In the textbook of the primary school, there is an article called Cao Chong calling the elephant, the DPRK in a unique way to weigh the weight of the elephant, its intelligence is amazing, but many people do not know that such a clever prodigy died at the age of 13, at that time many people expressed great regret, but Sima Yi shouted: This child actually lacks roots!
Why did Sima Yi make such remarks?
Cao Cao was a suspicious person, but his son Cao Chong was not, he had a generous personality and treated his father's subordinates with great courtesy. The historical records record such an interesting thing: Cao Cao's saddle rat was chewed, according to Cao Cao's character, the small official in the warehouse was undoubtedly going to be executed, and after Cao Chong knew, he interceded with his father for three days for the little official, and the little official was spared death.
It is precisely because of this that Cao Chong was very popular in Cao Cao's troops, Cao Cao once wanted to pass on his position to him, when Cao Cao had this kind of performance, it seemed that everything was logical and there was nothing wrong with it, but Cao Cao's other sons were no longer dry, and Cao Chong's existence was a great threat to them.
In 208 AD, when Cao Chong was 13 years old, he suddenly fell seriously ill, and Cao Cao visited famous doctors to ask heaven, but it did not help, and in the end, Cao Chong died at the age of 13.
After Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao was depressed and very sad, and Cao Cao's eldest son came to comfort him, and Cao Cao said this: "His departure is my misfortune, and at the same time your luck." From this sentence, we can see that there are words in Cao Cao's words, and it seems that there is another explanation for Cao Chong's death, but it is not explicitly stated, which shows that Cao Chong's death has another mystery.
The news of Cao Chong's death reached Sima Yi's ears, and Sima Yi laughed, saying that Cao Chong's death was expected, he was too revealing to understand the principle of shooting the head bird, Cao Cao was not only his son, he was so revealed, how could he retreat?
From Sima Yi's evaluation, we can get such a truth, dealing with people, excellent or mediocre, or to know how to avoid their own sharp edges, too much publicity is bound to bring unnecessary risks to themselves!