Cao Cao's objective evaluation-all rivers run into the sea, with the greatest tolerance. Cao Cao is a figure who has to talk about the Three Kingdoms. In the eyes of everyone, nine times out of ten people will think that he is a traitor, cunning and treacherous, plotting to usurp the throne, and the most heinous thing is his famous saying: "I would rather lose the world than seize it!" "。 In fact, this is basically the folk image and literary image of Cao Cao. When Luo Guanzhong wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he praised Liu, belittled Cao Cao and exaggerated the character of Liu Bei and his generals. As a foil, Cao Cao naturally became a cunning man. Folk art performances are basically based on romance, so these characters are deeply rooted in the hearts of ordinary people in the image of romance. In addition to understanding the above two characters, we should actually understand another historical image, that is, the historical image. This sentence was said after Cao Cao killed the Lv Boshe family. First of all, murder is indeed murder, but it is manslaughter, which is recorded in the annals of the Three Kingdoms and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so it should be a historical fact. Secondly, in the two versions, Cao Cao said this sentence in a different tone. Love describes justice, killing is killing and hopeless rape; But in reflection, Cao Cao said with a sigh that what is done is done, and he can only comfort himself. Because he is a general, he needs to serve the public, so he must find a reasonable reason for himself, not to mention considering the current situation ... It also shows that Cao Cao is frank and honest, and he is a real villain. Imagine how many hypocrites there are in the world ... The above explanation can't completely cover up Cao Cao's treacherous side. But objectively speaking, Cao Cao is not only a traitor, but a unified contradiction. Cao Cao has a treacherous and fierce side, killing Xu You and cutting the edge ... visible; But he is sincere and enlightened. The release of Zhong Wei and Chen Lin also speaks volumes. Cao Cao is sometimes vicious and sometimes affectionate. His will fully proves this point. He has done a lot of good and bad things in his life, and he has also done a lot of things that affect the current situation and even history, but they have all been brushed aside. They nagged about a lot of housework, but he still missed his ex-wife Ding Furen and was afraid of losing face to meet his eldest son Cao Ang. Su Dongpo said: "A traitor is a fake all his life, and he will not see the truth until he dies. In fact, it embodies Cao Cao's atmosphere. As the saying goes, "Heroes are true, and romantic people are true celebrities. "Needless to say, in short, from Cao Cao, we see different personalities and different faces, which are both contradictory and unified. It can be said that they are extremely clever, stupid, cunning and treacherous, frank and open-minded, suspicious and generous, narrow-minded, everyone's demeanor, small people's faces, heroism, children's feelings, Yan temper, Bodhisattva heart.