As the saying goes, since the ancient heroes came out of the youth, some children are born intelligent, and they show extraordinary talent at a young age, which is admirable, such as Xiang Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ganluo at the end of the Warring States period and Cao Chong at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, these three children are famous prodigies in history, but it is regrettable that these three children did not live to adulthood and died early, which is really a jealous talent.
Let's first take a look at the story of Xiang Qiao, he is a Lu guo in the Spring and Autumn Period, friends who have read the "Three Character Classic" should not be unfamiliar with him, there is a record in the "Three Character Classic", "Xi Zhongni, Shi Xiangqiao", it is said that Confucius once worshiped the seven-year-old Xiang Qiao as a teacher, the two of them met Xiang Qi in painting, Confucius felt interesting and went forward to inquire, after a conversation between the two, Confucius was impressed by his cleverness, so he specially invited him to go with him.
One winter when the two were walking together, Xiang Qi suddenly asked Confucius why pine trees can always be evergreen when many leaves wither and a depressed scene in winter. Confucius listened and thought for a while, and replied, "Because pine and cypress trees are solid and hardy, the leaves can be evergreen all year round." ”
Xiang Xi retorted: "The heart of the bamboo is empty, but its leaves are equally blue in winter. Confucius was full of shame, so he sighed: Indeed, he should also learn the humility of bamboo. So he worshiped the seven-year-old Xiang Qi as a teacher and humbly learned from him, but later the Emperor of the State of Qi was worried that Xiang Qi was too clever and would be a disaster for the world in the future, so he killed him after he became famous.
The second prodigy, Ganluo, was born in 256 BC, and because of his intelligence from an early age, he worked under Lü Buwei, the chancellor of the Qin state. In 268, Lü Buwei wanted to attack the State of Zhao to expand the fiefdoms of the State of Qin, and made preparations for this early, first persuading the State of Yan to let Prince Dan go to the State of Qin as a hostage, and then to let Zhang Tang serve as the minister of the State of Yan. When Zhang Tang went to yan to serve as minister, Ganluo asked himself to go to Zhao guo to make some preparations for him, and Lü Buwei considered that he usually showed great talent, so he agreed.
After Ganluo went to the State of Zhao, he first directly explained the relationship between the State of Qin and the State of Yan, told the King of Zhao about the state of Qin planning to join forces with the State of Yan to attack the State of Zhao, and then pointed out that the reason why the State of Qin attacked the State of Zhao was only to expand the territory around the river, and if the State of Zhao could first take out the five cities between the rivers to the State of Qin, then he persuaded the King of Qin to give up attacking the State of Zhao and help the State of Zhao to attack the weak State of Yan.
In the end, King Zhao did agree, and then the State of Qin sent Prince Dan of Yan back to the State of Yan, and the King of Zhao immediately sent troops to the State of Yan without fear, and then took the thirty-six cities of the State of Yan, and gave eleven of them to the State of Qin, and Ganluo was also reused, and was named Shangqing by Yingzheng, who was still the King of Qin at the time, and was the same as the prime minister. It wasn't long before Ganluo fell ill and died, which was a pity.
The third prodigy, Cao Chong, the son of Cao Cao and Lady Huan, was born in 196 AD and was not only intelligent but also had a benevolent heart. Once he met a small soldier in charge of Cao Cao's saddle crying, so he went forward to ask the reason, and the little soldier said that the saddle was bitten by a rat, which was a very unlucky thing, and if Cao Cao knew, he would definitely punish him.
Cao Chong comforted him and said that he didn't have to worry, let him report the matter to Cao Cao after three days, Cao Chong went back and tore his clothes to make him look like he was bitten by rats, and then he looked sad, Cao Cao asked him why he was worried, he replied that his clothes were bitten and broken, very unlucky, so he was worried, Cao Cao laughed loudly, saying that this was all folk rumors and could not be trusted.
After the little soldier came to report on the saddle, Cao Cao was very calm and did not blame, waving his hand: "My son's clothes will be bitten around, not to mention the saddle placed in the storeroom!" The creeps escaped. Cao Chong was the smartest and most favored of all of Cao Cao's sons, and Cao Cao had praised him many times in front of his ministers, with the intention of letting his son inherit his father's business, but in 208 AD, Cao Chong was bitten by a poisonous snake, and then died of illness at the age of 13, which made people sigh.