Character examples

Suspected murder of Hua Tuo. In his later years, Cao Cao suffered from cerebral gout, and his official Hua Xin recommended the miracle doctor Warren to him. Unfortunately, when Hualun pointed out that his disease was caused by wind, the root of the disease entered the brain, and the wind saliva could not come out, so he took the decoction in vain and needed a sharp ax to open the brain to remove the wind saliva to eradicate it. Cao Cao actually suspected that Hua Tuo wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cause harm. He died, so Hua Tuo was killed, and a generation of miraculous doctors died.

Abolition of the Cold Food Festival The "Cold Food Festival" is said to have originated from the event in the Spring and Autumn Period when Duke Yan Ming mourned Jie Zitui. If Jie Zhi pushed the tree and burned it to death, people decided to abstain from fire and cold food for more than a hundred days on this day. When Cao Cao inspected and understood the living conditions of the local people one year, he found that the way the people spent the "Cold Food Festival" every year had seriously affected and endangered the health of the people, so he ordered it to be abolished.

In 218, when Cao Cao advocated thin burials, he promulgated a "Final Order", proposing that after death, one should not be buried in a thick burial, but should be buried on barren land. The original height of the ground should be used as the foundation. Heaping soil and not planting trees. A year later, he prepared the clothes of the four seasons for himself when he died, and left a will saying: If I die, please be buried in the clothes I wore in the season at that time. No gold, jade, jewelry, copperware, etc. should be buried with me. Cao Cao was the first emperor in Chinese history to propose a "thin burial".

Cut off the hair to represent the head. Once, Cao Cao's army passed through the farmland and saw that the crops in the field were about to be harvested, so he ordered that anyone who trampled the wheat fields would be beheaded in public. Unexpectedly, his horse was frightened and jumped into the wheat field, trampling a piece of wheat field. In order to fulfill his orders and win the trust of the people, he cut off his own hair instead.

Comments by famous experts

Su Shi (Song Dynasty): Wei Wu was good at predicting events but not at predicting people. Therefore, if he made repeated mistakes, he would lose his merit, and if he made slight mistakes, he would be defeated. . ("On Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty") Cao Cao's sinister thief is dangerous and difficult, and he is especially the hero of ghosts and monsters. ("Ode to Kong Beihai")

(Qing Dynasty) Liu Xizai: The power of Cao Gong's poetry is powerful enough to cover everything. There is no one like him among the scholars in Jian'an. ("Art Summary? Poetry Summary")

Zhang Taiyan: A man of great faith and wisdom, so although he is cunning, he is close to the right. ("Ode to Emperor Wu of Wei")

Lu Xun: Cao Cao is a very capable person, at least a hero. ("The relationship between Wei's style and articles in the past and medicine and wine")

Mao Zedong: King Zhou of Yin (commonly known as the "tyrant") was proficient in literature and military affairs. Qin Shihuang and Cao Cao were both regarded as bad guys. This is incorrect.

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I remember that this happened often in history. For example, when a certain regime has to be replaced, some people start an uprising. When they get the power, they keep claiming that their "uprising" is in compliance with the destiny and the general trend. However, when the people under their rule are suffering from lack of food, If you rebel without covering your body, it is a treason and rebellion, and you should punish the nine tribes! It is obvious that they are both revolting, but there are two completely different opinions, why? "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish"! If this is the case, how much more important is it for people? I have to doubt the authenticity of the historical records about a certain person who deceived his teachers and destroyed his ancestors, and a certain person who cared about all the people. Lu Xun once said about Cao Cao's records that because Cao Wei's fortunes were short, there were fewer people who praised his virtues, and most of the history writers were from later dynasties, and there were more verbal and written criticisms. Therefore, the hateful Cao Cao we see on the stage is not The real Cao Cao.