Qin and Han · Unnamed great-great-grandson of Cao Shen and grandfather of Cao Benshi

Great-great-grandson of Cao Shen

Attested c. BC 100 - c. BC 50

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Great-great-grandson of Cao Shen was an Unnamed great-great-grandson of Cao Shen and grandfather of Cao Benshi.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 100 to c. BC 50 ancestor of Cao Benshi
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 256

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Cao Benshi (曹本始)
grandson 玄孫之孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Parent of Cao Benshi
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 256
Descendant of Cao Shen (曹參)
great-great-grandson 玄孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 256
Parent of Parent of Cao Benshi
parental intermediary 玄孫之孫
Strongly inferred · 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.