What are the real Cao Cao and Liu Bei in history?

The true images of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in history are as follows:

1. The real Cao Cao in history was a lean man in troubled times.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, wiped out the separatist forces such as Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Han Sui at home, surrendered the southern Xiongnu, Wu Huan and Xianbei abroad, and unified the northern part of China.

And implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty before his death, then Wang Wei, and after his death, posthumous title became King Wu.

Cao Cao is good at writing poems, expressing his political ambitions with great boldness of vision, generosity and sadness, and reflecting the miserable life of the people in the late Han Dynasty. Prose is also neat, which opens and prospers Jian 'an literature and leaves precious spiritual wealth to future generations, which is called Jian 'an style in history.

In history, Cao Cao was very enlightened politically, strengthened centralization and meritocracy, broke the concept of aristocratic families, strengthened centralization, and achieved social and economic recovery and stable development in the areas he ruled.

His political achievements are indelible. For example, he reclaimed land, built water conservancy and practiced salt policy, which really promoted the social development at that time!

He first defeated Lu Bu in the battle of Xuzhou, then defeated the powerful Yuan Shu and drove Liu Bei back to the south of the Yangtze River. Then he defeated the most powerful Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu, and unified the northern part of China. This was a victory and the biggest winner in the early period of the Three Kingdoms.

The real Liu Bei in history is a benevolent and wise monarch.

Liu is a human being who grew up in the street and has a unique personality. He has a strong desire for power and great ambition. He doesn't like reading, but he likes to learn from others and make friends with an open mind. "Emotion is invisible", which is very humble and polite.

With his personal charm, he assembled talents, built up armed forces, and tied the knot with Guan and Zhang, forming an unprecedented friendship known to all. He is very approachable and often eats at the same table with people with low status, so he has gained a high reputation.

In A.D. 184, the Yellow Scarf Army revolted, and Liu Bei led his men to participate in the battle to suppress the Yellow Scarf Army. In the case of defeat, he survived by playing dead, and was named Xi Wei of Zhongshan An by the crumbling Eastern Han Dynasty.

He comes from a humble background and is full of youthful spirit. It is difficult for him to rise to the top of power, and he can't stand the constraints of official life. He was soon threatened with dismissal. When he learned that his official position was in jeopardy, he led his men to condemn Du You, a court official, and abandoned his official to escape to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

In a word, Liu Bei in his youth was a passionate man, but he had no lofty political goals, no chivalry, and some reckless grassroots heroes.

After middle age, Liu Bei went from place to place and suffered a lot in pursuit of his dream. Nevertheless, he never lost the principle of generosity and kindness.

There is a classic story about his "benevolence". It is said that a man named Ping Liu had some grievances with Liu Bei, so he found an assassin to assassinate Liu Bei. As a result, Liu Bei was very kind to the assassin. The assassin couldn't bear to kill such a kind person, so he gave up the assassination and told him the truth.

Liu Bei's chivalry, kindness and kindness to his subordinates made him gain a good publicity effect in troubled times and gradually gained his prestige and reputation.

However, without a strong social background, Liu Bei could not make a fortune in the inheritance of his father and brother like Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and his careless and broad-minded personality made him unable to bear the constraints of his official life. Therefore, Liu Bei's road to entrepreneurship is doomed to be full of bumps and hardships.

Hardship almost accompanied his entire entrepreneurial career. He lost his wife four times in thirteen years. It is not difficult to imagine what a shame this was in the Three Kingdoms period.

Another thing is that he was unlucky in the war. Someone has done statistics: Liu Bei participated in 25 wars, lost 16 times and won 9 times, accounting for 64% of the total number of wars.

Among them, Liu Bei personally supervised or directed the war 19 times, and failed 10 times, accounting for 62% of the failed times. No matter what the reason, it is a fact that Liu Bei lost more than won in the history of entrepreneurship.

To sum up, we saw a real Liu Bei. He is not a saint, he has both the advantages of ordinary people and the inevitable defects in human nature; He is generous, kind and tenacious, but he is unlucky.

Extended data:

The Three Kingdoms (220-280) is a historical period connecting the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, which is divided into three regimes: Cao Wei, Shu Han and Dongwu. Battle of Red Cliffs and Cao Cao were defeated by Sun Liu's allied forces, which laid the rudiment of the tripartite confrontation among the three countries.

In 220, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, with Luoyang as its capital and the title of "Wei", known as Cao Wei in history, and the history of the Three Kingdoms officially began. The following year, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, making Chengdu his capital, which was known as Shu Han in history. In 222, Liu Bei lost the battle of Yiling, and Sun Quan won most of Jingzhou.

When Liu Bei died in 223, Zhuge Liang helped Liu Chan, the son of Liu Bei, reunite with Sun Quan. In 229, Jianye, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was known as Wu. At this point, the three countries were formally established.

In the following decades, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei of Shu Han led troops to the northern expedition of Cao Wei many times, but they never changed the pattern of tripartite confrontation. The real power in the late Cao Wei period was gradually controlled by Sima Yi.

In 263, Si Mazhao of Cao Wei launched the war to destroy Shu, and Shu Han perished. Two years later, Si Mazhao died, and his son Sima Yan abandoned Emperor Wei Yuan to stand on his own feet. The founding name is "Jin", which is called the Western Jin Dynasty in history. In 280 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Soochow and unified China, thus ending the Three Kingdoms period and entering the Jin Dynasty.

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