Unfortunately, in 208 AD (the thirteenth year of Jian'an), Cao Chong died prematurely due to a serious illness. At the age of 13 at the time of his death, Cao Cao prayed to heaven many times during his illness, and was even more sad after his death. Whenever this son was mentioned, he always shed tears, and specially chose the dead daughter of Empress Zhen's clan to be buried with him.
It is worth mentioning that because of Cao Chong's early death, it also caused the death of another prodigy. That is, Zhou Bu doubted, these two prodigies had a very good relationship, and Cao Cao also approved of the exchanges between the two. But what I didn't expect was that it was because of his good friend that Zhou Buxian innocently lost his life. After Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao was very concerned about Zhou Buxian's wisdom and specially ordered someone to assassinate Zhou Buxuan. The reason why Cao Chong started after his death was because he felt that Cao Chong could control Zhou Bu doubt, and Cao Pi could not control Zhou Bu Doubt.
References: Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms
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