Cao Teng, the grandfather of Cao Cao [1], was an official during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. Cao Song, his father, was born unknown, and he was mentioned in The Reflection of the Three Kingdoms Emperor Wu Di.
Cao Cao
"Don't try to judge its beginning and end", but when Pei Songzhi annotated the History of the Three Kingdoms in the Song Dynasty, Cao Song was quoted as Xiahou in the Biography of Cao Zang written by Wu people in the Three Kingdoms, but this statement is not credible. Cao Song inherited the Marquis of Cao Teng.
Cao Cao's nicknames are Shun and Geely, so he is called Cao Aman. When Cao Cao was young, he was quick-witted, but he was willful, chivalrous, unruly, uneducated 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, "There will be chaos in the world, and people who are doomed can't help it. Who can live in peace? " 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, "You are a traitor and a hero in troubled times." According to Xu Shaochuan in the Later Han Dynasty, Similarities and Differences in Sun Sheng's Miscellaneous Words and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Zi can rule the world, and traitors in troubled times."
In A.D. 184, Cao Cao made his mark in the Yellow Scarf Uprising at the end of the 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 and fought in troubled times. He successively conquered Li Jue in Guanzhong, Lu Bu in Xuzhou and Yuan Shu in Huainan, and accepted Zhang Xiu's surrender.
In 10, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu (now northeast of zhongmou county).
In 20 1 year, Yuan Shao's army was defeated again in Cangting (now northeast of guanxian).
In February 65438+2007, the northern expedition to Wuhuan County completely eradicated the remnants of Yuan's family and basically unified the Central Plains.
In 208 AD, Cao Cao became the prime minister of the Eastern Han Empire. In July, Cao Cao took Liu Biao south from Jingzhou, and in February, he fought with Sun Quanjun 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 13, Emperor Xian of Han sent Lu Chi, an imperial adviser, to make Cao Cao Wang Wei, and ten counties such as Jizhou and Bingzhou were fiefs of Wei State. The Tongque Terrace in the Wei Palace is located in Yecheng, enjoying the imperial system and gaining the supreme power of "worshiping the unknown and riding a sword to the temple".
In 2 15, Yang was captured and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was defeated. At this point, the tripartite confrontation between the three countries has basically taken shape.
On March/0/5, 220 AD, Cao Cao died in Luoyang at the age of 66. Posthumous title "Prince of Wu" was buried in Gaoling. Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor shortly after he ascended the throne, calling Cao Cao "Emperor Wu" and the temple name "Mao".
Cao Cao reclaimed land in the north to build water conservancy projects, which solved the problem of insufficient rations and played a certain role in the recovery of agricultural production. Employ talents, attract the middle and lower classes of the landlord class, restrain the strongmen and strengthen centralization. The social economy of the ruling area has been restored and developed. The method of selecting a good soldier includes Sun Tzu's Art of War, The Art of War and Meng De's New Book. Good poems, such as "A Journey in the Great Miles" and "Watching the Sea", express political aspirations and reflect the tragic life of the people at the end of the Han Dynasty. They are magnificent, generous and sad. Prose is also neat. His works include Wei Wudi.
Politically and militarily, Cao Cao eliminated many separatist forces, unified most of northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. In terms of literature, under the impetus of Cao Cao and his son, Jian 'an literature represented by "Three Caos" (Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi) was formed, which was called "Jian 'an Style" in history. His poems are famous for their generosity and tragic, which left a glorious stroke in the history of literature.
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