Cao Shuo (Cao Cao's son)
Cao Shuo (fl. third century) was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to prominence towards the end of the Han dynasty and laid the foundation for the Cao Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period of China. His mother was Lady Liu (劉夫人), a concubine of Cao Cao. She also bore Cao Cao another son (Cao Ang)[1] and a daughter (Princess Qinghe (清河公主)).[2] He died sometime before the Cao Wei state was established in 220. In 229, the second Wei emperor, Cao Rui, honoured Cao Shuo with the posthumous title "Prince Shang of Xiang" (相殤王). In 233, Cao Rui designated Cao Shuo's son, Cao Qian (曹潛), as the Prince of Xiang (相王), but Cao Qian died in the same year and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Min of Xiang" (相愍王). In 234, Cao Rui designated Cao Yan (曹偃), Cao Qian's son, as the new Prince of Xiang and granted him a princedom containing 2,500 taxable households. Cao Yan died in 236 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Huai of Xiang" (相懷王). Since Cao Yan had no son to succeed him, his princedom was abolished. In 255, the fifth Wei emperor Cao Mao designated Cao Song (曹竦), a son of Cao Mao (Prince of Laoling), as Cao Yan's successor and restored the princedom.[3]
| Cao Shuo 曹鑠 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Xiang (相王) (posthumous) | |||||||||
| Successor | Cao Qian | ||||||||
| Born | Unknown | ||||||||
| Died | Unknown | ||||||||
| Issue | Cao Qian | ||||||||
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| House | House of Cao | ||||||||
| Father | Cao Cao | ||||||||
| Mother | Consort Liu | ||||||||
References
- (武皇帝二十五男： ... 劉夫人生豐愍王昂、相殤王鑠， ...) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- (魏略曰：太祖始有丁夫人，又劉夫人生子脩及清河長公主。) Weilue annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 5.
- (相殤王鑠，早薨，太和三年追封謚。青龍元年，子愍王潛嗣，其年薨。二年，子懷王偃嗣，邑二千五百戶，四年薨。無子，國除。正元二年，以樂陵王茂子陽都鄉公竦繼鑠後。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).