Qin and Han · Han aristocrat and Marquis of Pingyang

Cao Benshi 曹本始

First attested c. BC 7; died c. AD 9

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Benshi was a Han aristocrat and Marquis of Pingyang.

Life and dates

Death

c. AD 9 to c. AD 23 至哀帝時，乃封參玄孫之孫本始為平陽侯，二千戶，王莽時薨。
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 48, passage 256

Attested activity

c. BC 7 to c. AD 23 Emperor Ai through Wang Mang
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 256

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Great-great-grandson of Cao Shen
grandson 玄孫之孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Parent of Cao Benshi
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 256
Child of Parent of Cao Benshi
grandson of great-great-grandson 玄孫之孫
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 256
Parent of Cao Hong (曹宏)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 257

Career and standing

Marquis of Pingyang 平陽侯
Enfeoffed · Households 2000
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 256

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

至哀帝時，乃封參玄孫之孫本始為平陽侯，二千戶，王莽時薨。 Under Emperor Ai, Benshi, a grandson of Cao Shen’s great-great-grandson, was enfeoffed as Marquis of Pingyang with two thousand households; he died in Wang Mang’s time.