The original text is: I'd rather be negative than negative!

I'd rather be sorry for others than others.

From: The History of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi quoted Wei Shu

Original: Sun Sheng's Miscellaneous Notes said: Mao heard the sound of his food containers, thinking that he wanted to kill them at night. Then he said sadly, "I'd rather be negative than negative!" Go ahead.

When Cao Cao heard the grinding sound, he thought he was going to kill him, so he killed the Lv Boshe family first. Then he said sadly: in this world, I would rather be sorry for others than others.

Extended information:

"I'd rather lose people than others lose me". Other versions of Miscellaneous Notes

are recorded in this way. Lv Boshe was not at home and heard the sound of food containers colliding, thinking it was the sound of swords and they were going to kill themselves. So he killed the Lv Boshe family. He also said a sentence, "I'd rather be negative than negative", which has two meanings when translated.

one is "I'd rather lose others than others", and there is another meaning, "Am I the only one who is sorry for others? No one else is sorry for me? " The latter is obviously inconsistent with Cao Cao's character. Therefore, Luo Guanzhong's "I'd rather be negative than negative" is used to create more vivid characters.

Cao Cao didn't say this, he just said, "I'd rather be negative than negative." This is a sentence without cruelty, just a plain sentence, "I would rather let others down than others." This also fully shows the image of Cao Cao's selfishness, extreme distrust of others and fear of betrayal.

But combined with the situation at that time and the chaos in troubled times, Cao Cao was in danger and wanted by the whole country. He would be killed if he was not careful. Who knows if the Lv Boshe family would really take him in? After hearing the sound of sharpening the knife, I chose to kill it. This is a very standard toughness and decisiveness as a traitor. Without these characteristics, he can't be a great cause in the future, and he can't be called a traitor.

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