Cao Cao is a politician and strategist, but also a poet and scholar. He is also strict with self-discipline and advocates frugality. Next, I will talk about the other side of Cao Cao in three points.
First, watch the war as usual.
Although Cao Cao was born in troubled times, he attached great importance to cultural protection. Jian 'an five years (200 years), after the battle of Guandu defeated Yuan Shao, according to the "Three Kingdoms? Shu Wei? "Emperor Wu Ji" records:
Collect the treasures of its stacks and capture the public. Shao Shu, Wuji Shu and the art of war collected by the public were all burned.
After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he did four things: first, he kept all Yuan Shao's books properly to prevent them from being lost; The second is to collect trench and treasure for future military resources; The third is to transform prisoners and enrich them into their own troops to supplement them; The fourth is to secretly burn all the letters between subordinates and Yuan Shao to calm people's hearts.
Here, Cao Cao put books and other military affairs in the same important position.
Cao Cao's protection of culture is more reflected in his inheritance, promotion and development of culture. Liu Xie in Wen Xin Diao Long? Time series "said:
Wei Wu likes poems and chapters related to kings.
The prosperity and development of Cao Wei culture is unmatched by Dongwu and Shuhan. With Cao Cao's strong concern, advocacy and support, it is not easy for Jian 'an literature to flourish under the background of long-term war and social fragmentation during the Three Kingdoms period.
Jian' an seven sons? With what? Sancao? It is a representative of literary achievements in the late Han and Three Kingdoms periods. Among them,? Jian' an seven sons? Include Kong Rong, Chen Lin, RoyceWong, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Angelababy and Liu Zhen. ? Sancao? Namely Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Except Kong Rong, all the seven sons suffered from the chaos in the late Han Dynasty, and only after they defected to Cao Cao did they get a stable life. Unfortunately, as long as the seven sons of Jian 'an are mentioned, people only remember that Cao Cao killed Kong Rong.
This shows that Cao Cao really regarded wartime as a time of peace, and he never abandoned culture because of war. Cao Cao believes that the war will always end and the cultural heritage cannot be abandoned because of the war. After the war, the country should still attach importance to education. To this end, he specially set up officials in charge of Confucian classics. Pick out and die? Extensive collection of books scattered by the government and the people in the Eastern Han Dynasty due to the war.
This practice of Cao Cao reminds me of the formulation made by the Ministry of Education of the National Government after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War? You have to watch it in wartime and peacetime? The general policy of wartime education has implemented a series of measures, such as transferring colleges and universities, establishing a training Committee for out-of-school teenagers in the battlefield, setting up a steering Committee for war zone education, and carrying out war zone education. There is no difference between these two practices, both of which are in wartime and pay attention to post-war education and development. We should not neglect culture and education because of war.
Because Cao Cao attaches great importance to cultural construction, Wei has the largest collection of books among the three countries. Thanks to his protective measures, many ancient books have been preserved. From this perspective, Cao Cao has made some contributions to the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
Second, Wenxi belongs to Han, and the tomb is preserved.
Cao Cao once spent a lot of money to redeem Cai Yan (Yueshi), the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Xiongnu. Because of this, the stories of Cao Cao and Cai Wenji caused many gossips of later generations. Many people think that Cao Cao likes Cai Wenji very much. Others say that Cao Cao's love for Cai Wenji is a secret love, and he never got Cai Wenji in his life.