However, Cao Cao's life span is so long, but the life span of some of his descendants is not long. For example, Cao Chong, the cleverest son of Cao Cao, died at the age of 13. None of Cao Cao's four sons lived long. The eldest son Cao Pi lived for 40 years, the second son Cao Zhang lived for 39 years, the third son Cao Zhi lived for 465,438+0 years, and the fourth son Cao Xiong lived for many years.
Cao Cao and Cao Pi showed that Cao Xiong didn't live long. Maybe not as good as Cao Chong. Let's just say that the average life expectancy of Cao Cao's three sons is 40 years old, which exceeds the average life expectancy of the Three Kingdoms, but it is still far from that of Cao Cao. It is said that the life span of their son depends on their mother, and their mother, Mrs. Bian, Cao Cao's wife, lived 70 years. In contrast, the life expectancy of Cao Cao's three sons is obviously on the side.
Look at Cao Cao's other sons. Cao Cao recorded 25 sons and 6 daughters. Note that this is recorded. If there is no record, we don't know. In fact, Cao Cao's children must be greater than this number. Let's take a look at the life span of Cao Cao's illegitimate child: Cao Yu, the longest-lived prince, lived 79 years in his life.
Except that Cao Chong lived 13 years old, Cao Ji only lived 2 1 year old. Except for Cao Pi, the king of Chu, who was condemned to death by Sima Yi, all his sons died of natural causes. Cao Pi, the king of Chu, also lived for 57 years. If he had not been sentenced to death, he might have lived to be 60 years old.
Except Cao Biao, the king of Chu, the average age of Cao Cao's other illegitimate children 19 is 42.6 years old. Among them, Cao Chong is the only one who lives under 20 years old, with 2 sons aged 20-30 and 7 sons aged 365,438+0-40, accounting for 36.8% and 465,438+0-50. There are 4 sons aged 5 1~60, accounting for 2 1%, 6 1~70, 1 more than 7 1.
It's Cao Yu, the prince of Yan. It can be seen that the longest life span of Cao Cao's sons is in the range of 3 1 ~ 40 years old, accounting for more than one third, which is consistent with the life span of Cao Cao's three sons, but in general, the life span of most of Cao Cao's sons is in the range of 3 1 ~ 60 years old. According to this life-span analysis, the life span of Cao Cao's son is still normal.
Xelloss and Cao Chong look at Cao Cao's six daughters again. They are: Cao Xian life expectancy is 52 years, Cao Jie life expectancy is 66 years, Cao Hua life expectancy is 42 years, Anyang princess life expectancy is 30 years, Jinxiang princess life expectancy is 3 1 year, qinghe princess life expectancy is 72 years, and the average life expectancy of daughters is 48.8 years. It can be seen that the average life expectancy of daughters obviously exceeds that of sons.
Generally speaking, the life span of Cao Cao's son was normal at that time, not short-lived. The ancients said that 20 years old is a weak crown, which means that he just came of age and stood at the age of 30, which means that he is in the prime of life. At the age of 40, he is not confused, which means that he is not confused. At the age of 50, he is a destiny, that is, a hurdle in the span of life. At the age of 60, he is a flower, which means that he is still a child and 70 years old.
So in terms of age, 50 years old is a hurdle. You see, at this age, Cao Cao's descendants will not live long. According to the truth, the living conditions of Cao Cao's descendants are much better than Cao Cao's. Cao Cao suffered a lot when he was alive. There is often no food in wartime, including Cao Cao, which affects life expectancy. Why don't Cao Cao's descendants live as well as they do in good conditions?
Cao Rui: First of all, there is nothing wrong with Cao Cao's genes. I can live to be 66. Moreover, Cao Cao has so many children in his life, which shows that his fertility is super strong. Even the emperor must be better than Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao has head wind disease, he can live to be 66 years old, so the cause of this disease can be ruled out.
Among Cao Cao's grandchildren, Wei Mingdi Cao Rui lived 36 years old, Cao Li (son of Cao Pi) lived 22 years old, and Cao Huan (son of Cao Yu) lived 59 years old. Most of the other grandchildren did not record the specific year of birth and death. If the average life expectancy of these three people is also 39 years old, then it can be considered that the average life expectancy of Cao Cao's grandson is 39 years old, which is equivalent to that of Cao Cao's youngest son and slightly lower than that of Cao Cao's illegitimate child.
This life span is not short, but normal. Then the final question is, why do most of Cao Cao's descendants live longer than Cao Cao? Cao Cao's life expectancy ranks third among all his children. Like his daughter Cao Jie, they all lived to be 66. Only 79-year-old Prince Cao Yu and 72-year-old Prince qinghe princess can outlive Cao Cao. There are three reasons why his descendants will not survive Cao Cao's life:
Cao Cao and Cao Pi came first, and the living conditions of future generations were good, and they were unwilling to exercise and struggle any more. Especially the first son and grandson of Cao Cao, for example, Cao Pi lived only 40 years as emperor and Cao Rui only 36 years as emperor. Under the emperor, above ten thousand people, he is popular and drinks spicy food. And unlike Cao Cao, they were all personal expedition, but they were all in command. Without physical exercise, their life expectancy is naturally not as good as that of Cao Cao.
Second, indulge in debauchery. Xelloss and Cao Rui also inherited Cao Cao's lewd habit. According to unofficial history's records, Xelloss inherited some childless concubines of Cao Cao, and even his father's concubines should be put away. This is not lewd. What is it? Besides, filial piety was the most important thing at that time, and Cao Pi was emperor for six years. In addition to personal expedition and handling political affairs, Cao Pi spent most of his time having children and doting on concubines. Lack of exercise and dissolute life soon exhausted his body.
Cao Cao's genealogy In addition, Cao Pi and Cao Rui should have some diseases, which are not recorded in the history books. This is just speculation, and so is Cao Rui. Zhuge Liang was able to make great efforts during the Northern Expedition. After Zhuge Liang's death, Cao Rui began to enjoy it. On the one hand, he built a lot of buildings, on the other hand, he was addicted to wine and color, and died at the age of 36. He can only be ill, or hollowed out by wine, or take some medicine. It was also popular at that time that he took Samurai III.
Third, there is a lack of goals. Unlike Cao Cao, Cao Cao's descendants have great goals all their lives. If they want to unify the world, except for Emperor Xelloss and Cao Rui, the other sons basically have nothing to do and no goals. It is difficult to live a long life if you only know prosperity without goals, which is one of the reasons why Cao Cao's descendants don't live a long life.