1. Cao Cao is suspicious and cruel by nature

Cao Cao is a man with extremely high talent and high tactics. He is jealous, insecure and impulsive, which makes him suspicious and cruel by nature.

Cao Cao's suspicious nature is vividly demonstrated in the incident of avoiding killing Yang Xiu. Cao Cao attaches importance to talented people, but avoids talents. Yang Xiu was a very clever man. Later, Yang Xiu assisted Cao Zhi in confronting Cao Pi, which made Cao Cao feel suspicious. Cao Cao believed in the life principle of "I'd rather be negative than negative", so Yang Xiu had to die.

In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's murder of Yuan Jun and his 8,-strong death showed the cruelty of Cao Cao's character. In 193 AD, Cao Cao directed a massacre of innocent "people who suffered only from war", which implicated countless people, and its situation was simply terrible!

In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are other events that show Cao Cao's suspicious and cruel nature, such as killing Lv Boshe, appealing to the public, asking Xu You for food, burning books, killing people in his dreams, and pretending to be suspicious. These events reproduce Cao Cao's treacherous nature.

two. Extraordinary open-minded self-confidence

In the first episode of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was written that Xu Shao, a famous man in Runan, went to see him and asked, "How can I behave?" Shao Yue said, "A son can rule the world, but a traitor in troubled times." Cao Cao was overjoyed, and Xu Shao summarized Cao Cao's greatest advantage, that is, leadership. This also laid the groundwork for Cao Cao to become a real emperor in the future. It is also an affirmation of his personality. His leadership temperament is mainly manifested in three aspects: ① acting in a fruitful way; ② being open-minded and confident; ③ knowing people and being good at their duties. When I first entered the official career, I didn't have the pleasure of a dude. I was bent on getting rid of bad politics and enforcing the rule of law.

three. Cao Cao is a talented person, knowing people well and doing his duty well

How to use talents is very important for the war, and the strategy of winning the world is the strategy of using talents. Among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is a model who can use talents. Cao Cao really loves talents. Therefore, it is also a major feature of Cao Cao's character to be talented and be good at others.

take Guan Yu as an example. Cao Cao treated Guan Yu with kindness. He knew that Guan Yu was bound to become a menace after he left, so he was very polite to Guan Yu. This also shows that Cao Cao's ability to use talents is just a matter of fact.

Cao Ang, Cao Cao's eldest son, and Dian Wei, his beloved general, both died at the hands of Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, and even Cao Cao was almost doomed. But when Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao valued them as much. It can be seen that Cao Cao loves talents and is so eager.

In addition, Cao Cao also attaches great importance to Zhang Liao, Zhang He and others. From this point of view, Cao Cao's talent appointment is calm and objective, and he is meritocratic, which breaks the secular concept of family status. This characteristic of his personality propped up most of the country of Wei for him.

four. Cunning and treacherous

Although Cao Cao's character is multifaceted, his cunning and treachery is the most prominent. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao always embodies his individuality, whether he is doing things or being a man.

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Comment on Cao Cao's history books

Chen Shou's The History of the Three Kingdoms: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was chaos in the world, and the heroes and heroes rose together, while Yuan Shao was eyeing the four States, and he was stronger than the enemy. Taizu's operational research and planning, lashing out the magic of Shen and Shang, the unique strategy of Han and Bai, the official grant of materials, each for its own devices, melodramatic, forget the old evils, and finally be able to conquer the imperial machine and become a flood maker, but it is only slightly optimal. Suppression can be described as an extraordinary person, a peerless hero. "

Wang Shen's Book of Wei: "Mao spent more than 3 years in the imperial army, and he never gave up his book. Books talk about military tactics, and nights think about classics. Climbing the mountain must be endowed, and new poems are created, and the orchestral strings are all music. "

Reference: Cao Cao-Baidu Encyclopedia.