Cao Jiong
Cao Jiong, a Cao Wei clansman and distant ancestor of Cao Fang, was known for advising Cao Shuang through his Six Generations Treatise.
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History · vol. 20Records of the Three Kingdoms
漢宗室王侯，解印釋紱，貢奉社稷，猶懼不得爲臣妾，或乃爲之符命，頌莽恩德，豈不哀哉！…
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漢宗室王侯，解印釋紱，貢奉社稷，猶懼不得爲臣妾，或乃爲之符命，頌莽恩德，豈不哀哉！由斯言之，非宗子獨忠孝於惠、文之間，而叛逆於哀、平之際也，徒權輕勢弱，不能有定耳。賴光武皇帝挺不世之姿，禽王莽於已成，紹漢嗣於旣絶，斯豈非宗子之力也？而曾不監秦之失策，襲周之舊制，踵王國之法，而徼倖無疆之期。至於桓、靈，閹竪執衡，朝無死難之臣，外無同憂之國，君孤立於上，臣弄權於下，本末不能相御，身首不能相使。由是天下鼎沸，姦凶幷爭，宗廟焚爲灰燼，宮室變爲榛藪，居九州之地，而身無所安處，悲夫！
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Cao Jiong was a member of the Cao Wei imperial clan and a distant ancestor of Cao Fang. He appears in historical records but not in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
Cao Jiong submitted a memorial titled “Treatise on the Six Dynasties,” discussing the successes and failures of hereditary enfeoffment throughout the ages. He stressed the importance of the imperial clan serving as a bulwark, hoping this would prompt Cao Shuang to reflect, but Cao Shuang did not take his advice. (Recorded in historical sources)
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- Distant ancestor of Cao Fang
- Offered advice to Cao Shuang
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Cao Fang
Kin
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History · vol. 20
- Cao Shuang§142
Advises
Jiong hoped this argument would move Cao Shuang to understanding, but Shuang could not accept it
- Cao Fang§142
Kin
Descendant of the elder brother of the palace attendant Shu Xing; a clan ancestor of the young emperor