Smart Cao Chongdied young, Cao Cao lamented
I believe that many people have learned the story of "Cao Chong Calls the Elephant" in primary school Chinese textbooks. Cao Chong was only six years old at the time, and he relied on his own wisdom to come up with such a method when the ancients did not have large weighing tools, which shows how smart Cao Chong was in history!
Historically, Cao Cao doted on his youngest son Cao Chong very much, however, this extremely intelligent teenager who was only 13 years old died young. It is said that after Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao said a sentence that is intriguing.
The ancients said: "There is a kind of wisdom, and there are roots in wealth." As a generation of heroes Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, several of his sons were talented, such as Cao Zhi's seven-step poem, Cao Pi's ascended to the throne, and they left a deep mark on the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Perhaps it was inherited from his father Cao Cao that made Cao Chong stand out among many brothers. However, the historical Cao Cao had a unique love for Cao Chong, which is enough to prove that Cao Chong may have been better than his brothers at that time.
Although Cao Chong's early death has led to few records of him in historical sources, this does not erase his intelligence and intelligence surpassing that of his older brothers.
In the "Collected Works of Cao Zijian", there is such a record: "During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Chong was known as a prodigy because of his superior wisdom, and even though he was still young, he attracted the attention of the world with his talent."
Cao Chong is not only extremely intelligent, but his character is also generous and benevolent, which is in stark contrast to his father Cao Cao's ruthless and suspicious nature. Cao Cao's philosophy is "I'd rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me", and his suspicious nature sometimes makes people feel that he is very harsh when dealing with his subordinates.
Unlike his father, Cao Chong was very benevolent to his subordinates, so he won the respect of Cao Cao's subordinates. Once, one of Cao Cao's officials in charge of the warehouse was negligent, causing Cao Cao's saddle to be damaged by rats.
In Cao Cao's usual style, the official could be severely punished and even put his life in danger.
Cao Chong: The courage and wisdom of a witty teenager Cao Cao's youngest son, Cao Chong, did not stand idly by in the face of the entanglement of his father and officials, but solved this problem with the wisdom and courage of a child.
He cleverly advised the officials to wait a few days before turning themselves in, so that the officials avoided the risk of heavy fines and beheadings. Cao Chong's story allows us to see the courage and wisdom of a child, and his behavior also makes us think deeply: when facing problems, sometimes adults do not necessarily have better solutions, and children may also bring us new inspiration and solutions.
Cao Chong was worried that the rat-bitten clothes would bring bad luck to his father, so he chose to apologize to his father in this way and tried to resolve his father's doubts.
Cao Cao smiled after hearing this and said, "It's okay, your saddle was bitten by rats, I'll just make you a new one." Cao Chong nodded after hearing this, and then hopped away.
Two days later, the official came to Cao Cao's tent and knelt down to apologize to Cao Cao, saying that he had accidentally let his saddle be damaged by rats, and that Cao Cao knew that his youngest son's clothes had also been damaged by rats.
After hearing this, Cao Cao only smiled and responded: "This is not your fault, but the rat infestation in our military camp is too rampant!" I'm going to immediately deploy personnel to do a complete rat cleanup of the barracks! ”
The matter was eventually settled. It can be seen from this incident that the young Cao Chong is not only intelligent, but also kind-hearted. Even if Cao Cao learned the truth later, he did not pursue responsibility, but thought that Cao Chong had done a very good job.
Cao Cao admired his son Cao Chong very much and intended to let him succeed to the throne. However, this thought made several of Cao Cao's other sons jealous of Cao Chong, especially the eldest son, Cao Pi, because Cao Chong's threat to his chances of succeeding to the throne was a threat.
Unfortunately, when Cao Chong was 13 years old, he suddenly suffered from a strange disease, although Cao Cao searched for miracle doctors all over the world, but could not cure it, and finally Cao Chong unfortunately passed away.
Cao Chong's death made Cao Cao very sad, and he cried sadly.
Cao Pi saw his father's grief and came to comfort him. Cao Cao said to him: "Cao Chong's death is a loss for me, but for you, it may be a kind of luck. From Cao Cao's words, we can see that he has doubts about Cao Chong's death, but he has not yet found conclusive evidence.
Later, Sima Yi also commented on Cao Chong, saying that his talent was too outstanding and he didn't know how to hide his edge, so he was mistaken by his cleverness and asked for trouble. This may be a kind of great wisdom in life!
What do you think about this?