The story behind the elephant claim in Cao Chong is that there are no elephants in China, so where does the elephant claim to be?

According to? Cao Chong is an elephant? According to legend, this elephant was given to him by Sun Quan. But in Cao Chong, it was when he was five or six years old. At that time, Cao Cao was still a prefect, and this position was not worth Sun Quan's gift of an elephant. But it is also possible that people from other counties captured elephants in Lingnan area and gave them to Cao Cao in order to please him. However, according to historical records, it was sent by Sun Quan, or it may really be sent by Sun Quan, in order to get on well with Cao Cao earlier.

Cao Chong is a child that Cao Cao likes very much. Cao Cao showed extraordinary talent from an early age. Cao Chong is a genius, and Cao Cao himself said that he likes this son very much. But Cao Chong fell ill and died when he was a teenager. Everyone knows the image of Cao Chong, so I won't say much. Although Cao Chong's method of calling an elephant seems simple, it is beyond ordinary people's imagination. During the Three Kingdoms period, elephants were mainly concentrated in tropical areas of China and Lingnan areas of Guizhou. However, there is no area where Sun Quan is active, so this elephant is probably not given by Sun Quan.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was divided into three countries. At that time, the climate was cold. Elephants are tropical animals. They think it's a little cold to live in our temperate zone. Besides, as I said before, according to the time of Cao Chong's death, when Sun Quan paid tribute to the elephant, Cao Cao was just a small satrap. There is no need for Sun Quan to give such a big gift to a small satrap, and there are no elephants in Sun Quan's territory.

Therefore, if Sun Quan didn't give this elephant, it was probably caught by people from other counties in Lingnan and given to Cao Cao for some chance. Moreover, it is not impossible for Sun Quan not to send an elephant to Cao Cao. According to records, Sun Quan once gave Liu Chan two tame elephants. This shows that Sun Quan is a person who likes to send elephants. He regards sending elephants as a normal diplomatic way, so Sun Quan may send an elephant to Cao Cao, but it is also possible that Cao Cao's elephant was sent by someone else.