Cao Cao often lambasted Liu Bei as a person who weaves mats and sells shoes. Why?

Cao Cao often lambasted Liu Bei for making mats and selling shoes, because Liu Bei's first occupation was to buy straw sandals. Liu Bei is the uncle of Emperor Han Xian of Dahan, but he is a fallen uncle. During the Han Emperor's reign, the Liu royal family had declined, and the power in the hands of the emperor became a tool for everyone to compete for. The emperor of the Dahan dynasty had no position, let alone an insignificant uncle. Liu Bei has been running for his life since he was a child. He is no different from ordinary children. In ancient times when social productive forces were underdeveloped, he had to have a skill to support himself. Liu Bei's family has no farmland, so he can only make a living by selling straw sandals.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, for the sake of Liu Bei's myth, a Taoist passed by Liu Bei's house and saw the emperor's breath and colorful auspicious clouds. This is just a lie made up by Liu Bei to establish his prestige after he proclaimed himself emperor, which is impossible in real life. In such a difficult environment, Liu Bei's memory has not been erased, but has strengthened his confidence in getting ahead. He absolutely doesn't want to be ordinary in life. He lived a mediocre life in the first half of his life, and he must live for himself and do something vigorous in the second half.

Liu Bei met Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at the fair, and they formed an indissoluble bond. The fates of the three of them are closely tied together by the three vows of Taoyuan. Wherever Liu Bei went, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu followed. Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, like three insignificant feathers, drifted back and forth in troubled times and never found a safe haven to escape from.

The hardships and hardships of his youth gave Liu Bei the letter to face failure. Even in the face of Cao Cao's millions of troops, he still did not bow to fate. He doesn't want to be the man who weaves mats and sells shoes, and he doesn't want to make a living by selling straw sandals in the market. A gentleman is born in heaven and cannot come to earth for nothing. Liu Bei kept running in the dark just to find the light in his heart, and his persistence won him the inheritance of Shu Han.