Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Teng, was an official when Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. His name was Fei. His father Cao Song, formerly known as Xiahou, later became Cao Teng's adopted son, and changed his surname to inherit the Marquis. Cao Cao's nicknames are Shun and Geely, so he is called Cao Aman. In his youth, Cao Cao was resourceful and alert, but he was willful, chivalrous, unruly, unruly and unlearned. Therefore, no one in the society thinks he has any special talents, only Qiao Xuan of Liang thinks he is different. Qiao Xuan said to Cao Cao, "The world will be in chaos. Those who are doomed can't help, but those who are safe are in your hands!" He Qing of Nanyang said to him: "The Han Dynasty will die, and the person who lives in the world must be this person!" Xu Shao, a word general, is famous for knowing people. He once said to Cao Cao, "Zi can rule the world, and troubled times are traitors." (This is quoted from Pei Songzhi's Sun Shengyi's Miscellaneous Words, which needs to be tested. ) 184 He emerged in the Yellow Scarf Uprising at the end of Han Dynasty, and was later named as one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, and participated in the war of the world governors against Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, he developed his own power, fought in troubled times, conquered Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and accepted Zhang Xiu's surrender. In 200 AD, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's 65,438+10,000 troops in Guandu (now northeast of zhongmou county). In 438+0, in 2065, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's army again in Cangting (now northeast of guanxian, Henan Province), and in 20071February, he made a northern expedition to the three counties of Wuhuan, completely eradicating the remnants of Yuan and basically unifying the Central Plains. In 208 AD, he became the prime minister of the Eastern Han regime. In July, 208, Cao Cao conquered Liu Biao, Jingzhou, and in February, 65438, he fought with Sun Liu's allied troops in Chibi and lost. 2 1 1 In July, Cao Cao led his troops to the western expedition and defeated the Guanzhong armies headed by Ma Chao, thus laying the foundation of Wei State. In 2 12 AD, Zhang Lu was defeated in Hanzhong, and the tripartite confrontation between the three countries was basically formed. In 2 13, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent an imperial adviser to make Cao Cao king of Wei State, and set up a bronze sparrow terrace in the Wei State Palace in Yecheng, enjoying the system of the Emperor of Heaven and gaining the supreme power of "visiting the temple without name and stepping on the sword". In 220 AD, Cao Cao died in Luoyang at the age of 66. Posthumous title "Prince of Wu" was buried in Gaoling. Cao Cao never proclaimed himself emperor in his life. Shortly after his death, Xelloss claimed to be the emperor and posthumous title "Emperor Wu".