Meaning: I would rather feel sorry for others than others feel sorry for me.

In 189 AD, Cao Cao saw Dong Zhuo's rebellious behavior and was unwilling to cooperate with him, so he changed his name and fled the capital Luoyang (today's east of Luoyang, Henan). Escape from the trail and return home. Dong Zhuo was furious and went to Wen County to arrest him. On the way, Cao Cao stayed at the house of his old friend Lu Boshe. When he heard the sound of his eating utensils, he thought he was trying to kill himself, so he killed him at night. Then he said sadly: "I would rather betray others than others betray me!" Then he did it.

Fleeing to Zhongmou (now west of Hebi, Henan), he was suspected by the pavilion chief and was taken to the county government. At that time, the official document of arresting Cao Cao had arrived in Zhongmou, and the meritorious Cao Cao knew that he was Cao Cao. However, due to the chaos in the world, it was not appropriate to confine the heroes of the world, so he asked the county magistrate to release Cao Cao. Cao Cao escaped from death and reached Chenliu (now southeast of Kaifeng, Henan). After Cao Cao arrived in Chenliu, he "scattered his family wealth and united with the righteous army", and he initiated the righteous army and called on the heroes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo. Extended information

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, internally eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui, and externally surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and others unified northern China and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, expand farmland, build water conservancy projects, reward farmers and mulberry trees, attach importance to handicrafts, resettle the exiled population, and implement "rent modulation", thus gradually stabilizing the society of the Central Plains. , The economy has turned around.

Under the rule of Cao Cao, the politics of the Yellow River Basin gradually became clearer, the economy gradually recovered, class oppression was slightly alleviated, and the social atmosphere improved. Some of the measures taken by Cao Cao in the name of the Han Dynasty had a positive effect. ?

Cao Cao was proficient in the art of war in the military and valued talents. For this reason, he would take the potential members under his command at all costs. In life, he was good at poetry to express his political ambitions and reflect the people of the late Han Dynasty. The suffering life, majestic spirit, generous and sad.

The prose is also clear and neat, which opened up and prospered Jian'an literature and left precious spiritual wealth to future generations. Lu Xun evaluated him as "the ancestor of reforming articles." At the same time, Cao Cao was also good at calligraphy. Zhang Huaiguan of the Tang Dynasty rated Cao Cao's calligraphy as "wonderful" in "Shujuan".

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