Cao Cao s historical figures, Cao Cao s characters

"The famous "Let the County Self-Ming Benzhi Order" was written in the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), which is bright and fair, and the words are sincere.

Cao Cao said emotionally: "There is no loneliness in the world, I don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are kings."

This is indeed the case.

In the long history ** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", because of literary needs, it shows obvious derogatory penmanship.

However, the evaluation of him in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is the highest among the monarchs of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, and Chen Shou commented on Cao Cao as "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the heroes rose together, and Yuan Shao looked down on the four states, and he was strong and invincible."

Taizu strategized, whipped the universe, the spells of Shen and Shang, the magic of Han and Bai, the official materials, each because of its instrument, hypocrisy, not thinking of the old evil, and finally able to always control the emperor's machine, and become a Hongye, but its clear strategy is the best.

Or can it be described as an extraordinary person, a masterpiece of the world.

Later scholars believe that this is because Luo Guanzhong, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", deliberately distorted the facts and did not correctly evaluate Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is a meritocracy, and his tactics and strategies are flexible and changeable in military affairs.

He made significant contributions to the unification of northern China in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the restoration of economic production and the maintenance of social order.

In terms of internal affairs, Cao Cao established the tuntian system and ordered soldiers who did not have to fight to go to the fields to cultivate, which alleviated the food problem during the war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao's character: Cao Cao is a person with high talent and high power, he is jealous, insecure, and impulsive, so he has created a suspicious, vicious and cruel character.

Cao Cao's suspicious character trait vividly showed remorse in the incident of avoiding the killing of Yang Xiu. Cao Cao valued talented people, but avoided them. Yang Xiu was a very smart man, and later Yang Xiu assisted Cao Zhi in his fight against Cao Pi, which made Cao Cao suspicious.

Cao Cao believed in the life principle of "I would rather make the world bear, and stop teaching the world to bear me", so Yang Xiu had to die.

Cao Cao served as the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later became the king of Wei, laying the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei. After his death, he was nicknamed King Wu. His son Cao Pi was called the emperor, and he was posthumously honored as Emperor Duanwu before the touch, and the temple name was Taizu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Cao Cao conquered the Quartet in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, eliminated the separatist forces such as Eryuan, Lü Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui internally, and subdued the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., unified northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, so that the Central Plains society gradually stabilized and the economy took a turn for the better.

How Cao Cao changed from a "hero" to a "traitor".

The Wei and Jin dynasties were the beginning of the evolution of Cao Cao's image, and in Chen Shou's "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou commented that he was "an extraordinary person, a masterpiece of the world". During this period, Pei Songzhi annotated the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", which further enriched Cao Cao's political and military talents, and at the same time made an important supplement to Cao Cao's image of a "traitorous male", presenting an image of Cao Cao with multi-faceted personality traits.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the creation of many literati themes on the theme of the Three Kingdoms played a good role in the evolution of Cao Cao's image. During the Sui Dynasty, the Book of Sui paid attention to taking history as a mirror, affirmed Cao Cao's political talent, and increased Cao Cao's role in promoting the development of the first class. In the Tang Dynasty, Cao Cao entered more literary works, whether it was Tang poetry or **, on the basis of inheriting the creations of his predecessors, on the one hand, it strengthened Cao Cao's political merits, and on the other hand, it deepened Cao Cao's negative character.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the evolution of Cao Cao's image experienced a great turning point. Due to the influence of "orthodoxy", whether it is Song Ci, Pinghua, or miscellaneous dramas, Cao Cao's negative image has been further criticized by literati, the image of "hero" has gradually faded, and the image of "traitorous male" has become more prominent.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the story of the Three Kingdoms was continuously processed and transformed in the process of folk circulation, Luo Guanzhong completed the shaping of Cao Cao's image, and Cao Cao in "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" presented a complex and multi-layered character image that was both "treacherous" and "male"; In the end, with the advent of Mao's commentary "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Mao's father and son further processed the historical facts and literary works of the previous generations, and the "traitorous male" Cao Cao was finally finalized, and it has a far-reaching influence and has been passed down to this day.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's personality traits

f Cao Cao is a character in the famous book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he rose to prominence in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, unified the northern regions, founded Cao Wei, and was a hero in history. His character is characterized by a free and easy atmosphere, courage, and meritocracy, but he is suspicious by nature and has a cunning and vicious side.

Cao Cao's character is quite righteous in history, and in the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he shows the characteristics of being suspicious and vigilant, for example, he stayed at a friend's house when he was sentenced to escape, and heard the sound of his friend sharpening his knife and killing a pig and thought that his friend was going to kill him, so he killed his friend first, and said extremely selfish words such as "I would rather teach the world to bear the world than teach the world to bear me".

But he is also a free-spirited leader, able to know people well, meritocracy, he wrote "Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart." But for the sake of the king, I have been chanting to this day", and it also left the heroism of "Lao Ji is in the woods, aiming for thousands of miles, the martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong". He will let him go because he admires Guan Yu's righteousness, and he will also "cook wine and talk about heroes" because he doubts Liu Bei's ambition.

Cao Cao was a famous statesman and military strategist in Chinese history, who once unified the political situation in the north and made important contributions to the establishment of the Wei state. As a result, his characters have been widely shaped and expressed in history and literature. Here are some of his typical characters:

1.Image of a politician: Cao Cao is good at employing people and attaches great importance to governing the country and securing the country. He formulated a series of excellent political measures, such as "borrowing arrows from grass boats" and "passing five levels and killing six generals", which enabled him to maintain relative political stability during the period of war, hunger, and reform.

2.Militarist image: Cao Cao was a commander with outstanding military talents, he was flexible on the battlefield and flexible in tactics. He once led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defeat Sun Quan's coalition army in the Battle of Chibi, and also won victories in the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Weishui.

3.Literary Image: Cao Cao also has an important place in Chinese literature.

He is a major character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as a wise and decisive politician and an invincible military strategist. His poems have also been included in the Anthology, representing the peak of Wei and Jin culture.

4.Dark Image: Cao Cao also has some dark images, such as being portrayed as extremely power-hungry, ruthless, and insidious. For example, there is a passage in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that describes the story of Cao Cao's forcible occupation of Diao Chan, which is also a flaw in Cao Cao's image.

In short, Cao Cao is a controversial figure in history, and his image is therefore complex and diverse.