Cao Song, courtesy name Jugao, was an official who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China.
14 Facts About Cao Song
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Cao Song was the foster son of the eunuch Cao Teng and the father of the warlord Cao Cao, who rose to prominence in the final years of Eastern Han and laid the foundation of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.
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Cao Song was posthumously honoured as "Emperor Tai" by his grandson Cao Pi in 220 when the latter ended the Han dynasty and founded the Cao Wei regime.
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Cao Song was known to be honest, sincere and of good moral conduct.
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Cao Song served as the Colonel-Director of Retainers in the Han imperial court.
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However, it was alleged that Cao Song obtained the post of Grand Commandant by bribing eunuchs, who were deeply trusted by the emperor.
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Around 193, Cao Song retired and returned to his hometown in Qiao County.
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All accounts agree that Cao Cao held Tao Qian responsible for the murder of his father regardless of the degree of Tao Qian's involvement in the incident.
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The Cao Man Zhuan and the Shiyu, two sources used by Pei Songzhi in his annotations to the Sanguozhi, mentioned that Cao Song's original family name was Xiahou and that he was an uncle of Xiahou Dun.
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The Qing dynasty scholar He Zhuo refuted the claim in the Cao Man Zhuan and Shiyu that Cao Song was from the Xiahou clan and dismissed it as a rumour started by people from Eastern Wu, a state founded by Cao Cao's rival, Sun Quan.
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Wu consolidated all the earlier differing viewpoints and pointed out three pieces of evidence to prove that Cao Song was from the Xiahou family:.
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Cao Song was raised by his uncle, whose family name was "Chen", and adopted "Chen" as his family name.
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Cao Song Cao Song appreciated Chen Jiao's talent and wanted to protect Chen's reputation, so he gave an order forbidding any dissent about Chen's personal life.
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Zhou Shouchang felt that when Cao Song Cao Song banned people from speaking against marriages between those who share the same family name, he was actually making it convenient to cover up his own family background.