I believe that many of you have learned a text called "Wounded Zhongyong", although Fang Zhongyong is young and intelligent, but when he grows up, he has become invisible to everyone, and in Chinese history, there are also three of the most intelligent prodigies, whose intelligence is far beyond ordinary people, why did they have no news later? Let's take a look!
The name of the first child is called Xiang Qi, and his most famous deed is that he was worshipped as a teacher by Confucius at the age of seven, and many works such as Huainan Zi and Warring States Policy mention that Fu Xiangqi was a Confucius teacher at the age of seven. Legend has it that when Confucius was lobbying and lecturing, he drove to Xiguan in Yanzhou and met Xiang Qi, who was playing on the ground, and the two began to argue.
Confucius said: "The pine tree is not vain, so it can withstand the cold." However, Xiang Qi retorted: "Bamboo is not true in heart, but he is also as resistant to the cold as pine trees", the two of them walked and talked, came to the city gate, saw a pair of funeral teams wearing Ma Dai Filial Piety while walking and singing, and none of the people behind them cried, Confucius thought that this was not filial piety, very unhappy and wanted to come forward to persuade, but was pulled by Xiang Qi, it turned out that Xiang Qi thought that the old man would do everything he wanted to do before he died, before leaving, his children were around, what regrets, why should he be sad? Confucius heard these truths told by Xiang Qi, deeply admired him, and worshiped him as a teacher.
Xiang Qi's death is not believed in the history books, but there are two theories, one is that on the day xiang Qi was ten years old, the State of Qi attacked the State of Lu, Wen Xiang Qiao wanted to recruit him, Xiang Qi did not agree and fled into the mountains, and was eventually killed, the second theory is that when Xiang Qi was 12 years old, the State of Wu attacked the State of Lu, and the soldiers of the Wu Army also killed him according to the law. Either way. It is explained that Xiang Qiao should have died early in the soldiers.
The second Ganluo, the most famous story is that he served as the chancellor of the Qin State at the age of 12, when the Qin State wanted to attack the Zhao State, and Ganluo was Lü Buwei's protégé, volunteering to go to the Zhao State as an envoy of the Qin State, and met with the Zhao Mourning King, and when he arrived in the Zhao Kingdom, Ganluo said, Did the Great King know that Prince Dan of Yan had come to the Qin State as a hostage? King Zhao replied, "I have heard about it." Ganluo said that the fact that Prince Dan of Yan came to the State of Qin shows that the two countries have established friendly relations, and that the State of Yan wants to expand its territory by attacking the State of Zhao, so it is better for the Great King to send me five cities, and I persuaded the King of Qin to send back Prince Dan of the State of Yan, and the two countries of Qin and Zhao will work together to attack the weak and small State of Yan.
King Zhao agreed to his request, so after Ganluo returned to the Qin State, Qin Shi Huang did send back the Prince dan of Yan, and the King of Zhao had the courage to attack the Yan State, seizing thirty cities in Shanggu, and in order to show friendship, returned eleven to the Qin State. This is thanks to the young Ganluo, who was also named Shangqing (丞相). However, Ganluo's deeds also end here, without the following text, it is generally believed that he died shortly after this age, folklore believes that Qin Shi Huang's mother killed him, and the Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty also mentions his experience of becoming a feathered immortal.
The third prodigy is also widely known, that is, Cao Chong who weighed the elephant, and The Eastern Wu Sun Quan paid tribute to an elephant, Cao Cao wanted to know his specific weight, only Cao Chong gave the method of standing on the boat to weigh and then compare with the stones. Cao Cao was very happy about this, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms also recorded that Cao Chong was "a young cong, Cha Qiling, born five or six years old, with the wisdom of an adult", and Cao Cao often praised him in front of his ministers, wanting him to inherit his position. "Taizu Count's description of the group of courtiers has the intention of passing on the aftermath."
However, in 208, the 13-year-old Cao Chong fell seriously ill, and despite Cao Cao's personal prayers, he died in this year, and Cao Cao was deeply saddened by this. If Cao Chong grows up to inherit the throne in the future, then the history of the Three Kingdoms may have to be rewritten.