Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
The death of Cao Song, father of the famed warlord Cao Cao, remains one of the most debated and ambiguous episodes in late Eastern Han history.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Cao Cao’s failed assassination attempt on Dong Zhuo, he fled Luoyang. As he passed through Zhongmu County, the warrant for his arrest issued by Dong Zhuo had already arrived. Although Cao Cao was captured, the county magistrate Chen Gong secretly released him. Cao Cao hurried back to…