First, the origin of Cao surname
1, derived from the surname of the descendants of the Chinese people.
In 65438 BC+065438 BC+022 BC, Cao Zhenduo, his son and brother, was sealed in Cao, with Tao Qiu as his capital, becoming the first king and the ancestor of Cao Shi, and Cao Cao was his successor.
2. From an official standpoint,
Zhuan Xu's great-grandson, Sun An of Wuhui, was sealed in Cao State (in present-day Heze, Shandong Province) and named after the country. According to legend, when Zhuan Xu was in Di Ku, he had a great-grandson named Ng Wui and Zhu Rong.
Lu Zhong, the son of Ng Wui, married the daughter of the Ghost Fang family and gave birth to six sons. The fifth son was named An, surnamed Cao, and Xia Yu gave An the rank of Cao Guan, which belongs to the official rank.
When Dayu was in charge of water conservancy, Ann was at the right time, and was named Cao Guan because of his meritorious service in assisting in water conservancy. Cao Guan was also an official who took "borrowing soil" as a prison and guarded slaves. At that time, he was not a small official whose main function was to suppress slaves. Ann later took the official as her surname.
3. Take the country as the surname
The ancient state of Cao was located in the north and northeast of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The secretary of Beishi and Sui Shu is a country in Zhaowu. At that time, some Cao people came to China, and some took Cao as their surname, which was passed down to the afterlife.
4. Qin changed his surname.
Twenty years after Di Xian Jian 'an, Cao Cao changed Qin Gui to Cao Shi.
5. Change the surname from ethnic minorities.
Cao Shi Xiongnu, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan Cao Shi, Yao, Achang, Bulang and Zhaowu.
Second, a brief introduction of Cao Zhenduo
Cao Duo, surnamed Ji, is the sixth son of Ji Chang and Qiu, his mother and brother, the monarch of the Zhou Dynasty vassal states and the ancestor of Cao.
His younger brother, Zhen Duo, made his capital (now Dingtao, Shandong Province), with Zhou in the west, Qilu in the east, Hejian in the north and Jianghuai in the south. Sima Qian, a history book, called it "in the world".
He was deeply loved by the people during his reign. After Cao Shuzhen's death, his son Ji Pi succeeded to the throne, which was called Cao Taibo in history.
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Introduction to Cao Celebrity:
1, Cao Cao
Cao Cao (155-0315,220) was born in Mengde, a lucky man and a small character, Asan, from Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was an outstanding politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Cao served as the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and later named Wang Wei, which laid the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei. After his death, posthumous title became King Wu. After his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Mao.
Cao Cao is proficient in the art of war militarily and attaches importance to talents and talents. Therefore, he took a fancy to his potential molecules at all costs. He is good at writing poems, expressing his political ambitions and reflecting the miserable life of the people in the late Han Dynasty. He is magnificent, generous and sad.
Prose is also neat, which opens and prospers Jian 'an literature and leaves precious spiritual wealth to future generations. Lu Xun rated him as "the founder of reforming articles".
2. Cao Xueqin
Cao Xueqin (about1765438+May 28, 2005-about1February 763 12), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and Qin Pu, is the author of a dream of red mansions.
Cao Xueqin was born in Tieling, Liaoning, and Jiangning (now Nanjing). Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin, a weaver girl in Jiangning. Son of Cao Qing (son of Cao Fu).
Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years. Great-grandfather Cao was appointed Jiangning Weaving; Great-grandmother Sun Shi was the guarantor of Emperor Kangxi.
Grandfather Cao Yin was the squad leader and bodyguard of Emperor Kangxi. Later, he was appointed as Jiangning Weaving, and also served as the inspection station of Huaihe Salt Affairs, which was very popular with Kangxi. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of a deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his former residence in Beijing with his family.
Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping his friends. Since then, the Cao family has been devastated and declining. After a major turning point in his life, Cao Xueqin felt that the world was cold and had a clearer and deeper understanding of feudal society.
He despised powerful people, stayed away from officialdom and lived a poor and hard life. Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet.
With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions. In his later years, Cao Xueqin moved to the western suburbs of Beijing.
In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), his youngest son died prematurely, and he fell into excessive sadness and grief and was bedridden. In the 28th year of Qianlong (1763), he died of poverty on New Year's Eve (12 February).
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