Cao Hong

Cao Hong was a Xu Province official appointed by Tao Qian; the Records of the Three Kingdoms calls him a slanderous petty man, but the Romance omits him.
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History · vol. 8Records of the Three Kingdoms
…〉曹宏等,讒慝小人也,謙親任之。刑政失和,良善多被其害,由是漸亂。…
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董卓之亂,州郡起兵,天子都長安,四方斷絕,謙遣使間行致貢獻,遷安東將軍、徐州牧,封溧陽侯。是時,徐州百姓殷盛,穀米封贍,流民多歸之。而謙背道任情:廣陵太守琅邪趙昱,徐方名士也,以忠直見疏;〈謝承《漢書》曰:昱年十三,母嘗病,經涉三月。昱慘戚消瘠,至目不交睫,握粟出卜,祈禱泣血,鄉黨稱其孝。就處士東莞綦毌君受《公羊傳》,兼該羣業。至歷年潛志,不闚園圃,親疏希見其面。時入定省父母,須臾即還。高絜廉正,抱禮而立,清英儼恪,莫干其志;旌善以興化,彈邪以矯俗。州郡請召,常稱病不應。國相檀謨、陳遵比召,不起;或興盛怒,終不迴意。舉孝廉,除莒長,宣揚五教,政爲國表。會黃巾作亂,陸梁五郡,郡縣發兵,以爲先辦。徐州刺史巴祗表功第一,當受遷賞,昱深以爲恥,委官還家。徐州牧陶謙初辟別駕從事,辭疾遜遁。謙重令楊州從事會稽吳範宣旨,昱守意不移;欲威以刑罰,然後乃起。舉茂才,遷廣陵太守。賊笮融從臨淮見討,迸入郡界,昱將兵拒戰,敗績,見害。〉曹宏等,讒慝小人也,謙親任之。刑政失和,良善多被其害,由是漸亂。下邳闕宣自稱天子,謙初與合從寇鈔,後遂殺宣,并其衆。
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Cao Hong was a subordinate official in Xu Province personally appointed by Tao Qian. He is mentioned in Records of the Three Kingdoms, juan 8; this person does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
- Records of the Three Kingdoms describes Cao Hong as a “slanderous and treacherous petty man.” Tao Qian personally appointed Cao Hong and others; Tao Qian’s punishments and administration were discordant, causing many decent people to suffer, and Xu Province consequently fell into greater disorder. (Recorded in the historical sources)
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History · vol. 8
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a slanderous and wicked petty man; Qian trusted and appointed him