◆Cao Cao and Hua Tuo are natives of Yongcheng, Henan Province

Modern administrative division changes, Cao Cao and Hua Tuo have become Henan natives. The latest research by experts found that the hometowns of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo have been in Henan for a long time. Since then, history books have said that the hometown of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo was in "Qiao County of Pei State", which is today's Bozhou, Anhui Province. However, at the 12th Annual Conference and International Academic Symposium of the China Qin and Han History Research Association that just concluded in Yongcheng City, Henan Province, participating experts pointed out that the hometowns of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo were indeed under the jurisdiction of Qiaojun (Bozhou, Anhui), but according to the According to the current administrative division, their hometowns have been included in Henan Province.

◆Cao Cao’s hometown is in today’s Xinqiao Township, Yongcheng City

On the north side of the Xinqiao Township Government, 14 kilometers south of Yongcheng City, Henan Province, there is a Hui River. Near the Huihe River, there was a pavilion named Feiting (same pronunciation as Bi) Pavilion in ancient times, so it was originally called Feitingji. Because there was a stone bridge on the river, Feitingji was also called Feiqiaoji. In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, a brick bridge - Xinqiao - was built on the river, so it was gradually called Xinqiaoji.

Zhu Jibiao, vice president and secretary-general of the Yongcheng Han Culture Research Association, told reporters that today, the elderly in Xinqiao Township still call their township "Feiji" or "Feiqiaoji". During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng was granted the title of Marquis Feiting, and this was his fiefdom. It is recorded in "Yongcheng County Chronicles·Historical Records" of the Qing Dynasty: "Feiting is located at Feiqiao in the south of the city. In the first year of Jianhe in the Han Dynasty, Cao Teng of the Kingdom of Pei was granted the title of a marquis, and this city was his food town."

Cao Cao once said in his famous prose "Rangxian Ziming Benzhi Ling": "Therefore, he returned to his hometown at four seasons and built a monastery fifty miles east of Qiao. He wanted to study in autumn and summer, and hunt in winter and spring, in order to seek for the secrets underneath. The land wants to cover itself with mud and water, but it cannot be achieved as expected." According to today's administrative division, Bozhou will enter the territory of Yongcheng, Henan Province twenty or thirty miles east, so Cao Cao said in the article "Qiaodong. Fifty miles", which is where his hometown Feiting is located.

On August 18, the reporter came to the bank of the Hui River in Xinqiao Township, Yongcheng City. Although it has experienced nearly 2,000 years of ups and downs, the old site of Cao Cao’s Point Jiangtai on the east side of the bridge is still clearly identifiable. The rammed soil layer is significantly different from the natural soil layer next to it. Cao Changchun, another vice president of the Yongcheng Han Culture Research Association who accompanied him, said that to the west of the bridge, there are two villages on the north and south sides called Qianying and Houying respectively. Legend has it that they were the two camps where Cao Cao was stationed.

◆Hua Tuo’s hometown is Hua Tuo Village, Longgang Township, Yongcheng City

According to the original old county annals of Bo County, it is the hometown of Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor who was also a "Peiguoqiao County native" It is 45 miles northeast of the city. Today, we traveled 23 kilometers northeast from Bozhou and arrived at Huatuo Village, Longgang Township, Yongcheng City, Henan Province. Therefore, this is definitely the hometown of Huatuo. It originally belonged to Bozhou, Anhui. In 1952, together with The entire Yongcheng was placed under the jurisdiction of Henan Province.

Huatuo Village originally had a Huatuo Temple covering an area of ??dozens of acres, but unfortunately it was demolished during the Cultural Revolution. The reporter only saw a cracked square brick in the village on August 18. The Huatuo Temple Residential houses have been built on the old site. However, the wild mandala in the village is still growing well. This plant has analgesic, anesthetic and other effects. According to legend, it is the raw material for Hua Tuo's preparation of Mafei Powder. There are countless legends about Hua Tuo's medical treatment in the village.

◆Expert Voice: The historical truth should be restored according to the changes in administrative regions

As for the statement that the hometowns of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo are now in Henan, a large number of participants at the annual meeting of the China Qin and Han History Research Association Most experts agreed.

Professor Zhu Shaohou, consultant and former vice president of the China Qin and Han History Research Society, said that history is history and reality is reality. It is good that the hometown of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo previously belonged to Bozhou, Anhui, but now that the administrative region has changed , now assigned to Henan, then the reality should be respected, so in the future, Cao Cao and Hua Tuo can be considered to be from Henan.

Xiong Tieji, a professor at the School of History and Culture at Central China Normal University and an expert on the history of Qin and Han Dynasties in China, also believes that it is normal to overturn past conclusions due to regional divisions and the discovery of new evidence. This is how historical research continues to move forward. of.

What do experts from Anhui Province think? Chen Lizhu, deputy director of the Institute of History of the Anhui Academy of Social Sciences, said that the idea that "the hometown of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo now belongs to Henan" is very novel, especially the argument that "fifty miles east of Qiaodong belongs to Henan" has certain value.

◆Bozhou’s historical evolution and ancient jurisdiction

The reporter checked the information and found that in ancient times, "Bo" belonged to ancient Yuzhou, and Qiao County was established in Qin Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, Qiao County was subordinate to Peijun is under the jurisdiction of the Yuzhou Governor's Department. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Peijun was changed to Peiguo. In the last year of Jian'an, part of Pei Kingdom was demolished and Qiao County was established. In the fourth year of Zhengshi of the Northern Wei Dynasty (507 AD), Southern Yanzhou was established. In the first year of Xiangxiang in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (579 AD), Southern Yanzhou was changed to Bozhou.

The "Bozhou City Chronicles" published by Huangshan Publishing House in 1993 recorded: "In the third year of Daye of the Sui Dynasty (607 AD), Bozhou was renamed Qiao County. Qiao County was connected with Guyang, Chengfu, Shansang, and Lin. Huan, Yongcheng, and Feng are their subordinate counties." "In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (621), Qiao County was changed to Bozhou." "In the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty (713-741), Bozhou had 8 counties under its jurisdiction (Qiao, Linhuan, Feng, "Chengfu, Luyi, Mengcheng, Yongcheng, Zhenyuan)" The "Fu" refers to today's Fucheng Town and Fuyang Township in Yongcheng City, and "Yongcheng" is still today's Yongcheng City, Henan Province. In 1952, Yongcheng, which originally belonged to Anhui, was placed under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, and the hometowns of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo in Yongcheng were also included in the jurisdiction of Henan Province