Cao Cao said to Chen Gongtai: Better die than die. I would rather be negative than negative. /Since ancient times, he has been a big traitor like loyalty and righteousness. The falsehood like truth and the treachery like loyalty are not obvious on the surface. Maybe you were wrong about me yesterday, but today, you are wrong again, but I am still me. I am never afraid of others being wrong about me. /Kill if you want, why hesitate? You are making yourself miserable, hehe.
The new "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" episode 18 Lyu3 bu4 died in the White Gate Tower.
Cao Cao said: It's not that I am thick-skinned, but that I have long forgotten the vulgar universal ethics in this world. People all over the world say that I am an adulterer, but everyone can't help treating me as an adulterer. You self-styled gentlemen have also been defeated by me as an adulterer. If the price of being a gentleman is being humiliated, trampled, destroyed or even killed, I would rather be an adulterer who can realize my ambition. Since ancient times, big traitors are like loyalty, big fakes are like truth, and loyalty and traitors are not obvious on the surface. Maybe you were wrong about me, Cao Cao, and now you are wrong, but I am still me, and I am never afraid of others being wrong about me.
The Romance of the New Three Kingdoms Episode 73: Wang Wei's Death.
Cao Cao said: Death is not terrible. Death is a cool summer night, which can provide people with carefree sleep. The world, yesterday, I misjudged Cao Cao, today, maybe tomorrow. But I'm still me. I am never afraid of being misunderstood by others.
Personality assessment
Cao Cao was a hero in troubled times, but there was a saying at that time that the royal family was orthodox and the great man was the country. At that time, everyone claimed to be Han Chen. Guan Yu refused to surrender to Cao even though he kept saying that he was a Han minister. Liu Bei is a member of the royal family and an uncle, whether true or not. In short, Liu Bei has benefited a lot from this false reputation. After Cao Cao occupied Luoyang, he did not return his rights to Liu, which was not allowed by literati. Naturally, it is distorted.
The real history is that Cao Cao is a politician, strategist and poet in the history of China.
Later generations attacked Cao Cao for four reasons:
First, the emperor was praised for letting the princes. The key is to hold the emperor and pretend to be the emperor. First of all, there was chaos in Beijing, where the Xiliang army burned and looted, the emperor fled, and the local civil and military officials ignored him. Except for a county magistrate who delivered meals, the king of a country ate wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger. Why didn't anyone carry it at that time? Second, order the governors in the name of the son of heaven. First of all, the son of heaven is just a teenager. Can a child lead the army in counterinsurgency or use energy in benevolence? Han's son of heaven is still there. Don't use Cao Cao's name instead of the son of heaven's name.
Second, I would rather be negative than negative. It means that Cao Cao killed a good man by mistake. First of all, whether there is such a thing in history is inconclusive. Secondly, everyone is wrong. Great people like Grandpa Mao make mistakes. Cao Cao is wrong, but his mistakes should not be infinitely magnified. Politicians are not moral models.
The third one, Han Xiang, is actually a Chinese thief. Cao Cao was indeed in power at that time, and the emperor became an empty shelf, similar to today's monarchy. However, we should see that everything has two sides. The so-called troubled times use heavy punishment, and serious illness uses strong medicine. Is it possible to wait for a child to give an order, or wait for a large group of people to discuss democratic decision-making before acting? If Cao does not let him take power, it is obviously to let the horses run and not eat grass, not to mention that Cao Cao has never usurped the independence of Han Dynasty all his life.
Fourth, Cao Cao's theory of seventy-two suspected graves. In fact, the 72-year-old skeptic's theory has no factual basis and is sheer nonsense. Cao Cao's contributions and historical achievements: first, building water conservancy and reclaiming wasteland; second, unifying the north and ending the war. Third, attack Wu Huan to solve foreign problems. Fourth, change it to poetry and be independent.