Cao Cao was born in a bureaucratic family. After the Three Kingdoms called him Cao Can, Cao Cao's father Cao Song was the adopted son of eunuch Cao Teng. Cao Teng served four generations of emperors and had a certain reputation. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty took time to seal, Cao Song inherited Cao Tenghou, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sealed Qiu.
When Cao Cao was young, he was quick-witted, resourceful, self-willed, chivalrous, unruly and unlearned, so people at that time didn't think he had any special talents, only Qiao Xuan of Liang thought he was outstanding.
In his early years, Cao Cao showed his love and talent for martial arts, read widely and especially liked the art of war. He copied the strategies of various ancient art of war, and the book Wei Wu's Notes on Sun Tzu, which annotated the art of war, was handed down from generation to generation. These laid a solid foundation for his later military career.
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Cao Cao's later evaluation
Qian Mu: Cao Cao is an entrepreneur of Wei State, who is capable of politics, martial arts, literature and talent. However, he is a great adulterer, so he is a great villain in history. China's 600-year decline cannot be blamed on Cao Cao.
Huang Renyu:
(1) Cao Cao in The Three Kingdoms is not necessarily more treacherous than Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others of his time. Moreover, he is romantic, bold, open-minded and unrestrained.
Cao Cao is outstanding because he is informal and far-sighted. However, although he clearly saw that traditional morality could not solve today's problems, he did not know that giving up traditional morality might not save today's problems.
The History of Qin and Han Dynasties in China, Cambridge: The fatal blow to the Han Dynasty was left to Cao Cao, one of the most striking figures in the history of China. Cao Cao was born in humble background, a great poet, a great strategist and a realistic political thinker. He opposed Confucian etiquette and moral constraints.
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