Cao Chong (196-208 May Jiaxu), the character Cangshu, a figure in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty Yuzhou Thorn History Department (now Bozhou), the son of Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan. Smart and benevolent since childhood, different, deeply loved by Cao Cao. There is an allusion to "Cao Chong called the elephant". Cao Cao boasted about him to his ministers several times, with the intention of making him an heir. Cao Chong died of illness before he was a minor, at the age of thirteen.

Cao Chongzi Cangshu, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was a native of the Yuzhou Thorn History Department (now Bozhou, Anhui). Born to Cao Cao's concubine, Mrs. Huan. When he was young, he was observant and very intelligent. Cao Chong was born five or six years ago, and his intelligence and mind were as smart as adults.

At that time, Sun Quan had sent a very large elephant, and Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his subordinates, but he couldn't come up with a way. Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the big boat, carve a mark on the hull of the boat after the water has flooded, and then weigh the items and load them on the ship, then you can know after comparison." Cao Cao was very happy and immediately implemented this method, and sure enough, he knew the weight of the elephant.

At that time, the army and the state affairs were numerous, and the punishments imposed were severe and severe. Cao Cao's saddle was gnawed by rats in the warehouse, and the officials in charge of the warehouse were afraid that they would die, and they wanted to turn themselves in with their hands tied behind their backs, but they were still afraid that they would not be exempted. Cao Chong said to him: "Wait for three days, and then you will automatically turn yourself in." Cao Chong then took a knife to pierce his single clothes, like a mouse biting and biting, pretending to be unhappy, with a worried look on his face. Cao Cao asked him, and Cao Chong replied: "Folk customs believe that if a mouse bites a garment, the owner will be unlucky." Now the single coat is bitten, so it's sad. Cao Cao said: "That's nonsense, don't worry." Soon the treasurer reported the mouse biting the saddle, and Cao Cao smiled and said, "My son's clothes are beside him, and he has been bitten, let alone the saddle hanging on the pillar." "I didn't reproach the treasurer at all.

Cao Chong is benevolent and knowledgeable, as this incident shows, he should have committed a crime and been killed, but Cao Chong secretly reasoned and was helped and forgiven, there were dozens of people before and after. Cao Cao praised Cao Chong to the ministers several times, and had the intention of letting Cao Chong inherit the great cause.

In 208 A.D. (the thirteenth year of Jian'an), when Cao Chong was thirteen years old, Cao Chong fell seriously ill, and Cao Cao personally asked heaven for him to save his life. By the time Cao Chong died, Cao Cao was extremely strong

Grief. Cao Pi comforted Cao Cao, and Cao Cao said: "This is my misfortune, but it is your luck."

As he spoke, he shed tears, hired Zhen's dead daughter for Cao Chong to be buried with him, posthumously presented him with the official seal ribbon of the captain, and ordered Cao Cong, the son of the Marquis of Wan, to be Cao Chong's descendant.

In 217 A.D. (the twenty-second year of Jian'an), Cao Cao named Cao Cong as the Marquis of Deng.

In 221 A.D. (the second year of the early Huang Dynasty), Cao Pi posthumously gave Cao Chong the title of Marquis of Deng Ai, and added the title of Duke Deng.

In 232 A.D. (the fifth year of Taihe), Cao Chong was given the title of King Deng Ai.