Cao Cao, the most powerful during the Three Kingdoms period, not only had some outstanding military talents, but also had some ideas in literature, and the key thing was that he also had intelligent sons, the most famous of which were Cao Zhi and Cao Pi.
The famous poem "Originally born from the same root, fried He Tai anxious" is from Cao Zhi's hand. In addition to these two more famous sons, in fact, Cao Cao's most talented son was Cao Chong, but this son died mysteriously and early, is it a natural envy of talents?
But then Sima Yi gave the sentence "He is really stupid." What kind of person is Cao Chong?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > a child prodigy at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty</h1>
Cao Chong, born in 196, was the last year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his father was the famous Cao Cao, and his mother was a concubine. He showed great wisdom at a very young age, like an adult.
At that time, Sun Quan specially entrusted someone to send an elephant, which cao had never seen before, and seeing such a large size, he wanted to know how heavy this elephant really was, so he sought a way from his courtiers.
But asked a circle of subordinates, did not give a method, then Cao Cao's son Cao Chong spoke, said that as long as the elephant is placed on the boat, and then pushed into the river, the boat sinks to which position, marking, in the fixed known weight on the boat, until the same position can be reached to get the weight of the elephant.
In other words, water, a natural medium, is used to replace the weight of elephants equivalently. After this plan was proposed, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to implement it, and indeed, as his son Cao Chong said, he derived the size of the elephant.
As Cao Cao's favorite son, he almost followed his father, and the father and son were quite trusting. At that time, discipline in the army was very strict, and the punishment was strong, and the saddle in the warehouse was bitten by a rat.
And it just so happened to be Cao Cao's saddle, and the guards who managed these things were frightened, which was enough to deserve the death penalty. When Cao Chong heard about this, he immediately informed the officials to wait for three days. After that, I will turn myself in.
In order to prevent his father from blaming him, he had a plan. Cao Chong returned to the mansion, pierced his clothes with a knife, and acted as if he had been bitten by a rat, and was very worried, and his father Cao Cao saw his son like this and asked quickly.
Cao Chong then told his father that in folklore, if a rat bites through the clothes, then the owner of the clothes may suffer ominous, so he is very worried about the future, but his father said that these are all made up, and there is no need to be so upset.
Three days later, the official went to turn himself in and told Cao Cao that his saddle had been bitten by a rat, and that having experienced the incident of his son Cao Chong, he said rather calmly not to pay attention to it, and did not blame it.
Of course, there are many more incidents like this, and Cao Chong has helped many people escape the fate of being killed. And his clever words made his father Cao Cao praise his young son in front of the ministers many times, intending to let him inherit the great cause.
Of course, there are many allusions to Cao Chong, and there are many idioms based on him, such as Gu Ying's self-pity, prodigy friendship, etc., all of which praise his talent and talent, but unfortunately, this talented teenager died very early.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > anecdotal allusions, unfortunately died</h1>
Gu Ying's self-pity, for the meaning of self-appreciation. Its origin is that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, someone in the south offered a pheasant to Cao Cao, who originally loved his feathers quite much and danced when he saw the reflection in the water.
Cao Cao had long heard that pheasants could dance, but now that he got a chicken, he looked down on the dancing, then Cao Chong thought of a trick, found a large mirror to put in front of the pheasant, the mirror is like the surface of the water, can print the appearance of the pheasant.
The pheasant began to dance after seeing itself, and did not know how to stop until it finally died of exhaustion, which was the prototype of Gu Ying's self-pity. Of course, there was also the friendship of the prodigy, and Zhou Bu, who was also known as a prodigy at that time, had a very good relationship with Cao Chong.
Cao Cao also liked Zhou Buxian this child, but after Cao Chong's death, whenever Cao Cao saw Zhou Buxian, he would think of his young son, and his heart was also very unhappy, and finally sent someone to assassinate Zhou Buxian.
In 208 AD, the 13th year of Jian'an, when Cao Chong was only 13 years old, but he was diagnosed with a serious illness, Cao Cao, as a father, personally asked heaven for him, just to save the life of his younger son.
Unfortunately, the sky is not beautiful, Cao Chong finally passed away, the father is very sad, Cao Pi's son and brother these two identities, naturally to comfort the father and emperor, but Cao Cao said, "After his death is my misfortune, but it is your luck."
It is not difficult to think that as Cao Cao's most proud son, Cao Chong has a great possibility of inheriting the position, but the other brothers also want to be able to ascend to the highest position on their own, of course, the fewer the competitors, the better, especially the lack of the strongest opponent.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > the truth about death, historical evaluation</h1>
According to the canonical records, Cao Chong died of poisoning because he was bitten by a poisonous snake, but only a cursory mention of such a sentence, but the specific and clear information is not available.
This has been questioned by relevant scholars, speculating that Cao Chong may have been killed by his own brother.
At that time, the inheritance system was the inheritance of the eldest son, and although Cao Chong was the younger son, he had extremely high talent and was deeply liked by his father, which was undoubtedly a hint to the sons, but who could give up the throne at will.
Although Cao Pi was the eldest son, he was also a concubine, and he did not have any talent and ability, so he did not have any advantage, but his ambitions were very large, and the struggle for the throne was inevitable, and before that, he must remove all the obstacles.
And as a father, Cao Cao, although he showed considerable liking for Cao Chong's attitude and intended to make him the heir, he did not expect to be more distant, so he pushed his young son to the cusp of the storm.
In fact, Cao Chong's death, as a father, can not escape his guilt, but who is really behind the scenes, it is no longer just speculation. However, in the ancient feudal society, there are many examples of brothers turning against each other like this.
Relative to family affection, the most down-to-earth for them is money and status, after all, the brothers are clearly calculating, the more pampered, the stronger their greed, the more ruthless they do, without any regard for any feelings.
History is so cruel and terrible that whoever ultimately gets the throne is not really a winner. However, it is in such a chaotic world that the state system will become more and more perfect, and the national culture will gradually be exported.
Dealing with historical figures, Ah Mao believes that we should uphold a tolerant attitude, there are no real bad people, there are no real good people, they are all living for their own interests, and Cao Chong is the same.