What kind of person is Cao Cao?

Cao Cao is a rare great strategist throughout the ages. Cao Cao's military strategy is comparable to that of Han Xin and Tian Lei. Therefore, there is a saying that "the soldier has nothing to do with Sun Wu, and the soldier has nothing to do with Han Xin and Zuo Gong", and he created the art of war, wrote Meng De's New Book and annotated Sun Tzu's Art of War, which can be described as both civil and military, combining theory with actual combat. Therefore, Zhuge Liang said that "Cao Cao's wisdom is unique to others, and he used soldiers like Sun and Wu", "The first emperor called Cao Cao capable", "My heart is connected with Cao Cao", "He is magnificent, generous and sad, and he is a real man, generous and generous" ... In addition, Cao Cao is a politician, strategist and writer, and he is a "three public" in Jian 'an. The familiar evaluation is: "a capable minister who manages the world, a traitor in troubled times." The so-called "traitor" is "traitor". Like Yan Song and Qin Gui, they are sneaky, sneaky and treacherous, and they can only be called "traitors"; Like Dong Zhuo, he is overbearing, unreasonable, heroic but not treacherous, so he can be called "lean". The word lean also has many explanations. Owl, the original meaning is owl, extended to leader, champion, male leader, such as salt owl, drug Lord; It is also extended to be brave, heroic and unruly, such as owl riding and owl generals. Therefore, the definition of "lean" in Modern Chinese Dictionary is "a tough and ambitious person; An outstanding figure with wisdom and courage; Champion. " Lu Su said that "Liu Bei is a lean man in the world" (Biography of the Three Kingdoms Lu Su) and Huang Quan said that "Liu Bei is a lean man in the world" (Biography of Ada in the Later Han Dynasty) all show that Liu Bei is a "wise and outstanding figure", brave and heroic, and unruly; When we regard Dong Zhuo as a lean man, we mean that he is "tenacious and ambitious". A lean man is "tough and ambitious", then a traitor is "treacherous and immoral" and a treacherous person is "treacherous and ambitious". Treacherous people are treacherous and brave. So, is Cao Cao such a character? Yes Cao Cao was cunning since he was a child. He is a man of poor birth, poor family education and poor performance as a child. In fact, Cao Cao was born and raised in a eunuch family. His father Cao Song was Cao Teng's adopted son, while Cao Teng was a famous eunuch at that time. He was named Fei Houting as Da Changqiu. Da Changqiu is a big official among eunuchs, ranking 2000 stone, which is "provincial and ministerial level" in today's words. Cao Teng's personality is quite good among eunuchs, and he has a good relationship with scholars. He has done some disgraceful things and many good things and great events, so there is a biography in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. But in any case, Cao Cao will always be the adopted son of the eunuch. At that time, it was considered a bad birth. But the family should be good, at least not short of money. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, later became the official residence of Qiu (nominally the country's highest military officer) and spent 100 million yuan to buy it. Since the Cao family is so rich, it is entirely possible that Cao Cao lived a playboy life as a child. Cao Cao's family education may not be that good. Cao Song rarely asked about his son's education. Cao Cao's own poem says: "There are no three immigrants, and they have never heard of the court language." The so-called "three moves" means that Mencius' mother wants to ensure that her son has a good environment and is not affected by bad influences. I moved three times. The so-called "going to court" means that Confucius' son walked through the courtyard twice, and Confucius told him to educate him, once to learn poetry and once to learn etiquette. Such a thing has never happened in Cao Cao's family. It seems that when Cao Cao was a child, his parents were not very strict with him. Despite his parents' instruction, his family was well-off, and Cao Cao became the "problem of juvenile". The Three Kingdoms of Pei Songzhi quoted the biography of Cao Zang, saying that when Cao Cao was young, he was "a good flying eagle and running dog, wandering around the world". His uncle really can't stand it. He often reminds Cao Song to discipline this son well. Knowing this, Cao Cao thought of a clever way to deal with his nosy uncle. One day, when Cao Cao saw his uncle coming from a distance, he immediately cocked his mouth. Uncle asked him why, he should have had a sudden stroke. Uncle immediately went to report Cao Song again. When Cao Song asked Cao Cao to have a look, nothing happened. Cao Cao took the opportunity to say, I won't be blown by any wind! Just because my uncle doesn't like me, he speaks ill of me There is such a story of "wolf coming" at the bottom. Naturally, after what my uncle said about Cao Cao, Cao Song didn't believe it, and Cao Cao was even more unruly. Cao Cao's best friends, Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao, are almost the same kind of roles. They often get together to play pranks, and things are very out of line. Liu Yiqing, king of Linchuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote in Shi Shuo Xin Yu that once a family got married, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao went sightseeing and even tried to steal their bride. First, they hid in someone else's garden. When it got dark, they suddenly shouted: There is a thief! The people attending the wedding ran out of the house one after another, and Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos to get into the bridal chamber and snatched the bride. When he didn't leave in a hurry, Yuan Shao got stuck in a thorny bush. Cao Cao used his quick wits and shouted, Here comes the thief! Lombardi a nasty, suddenly jumped out. Obviously, Cao Cao was a typical dude when he was a teenager. He was idle and idle, and his tricks and bad ideas emerged one after another. What does this mean? It shows that Cao Cao is a mischievous, unruly and treacherous person. Therefore, the "Three Kingdoms" said that he was "less alert and had the right to count, while Ren Xia was extravagant and didn't treat him with his industry", so many people ignored him (which is not surprising to the world) and even despised him (he was a man). For example, Zong Shilin, a famous Nanyang scholar, claimed to have "the ambition of pines and cypresses" and resolutely refused to associate with him (see the founder of Shi Shuo Xin Yu). However, there is a person who is very optimistic about Cao Cao. He was Qiu at that time. Qiao Xuan believes that Cao Cao is a rare talent, and he will definitely pacify the world in the future, so he trusts his wife and children. Qiao Xuan said: "The world will be in chaos, and it is doomed to be hopeless. Who can be safe? " This statement is recorded in the text of the Three Kingdoms, which should be reliable and reasonable, because Cao Cao is not an ordinary hooligan or a dude. Sun Sheng's "similarities and differences" said that he was "brilliant, powerful, able to hurt others, well-read, and especially good at the art of war". Once, when he assassinated eunuch Zhang Rang, he escaped after a short dance. This shows that Cao Cao is an ambitious and ambitious person. Ambitious and cunning, very consistent with the definition of "adulterer". Cao Cao himself seems to agree with this evaluation. This evaluation was given by Xu Shao, and making friends with Xu Shao was Qiao Xuan's suggestion. Xu Shao, a word general, was born in Pingyu, Runan (now Pingyu, Henan), and was the most famous connoisseur and critic at that time. On the first day of each month, he often published comments on the characters at that time, which were called "Yuedan Comments" and "Yuenan Yuedan Comments". No matter who it is, once it wins the prize, it will be worth a hundred times, and then it will enter the upper class. Cao Cao naturally hopes to get Xu Shao's praise. But I don't know if Cao Cao is too bad or if the secret can't be revealed. No matter how Cao Cao asked, Xu Shao refused to speak. Finally, Xu Shao was forced to come up with such a sentence: You are a "minister capable of managing the world, a traitor in troubled times". Cao Cao laughed and left. This is Cao Cao. He is generous, deep, open-minded, generous, free and easy, funny, alert, easy-going, cunning, cold and cruel. He is really a very rich, multifaceted, highly personalized and dramatic figure. He is probably the most complicated figure and diverse image in history. He is extremely clever and extremely stupid; Treacherous, cunning, frank and sincere; Open-minded and suspicious; Generous and narrow-minded It can be said that everyone has a demeanor and a villain's face; Heroic, children's feelings; Yan has a temper and a bodhisattva heart. It seems that Cao Cao has several faces, but they all grow on him, which is not contradictory at all. This is really a miracle. Actually, Cao Cao is real, real. Including his treachery, cunning, cruelty and tyranny, all showed calmness, grace, sincerity and calmness. This is really an "atmosphere". "Only heroes can be true, and celebrity romance is true." From this perspective, Cao Cao is a hero and a great hero. But this hero is very treacherous, so he can also be called "treacherous male", that is, "treacherous male". In fact, the evaluation of Cao Cao (hero, traitor and traitor) in history is always inseparable from the words "traitor" and "hero". Some emphasize rape, some emphasize men, and some think that he is both a rape and a man. So I think Cao Cao is a traitor, but the word "cute" should be added in front of him. Cao Cao has both treachery and integrity. His treachery and sincerity are unified in the "bear", and so are his good and evil. Cao Cao is evil in human nature, so I don't call him a hero, I call him a traitor.