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Today is December 27th, and it is also a very bizarre day, which comes from the coincidence of life and death of Cao Cao and his favorite son Cao Zhi.
Is there really such a coincidence in the world? Cao Zhi, who wrote the phrase "boiled beans and burned beans", died on December 27, 232 AD, and the tomb of his father Cao Cao was discovered on the same day after 1777 - December 27, 2009! What kind of mysterious and magical coincidence is this?
Let's look at Cao Zhi's death first
Cao Zhi was born in 192 and died on December 27, 232. Zi Jian, the third son of Cao Cao, was the King of Chen before his death, and after his death, he was nicknamed "Si", so he was also known as the King of Chen Si, because of his talent, he was Cao Cao's favorite son.
The most famous story of Cao Zhi's life is the story of "seven steps into poetry to avoid killing": "The New Language of the World" records that his brother Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei, was jealous of Cao Zhi's talents, and ordered Cao Zhi to make a poem within seven steps, otherwise he would be executed, and there were strict requirements for poetry: the theme of the poem must be brotherly love, but the whole poem cannot contain the word brother, and Cao Zhi chanted in less than seven steps: "Boiled beans hold as soup, and wet seeds think of juice." The beans burned under the kettle, and the beans wept in the kettle. Born from the same root, why is it too urgent to fry? Cao Zhi's talent moved Cao Pi and saved his own life. But his talent and ambition were also extinguished.
In 223, at the age of 32, Cao Zhi migrated to the throne of Yongqiu.
In 226, Cao Pi died of illness and was succeeded by Cao Rui as Emperor Ming of Wei. The ambitious Cao Zhi was eager to show his talents, and he had written to Cao Rui many times passionately, asking for political appointments, and the heart of fists could make people with iron hearts move. However, Cao Rui, who was too calm and rational, was like an ancient well, and could not afford to be slightly lan, and only gave verbal praise to Cao Zhi's various confessions and demands. Cao Rui still strictly guarded and restricted him, so Cao Zhi's situation did not fundamentally improve. During the 12 years of Wen and Ming II, Cao Zhi was moved to the throne many times, and the last fief was in Chen County.
In the third year of Taihe (229), the 38-year-old Cao Zhi migrated to Dong'a, during which time he devoted himself to writing and studying Confucian classics. In the sixth year of Taihe (232), Cao Zhi changed his title to King Chen, and on December 27, Cao Zhi died of depression at the age of 41, and was buried in Dong'ayushan in accordance with his last wishes.
Let's take a look at the mystery of Cao Cao's cemetery
According to legend, Cao Cao, who played with power all his life, the last move before his death was the tomb of doubt. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao ordered the establishment of seventy-two tombs before his death, which is the real tomb of Cao Cao? Are there 72 tombs in the end?
The major archaeological discovery in China on December 27, 2009 gave a clear account of the above "legend". On this day, Cao Cao's tomb was confirmed; this day was also the day of the sacrifice of Cao Cao's favorite son, Cao Zhi.
On December 27, 2009, after unanimous confirmation by the Chinese archaeological community, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage finally determined that the owner of the Gaoling Tomb in Anfeng Township, Anyang City, Henan Province, was cao Cao after archaeological excavations. On June 11, 2010, Cao Cao Gaoling in Anyang was selected as the first of the "2009 National Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries". In May 2013, Cao Cao Gaoling became the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
In March 2018, after scientific identification and archaeological inference, Cao Cao's remains were confirmed.
A clean and simple burial has caused a thousand-year misunderstanding
Judging from the existing historical materials and archaeological findings, Cao Cao did not have a secret burial, let alone a suspicious tomb, but only advocated the funeral from Jane, but did not expect that this 'Simple Handled' funeral had added a lot of complexity to history. Cao Cao's tomb is not a mystery, but since the Song Dynasty no one knows where Cao Cao's tomb is located, and there is a legend of setting up seventy-two tombs, after the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" publicized, Cao Cao's tomb has become a mystery known to women and children for thousands of years.
In fact, Cao Cao's will has a clear "statement" of his own funeral, and more than a year before his death, the "Final Decree" said that "the Ximen Leopard Ancestral Hall on the west plain is a Shouling Tomb, because of the high foundation, it is not sealed or a tree." "Before his death, the "Testament" made it clear that he should wear his usual clothes to the funeral, and did not want jewelry to accompany the burial. His sons Cao Pi and Cao Zhi both wrote about the funeral and confessed that they were buried in the west of Yecheng, and the Jin Dynasty literati Lu Ji and Lu Yun also introduced Cao Cao's funeral situation in their works. In the biographies of Sima Yi, Jia Kui, and others in the history books, there are records that they escorted Cao Cao's coffin to Yecheng for burial.
Historical records show that due to the funeral from Jane, after a few years, the altar on Cao Cao's tomb was destroyed. There were no burials of gold and jade artifacts, nor was it valued by tomb robbers, coupled with the fact that there was no sealing of the earth to build a mausoleum, no tree planting, after several dynasties, Cao Cao's tomb became flat, and no one knew. However, in the Tang Dynasty, people still had no doubts about the location of Cao Cao's tomb, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin also made a memorial for Cao Cao's tomb, but from the Northern Song Dynasty, although the location of Cao Cao's tomb was recorded in the history books, no one in reality knew the location of Cao Cao's tomb. Also from the Northern Song Dynasty, Cao Cao was stereotyped as a traitor, and the unknown location of his tomb became a proof of his treachery. To the west of Yecheng there is a group of Tombs of the Northern Dynasty, which is said to be Cao Cao's Seventy-two Tombs. Luo Guanzhong said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Cao Cao left his order to set up the Seventy-two Tombs outside the City of Daowu in Zhangde Province, rendering Cao Cao's treachery. There is an article in Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi" "Cao Cao Tomb" that points out that Cao Cao's tomb may be in addition to the seventy-two suspected tombs he has set up, which shows its deceit. With the circulation of these masterpieces, the mystery of Cao Cao's tomb has become more eye-catching and more confusing.
Today, archaeological science is still cao cao to cleanse. Archaeological materials prove that Cao Cao was not only a politician and military expert, but also a clean emperor who contributed to the unification of the Central Plains. His tomb was determined on the day of the sacrifice of his beloved son Cao Zhi, and proved his incorruptible burial behavior, which can also be regarded as a tribute to the father and son of the "honest prince and talent".
Well, today's "Beard History" is here, thank you for listening and paying attention.
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