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Cao Zan

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Cao Zan, a Cao Wei clansman and son of Cao Lin, Prince of Pei, inherited Cao Xuan’s title and fief but died young without issue.

History Records, vol. 20 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 20Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …二十年，以沛王林子贊襲玹爵邑，早薨，無子。文帝復以贊弟壹紹玹後。…
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    濟陽懷王玹，建安十六年封西鄕侯。早薨，無子。二十年，以沛王林子贊襲玹爵邑，早薨，無子。文帝復以贊弟壹紹玹後。黃初二年，改封濟陽侯。四年，進爵爲公。太和四年，追進玹爵，諡曰懷公。六年，又進號曰懷王，追諡贊曰西鄕哀侯。壹薨，諡曰悼公。子恆嗣。景初、正元、景元中，累增邑，幷前千九百戸。

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Cao Zan was a member of the Cao Wei imperial clan and a son of Cao Lin, Prince of Pei. The chapter in which he appears is not recorded; he is not mentioned in the novel.

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Cao Zan inherited Cao Xuan’s title and fief, but died young not long afterward and left no sons (according to historical records).

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History · vol. 20

  • Cao Lin§37

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    son of King Lin of Pei; inherited Cao Xuan’s title and fief

  • Cao Xuan§37

    Kin

    succeeded Xuan (who died early without sons)