曹整 / Cao Zheng (late Han)

Overview

曹整 / Cao Zheng (late Han) appears in the wiki as the son of 曹操 / Cao Cao used to bind 袁谭 / Yuan Tan through marriage after Cao detects Yuan Tan’s secret maneuver around defectors.

Current Profile

In Hanji 1061, Cao Cao responds to Yuan Tan’s suspect behavior by marrying Cao Zheng to Yuan Tan’s daughter. The page records Cao Zheng as a political instrument inside Cao Cao’s temporary stabilization of Yuan Tan rather than as an independently developed actor.

Key Characteristics

• Functions as a Cao-family marriage bond in a volatile Yuan-family campaign environment.
• Links Cao Cao and Yuan Tan after Yuan Tan has already signaled unreliability.
• Illustrates how kinship can stabilize a tactical alliance without creating genuine trust.

Evidence

• Marriage stabilization: Hanji 1061 says Cao Cao marries Cao Zheng to Yuan Tan’s daughter after discovering Yuan Tan’s private seal-lure for 吕旷 / Lyu Kuang (late Han) and 高翔 / Gao Xiang (late Han).

Qualifications

Cao Zheng’s broader biography is not developed by the current evidence. His role here is source-scoped to Cao Cao’s management of Yuan Tan.

What Changed

• New page from Hanji 1061, created to anchor the marriage-alliance mechanism between Cao Cao and Yuan Tan.

Relationships

• 曹操 / Cao Cao - father and political sponsor using the marriage tie.
• 袁谭 / Yuan Tan - in-law connection used to stabilize a distrusted collaborator.
• Marriage Alliance War Exposure / 联姻同盟战场暴露 - example of marriage as a wartime control instrument.
• Tactical Credibility Cost / 战术信用成本 - the marriage follows Yuan Tan’s credibility-costing seal maneuver.