1, Cao Ang
Cao Ang is the eldest son of Cao Cao and his biological mother is Mrs. Liu. She is just a maid. She is the maid of Ding Furen, the first wife of Cao Cao. Ding Furen was barren, so Cao Cao and Ding Furen's maid gave birth to their first son, Cao Ang, whom Ding Furen regarded as his own son and liked very much.
Cao Ang is clever, brave and filial. At the age of 20, he was promoted to filial piety, the same age as Cao Cao. Cao Cao used to take Cao Ang with him when he was on expeditions in his early years. In A.D. 197, Cao Cao conquered Wancheng Zhang Xiu and Zhang Xiu surrendered. Then Cao Cao took a fancy to Zhang Xiu's aunt, and Zhang Xiu couldn't bear it, so he suddenly rebelled. Cao Cao was caught off guard and was defeated.
At that time, in order to save Cao Cao, Cao Ang gave his horse to Cao Cao, and then walked behind. As a result, he died in Nanyang with Cao Anmin and Dian Wei. When Ding Furen heard this, he was very sad, resented Cao Cao and left Cao Cao. Before he died, Cao Cao thought of his eldest son, Cao Ang, and said that if he died, Cao Ang asked me where his mother was. What should I say? This shows that Cao Cao also bears a grudge against Cao Ang's murder.
Cao Ang is immortal, and Cao Cao's successor may be Cao Ang. Later, after Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he also said something similar. This shows that Cao Ang is also talented.
2. Cao Pi
Cao Pi is the most balanced talent among all sons of Cao Cao. Cao Pi, Cao Cao and Cao Zhi are also called Jian 'an Three Caos. This is Cao Pi's literary talent. Although not as good as Cao Zhi's, it also has its own characteristics. Cao Pi's poems are well written, and many works have been handed down to this day, such as Song of Yan Xing, which is the earliest seven-character poem.
At the same time, in terms of martial arts, xelloss is no less. Cao Pi learned archery at the age of 6 and horseback riding at the age of 8. He followed Cao Cao everywhere when he was 10 years old. Cao Ang died in the war of Wancheng, and Cao Pi, who was 10 years old, was there, and escaped with his own information. After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he saw that Liu Beiying was defeated in the battle of Yiling, and he made three personal expeditions at the same time.
Cao Pi can win the battle with Cao Zhi for storage space, which in itself is the embodiment of his ability. Cao Pi is steady and low-key, not as grandiose and impulsive as Cao Zhi, which is one of the reasons why Cao Pi can become an heir. As far as comprehensive ability is concerned, Cao Pi ranks first among Cao Cao's 25 sons.
3. Cao Zhi
Cao Zhi's specialty mainly lies in literature. Besides, Cao Zhi is useless. He left behind many literary works, among which Cao Zhi's Fu is the best, for example, Fu of Luo Shen, which is a must, with gorgeous words and beautiful style.
However, Cao Zhi is not a mature politician. He is impulsive and willful. Cao Zhi once broke into Sima Gate, where only the emperor could walk, and violated the emperor's power. This is a felony. Although Cao Cao held the emperor to make the princes, it did not mean that Cao Cao Can openly violated the imperial power. After all, he wants to hide his low profile. What Cao Zhi has done is simply making trouble for Cao Cao.
Cao Zhi often drinks wine to spoil things. In the battle of Xiangfan, Cao Cao wanted Cao Zhi to lead an army to save Coss. But the night before, Cao Zhi was drunk and didn't catch up with the troops the next day. This is a sign of willfulness. No wonder Cao Cao won't choose Cao Zhi as his successor.
Cao Zhi is very good as a writer. One of the three Cao Cao in Jian 'an, literature can lose Cao Cao, and nothing else can.
4. Cao Zhang
Cao Zhang is characterized by its force and likes to fight on the battlefield. Besides force, what advantages does Cao Zhang have, and its mind is even a little backward. Cao Pi taught him humility, and he did the same. Does Cao Zhang know nothing about modesty and have to be taught by others? Maybe I really don't understand, but Cao Zhang's force is OK. He personally led the army to crusade against Wuhuan and Xianbei and successfully put down the rebellion.
It is possible and qualified for Cao Zhang to be a general, and he is also a military talent, but it is not easy to do other things.
5. Cao Chong
Cao Chong is the cleverest of all sons of Cao Cao, and he is a child prodigy. The famous story of the elephant in Cao Chong is the way that Cao Chong came up with. Cao Cao liked Cao Chong very much, but Cao Chong's life span was too short, and he died at the age of 13. Cao Chong's deeds are very few. If he is really a child prodigy, maybe Cao Cao will be trained as a successor.
2. Sun Jian's son Sun Jian has five sons: Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang and Sun Lang. The most talented are Sun Ce and Sun Quan. One is amazing in martial arts and the other is politically mature. They laid the foundation of Wu Dong's regime.
1, Sun Ce
Sun Jian was shot and killed by Huang Zu under Liu Biao in the war. When Sun Jian died, Sun Ce was only 17 years old, still in nominal age. After Sun Jian was buried, Sun Ce began to farm alone. He asked Yuan Shu to return to his father's former headquarters. He took this man across the Yangtze River and began to farm in Jiangdong. In just six years, Sun Ce has established the territory of six counties in Jiangdong.
Yangzhou secretariat Lu You, satrap Xu Gong, Huiji satrap Wang Lang, Lujiang satrap Liu Xun and Jiangxia satrap Huang Zu were all defeated by Sun Ce. Sun Ce, as a fledgling teenager, spent only six years, and he was a military genius. You know, before that, Sun Ce didn't follow his father Sun Jian around, he just lived with his mother, but he didn't know he was a military genius until he started his own business.
Sun Ce's main talents are concentrated on the military and personnel. In the process of fighting against Jiangdong, Sun Ce promoted and discovered a large number of talents, such as Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu and Dong, all of whom were discovered and promoted by Sun Ce. Sun Ce also established literati groups of Jiangdong regime such as Zhang Zhao, and Zhou Yu was discovered and promoted by Sun Ce, becoming the backbone of Soochow regime.
Sun Ce was killed by an assassin at the age of 26, which is why he accidentally killed too many people. There is no denying that Sun Ce is an outstanding talent. His military talent exceeds Zhou Yu's, and his political talent is not bad. It is not easy to develop a political group into a land of six counties in Jiangdong.
2. Sun Quan
Sun Quan is Sun Ce's younger brother. Sun Ce chose Sun Quan as his successor mainly because he imagined that Sun Quan could hold the six counties in Jiangdong. Sun Ce does not expect Sun Quan to expand its territory, but only hopes that Sun Quan can hold the mountain he laid. Sun Quan not only held them, but also carried them forward, expanding Sun Quan's mountains and rivers by more than three times. This is Sun Quan's talent.
Sun Quan's talent is mainly reflected in politics and employment. Politically, Sun Quan actively resisted Cao Cao's southward migration, listened to Lu Su's suggestion, united Liu Bei and Cao Cao as enemies, prevented Cao Cao from unifying the world, stabilized the political power, continued to expand abroad, captured Jiaozhou, attacked Jingzhou, completely drove Liu Bei's forces out of Jingzhou, and finally established the Soochow regime.
In terms of employing people, Sun Quan also promoted a large number of talents, mainly including Zhu Gejin, Lu Su, Monroe, Lu Xun, Oracle, Xu Sheng and Gu Yong. At the same time, efforts were made to win over the four big noble families in Wuxian and stabilize the political power. If Sun Ce is a military genius, then Sun Quan is a born politician.
Third, Liu Bei's son Liu Bei has three biological sons besides his adopted son Liu Feng, namely: Liu Chan, Liu Yong and Liu Li.
Liu Chan 1
Although Liu Chan is not a bad king, he is definitely an incompetent mediocrity. He is an ordinary man. If he is an ordinary person, there is no problem, but putting ordinary people in the position of emperor is incompetent.
In order to let his son Liu Chan inherit the throne, Liu Bei even sealed his adopted son Liu Feng. If Liu Chan has the ability, why is he doing this? During Zhuge Liang's administration, he knew his son better than others. Because of his super power, he concealed the light of Emperor Liu Chan. But after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan was still his boss of cutting and could lead the government, while Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were still in power.
As an emperor, if Liu Chan was really capable, he had to go his own way, but he didn't. Maybe this is Liu Chan's idea. He is content with the status quo and just wants to have fun. He has been a cutting shopkeeper for decades, and he does not deal with specific affairs, but is handled by ministers. As a result, the villain Huang Hao came out. Liu Chan couldn't get rid of the responsibility of reusing eunuchs. In any dynasty, as long as the eunuchs were authoritarian, the emperor would be incompetent.
Liu Chan has no enterprising spirit. Compared with his father Liu Bei, he is less than 1%. Liu Bei has been in business all his life. At the age of 60, he will also crusade for Sun Quan, creating stable political conditions for Shu Han. But what about Liu Chan? When the Shu army was still resisting everywhere, the emperor ordered to surrender, which was a great shame and a sign of incompetence.
It is always said that Liu Chan, even though he is stupid, can fool Si Mazhao and survive. I just want to say, who is Si Mazhao, his political and military ability is not much worse than Zhuge Liang, and how many political struggles has he experienced? Sima's family started out by stratagem. How can they be deceived by such a mediocre person as Liu Chan? That's almost impossible. Liu Chan survived because there was no tradition of killing the king of subjugation. From Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to Liu Chan, Sun Hao and Cao Huan, they all died well. This was the political atmosphere at that time, which had nothing to do with who Liu Chan was and how capable he was.
Si Mazhao commented on Liu Chan like this:
People are ruthless, but as for it! Although Zhuge Liang is here, he can't help him for long. Where is Jiang?
How can a person's ruthlessness come to this point? Even if Zhuge Liang were here, he couldn't help, let alone Jiang Wei. Si Mazhao's evaluation proved that Liu Chan was indeed a mediocre king.
2. Liu Yong and Liu Li
The existence of Liu Bei's two sons is almost low-key in history, and even the deeds are not recorded much, which can only explain one problem, that is, mediocrity and low-key.
Then the question is, why are the sons of Cao Cao and Sun Jian so talented, while the son of Liu Bei is so mediocre and incompetent?
There are mainly the following reasons:
1, birth and living environment.
Cao Cao was born in a bureaucratic family. Cao Cao's family has been a senior official since he raised his grandfather Cao Teng. His father, Cao Song, is a senior official and one of the nine ministers. Being born well means that he can get a good education, go to a better school and hire a good teacher. This is called winning at the starting line. At this point, Liu Bei's son is far inferior to that of Cao Cao.
Although Sun Jian was born worse than Cao Cao, Sun Jian entered the official career very early. Because of his bravery, he fought in the Yellow Scarf Army and was later appointed as the magistrate of Changsha. Sun Jian has been fighting outside, and his sons stayed in Shouchun. Sun Jian was also famous in the world at that time. He was the only one who defeated Dong Zhuo in the Kanto Allied Forces, and later attached to Yuan Shu.
Sun Jian's son grew up in stable living conditions. Because Sun Jian is famous, his son is also welcomed by many people in Shouchun, which is why Sun Ce can get ahead in Shouchun as a teenager. It was at this time that Zhou Yu met Sun Ce. Knowing the celebrities at that time is a kind of ability and a kind of social resource. Sun Ce was able to use this resource as a teenager, which was one of the reasons for his later success.
In contrast, Liu Bei is much worse. Liu Bei's father died young. It is very likely that Liu Bei is an only child and lives alone with his mother. At the age of 24, Liu Bei used the funds provided by businessmen to start fighting the Yellow Scarf Army. After that, Liu Bei was displaced all his life. Liu Bei himself did not have a stable living environment, nor did his children. He was often captured in the war.
Liu Bei's biological eldest son, Liu Chan, was born in 207 AD, which was the most stable period in Liu Bei's life. No one, that is, six years after Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao, in 208, Battle of Red Cliffs came and Liu Bei began to drift from place to place again. It was not until Battle of Red Cliffs and Liu Bei occupied the four counties in Jingnan that they had a solid territory.
In less than two years, Liu Bei entered Yizhou again. It was not until 2 15 that Liu Bei captured Yizhou and took his son to Yizhou that he officially stabilized. Long-term unstable living conditions have given his sons an environment that is not conducive to their growth, which is one of the reasons why Liu Bei's son is mediocre.
2. Family education.
Liu Bei is different from Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Liu Bei's son is too young and born too late. Besides, Liu Bei has no son to accompany him to receive education, and Liu Bei doesn't know much about education.
Liu Bei doesn't like reading, but likes beautiful clothes, music, riding horses and walking dogs. These personality characteristics will undoubtedly be reflected in future generations. Although Liu Bei made Liu Chan learn a lot of books after he proclaimed himself emperor, he also made Li Ji a teacher in Liu Chan to teach him to read and study, but it was too late. Liu Chan is already a teenager at this time, and he has finalized his design. No matter how he studies, it is difficult to get rid of mediocrity.
Whether a person can become a success depends on his innate advantages and acquired learning. Cao Cao's son not only has strict theoretical knowledge, but also has rich experience in fighting Cao Cao, which can stimulate a child's enthusiasm for learning and have a better learning process, so he can achieve great things.
Another is that Cao Cao has many sons, up to 25, and only five are talented. In fact, the proportion is not high. When Cao Cao was fighting, he took his son with him all the year round. For example, Cao Pi can shoot arrows at the age of 6, ride horses at the age of 8, and go out to fight Cao Cao at the age of 10. This is an experience and a kind of learning. As for Liu Bei, he never went out to fight with his son, never.
Father's education is very important to children. Although Sun Jian worked hard outside, his son was already in his teens. Sun Jian was with him before that, and then he started to go out and fight. Unlike Liu Bei, Liu Chan was escorted to Liu Bei by Zhao Yun from Changbanpo at the age of 2, and was almost taken away by Sun Quan's sister at the age of 5. He was only eight or nine years old when he was brought to Chengdu by Liu Bei, who never accompanied Liu Chan in his life.
3. Mother education.
Cao Cao has 16 wives. His wife is Mrs Bian, the mother of Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang. The success of Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang cannot be separated from the strict discipline of Mrs. Bian. Mrs. Bian is a typical wife and mother. She is very strict about her son's education and is quite fair and just in charge of Cao Cao's family affairs.
So is Sun Jian. Sun Jian also has a good wife, Mrs Wu, who is the biological mother of Sun Ce and Sun Quan. Mrs. Wu is both talented and beautiful, and comes from a family. She is talented, educated and strict with her children. She can also give advice to Sun Jian and her sons. When Sun Ce tried to kill a hero in Jiangdong, Mrs Wu even used her own identity to save him. With the reasonable education of their mothers, both Sun Ce and Sun Quan can become talents.
In contrast, Liu Bei's wife can't guarantee her life safety most of the time and is often captured by the enemy. How can she have time to educate her children? Liu Bei's concubine, Mrs Mi, later disappeared and was probably caught by Cao Cao. Mrs. Gan, the concubine of Liu Bei, died when she was only two or three years old. Mrs. Sun, the concubine of Liu Bei, was only with Liu Bei for a year or two, and then Sun Quan took her away. Most of Liu Bei's early wives and concubines did not live long, or were captured by the enemy or died for various reasons.
Liu Chan had no mother to discipline him when he was a child, and his father Liu Bei was away all the year round. Naturally, he lacked affection and family education, and his qualifications were not very good, so he was a mediocre person later.