Zhuang zai, Wei Wu

Due to the reasons of image technology and film and television art, our understanding of characters is often easy to stay at the level that the creators have shown. After all, it is much easier to passively accept a three-dimensional image than to research a long paragraph of text everywhere. This can help the audience grasp the characters quickly, but it is also a limitation on the other hand. Not only limits the imagination, but also hinders the understanding of the real situation.

Cao Cao's image has been interpreted in many film and television works, although each has its own characteristics, but it is widely praised. This can also show the complexity of this character image, which is worth digging deeply by actors. Although I haven't seen every work, I can feel that the general trend of shaping Cao Cao is slowly three-dimensional

Because of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the main impression of Chinese people on Cao Cao may still be "treacherous", and even the word "treacherous" accounts for a large proportion. Looking at the early works related to the Three Kingdoms highlights this point even more.

In recent years, with the increasingly open mind and the increasing demand of the audience, they are no longer satisfied with the flat characters in the past. There will be no perfect Gao Daquan, and there will be no pure heinous crimes. Human nature is multifaceted. Works that can grasp this point in role-building are often well received.

At present, the latest work of the Three Kingdoms is Sima Yi's Military Alliance, which I personally like very much. This love is largely due to the interpretation of Cao Cao and Yu Hewei, which basically coincides with Cao Cao in my mind. Bold and free-spirited, resolute and domineering, full of sincerity to the people being treated, intentional negligence in details, and the most important thing is the performance of different psychological States when being in power at the same time and being a father.

Let's say the two scenes that impressed me the most.

Weep for Cao Chong.

Under the dim light, an old man knelt under the window, with long hair and crying for the premature death of his favorite young son. This performance has nothing to do with power and status. Just a sad father.

Military parade.

"The Duke of Zhou vomited, and the world returned to the heart." A song "Short Song" is determined to win. "Heroes of the four seas, who can win the battle?" How many people dare to speak so eloquently? Just because he is one of the strongest people in this era!

Such Cao Cao is flesh and blood, just like a real person.

Of course, he is also a great man.

In order to learn more about Cao Cao, I took The League of Military Strategists as an opportunity, and then read several books related to the Three Kingdoms. After reading novels and historical theories, I added some details that I didn't know before, but the overall impression is the same as before.

Exaggeration is a common technique in literary works, which either deifies or demonizes people. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has achieved these two points.

Most of them were deified by the Shu-Han camp, and Zhuge Liang was the first deified. Everything is under control, but it is also "smart as a demon." It's a little embarrassing to think about it.

Of course, Cao Wei was demonized. As a "devil", Cao Cao is of course the biggest devil, and whatever he does can be interpreted as having ulterior motives.

What Luo Guanzhong wants is nothing more than the effect of "maintaining orthodoxy". However, he did not hesitate to make Liu Xuande, a speculator under the banner of loyalty and righteousness, the first Bai Lianhua in history (every time he mentioned the Liu family, he wanted to vomit, and he was convinced of the cheekiness of their genes). Justice is precious, because there is evil to fight, so Cao Mengde picked up the cauldron that has been ruthless for thousands of years. In Beijing opera, Cao Cao is a hypocritical white face representing traitors. It is also a grievance to think about it.

Judging Cao Cao depends on your point of view.

From Chen Han's point of view, he monopolized the power and didn't respect the monarch, so he was not a loyal minister. But if we can jump out of the limitations of the times, we will find the progressive significance of Cao Cao.

People like to say that "the emperor is held to make the princes", but you should know that this is not what Cao Cao said at all, but what Ju Shou said to Yuan before. However, Yuan Shao was willful and did not adopt it. After Mao Jie made the same suggestion to Cao Cao, Cao Cao immediately understood the meaning and took action. And Mao Jie's original words are "the son of heaven is rich to make him not a minister", and Luo Guanzhong's change is, of course, aimed at demoting Cao. "Serve" and "serve" are two different worlds. Therefore, what should have made people see that Cao Cao was good at coachable and far-sighted became his most popular "evidence".

In fact, is it rare for such a powerful minister to bully the Lord in the ancient history of China? The whole Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was a humiliating history, in which Zhou felt the deep malice of the world. Aren't the five tyrants and seven chivalries still praised by future generations?

After Cao Cao's performance, he was more "serving" than "carrying". Cao Cao's contribution to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, at least in my modern view, is extremely forbearing. At the beginning, Cao Cao really threw himself into Korea, but with the growth of his own strength and a clear understanding of the situation, he had other ideas.

Ability and desire match, that is ambition, otherwise it is wishful thinking. If Liu Xie has enough means to check and balance Cao Cao himself, Cao Cao is willing to be a loyal minister. But he didn't, and he can't blame being kept as a puppet. If you can't control the tiger yourself, don't let others run around? It's great not to kill you for dessert. Even, Liu Xie kept playing tricks in the dark. Although Cao Cao attacked the people around him, he didn't do anything about him. This enabled Liu Xie to die of natural causes and become the second oldest emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Compared with Emperor Liu who was arbitrarily abolished and killed before, we know how happy we are to get such treatment.

Mr. Wang once defended Cao Cao: "To be honest, the monarch was originally established for the people. If its original monarch can't protect the country and people for various reasons, and another can, it is not wrong and reasonable to abolish his independence, because it is in line with the happiness of most people! However, on that day, he still refused to abolish Han's self-reliance, which showed that he was deeply influenced by the moral concepts of the feudal era. He has already made the Han Dynasty unbearable. " (The History of the Three Kingdoms)

As a politician-not a politician-Cao Cao's mind and pattern can not stick to the past and the present, dare to break the inertia cognition, and truly be competent and capable. Moreover, it will not waste the public because of private interests, and it can truly respect talents.

Perhaps the most impressive thing is the disagreement between him and Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu first surrendered to Cao Cao, then defected and killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and his nephew Cao. Later, he surrendered to Cao Cao on the eve of the battle of Guandu and was reused. The revenge of killing children, not * * *, Cao can't forget the past, which shows that its pattern is in the world.

There is a heart for the world and a determination to unify, which determines that his pursuit has long been more than just satisfying personal desires.

"Armor gave birth to Qiu lice, and Wan died. The bones were bare in the field, and there was no one among them, and there was no crowing. There are hundreds of people left behind, and their thoughts are broken. " ("Hao") After years of melee, lives were ruined, poor innocent people were displaced, and their souls went nowhere. Cao Cao has a whole life in his heart, so he is willing to spend energy to develop production. Although it supported the war on the one hand, it also enabled the people to finally live in peace after years of turmoil.

Teacher Yi Zhongtian compared Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang and thought that they had many similarities. The same persistence, the same self-denial, even the same strength, virtual reality. But as a result, a person is a god and a ghost. The reason is thought-provoking

"Zhuge Liang became a god, the main reason is that society needs to be typical. Imperial rulers need a loyal minister, ordinary people need an honest official, and literati need a representative. This is the same reason that Cao Cao became a ghost. Because society needs not only positive models, but also negative models. " (History of Yi Zhongtian China: The Three Kingdoms)

As far as spiritual essence is concerned, Cao Cao should be in line with the spirit of our times. Such a great figure should not bear the blame forever and remain in our national memory.

I only hope that one day, when people talk about Cao Cao, they will no longer just know his traitor, but can sincerely praise: brave Wei Wu, become a hero!

He deserves such praise.

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