[Level 5] 214:  🈶  曹沖稱象 – Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant – 1/6

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Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
         

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Once upon a time, there was a grand minister named Cao Cao. He had a few sons, each being very accomplished.
         

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The eldest son was called Cao Pi, who later became emperor, and another younger son, Cao Zhi, who was a famous literary scholar.
         

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Their stories are so famous that they've become common knowledge. But in fact, Cao Cao has a younger son too, did you all know that?
         

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Cao Cao's youngest son, called Cao Chong, was more bright than others since he was little.
         

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When he was five or six years old, he already knew how to think of ways to solve problems not even adults could solve.
         


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