Cao Cao lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty (155 AD - March 15, 220 AD), whose real name was Ji Li, whose courtesy name was Mengde, and whose nickname was Amo, was from Qiao County, Pei State (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). He was an outstanding statesman, strategist, writer, and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was the founder of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period and the son of Taiwei Cao Song.
He was born in Xiaolian and was elected as a Langguan. He successively served as the Northern Wei of Luoyang, Dunqiu Ling, and Yilang. He also worshiped as the Cavalry Captain, suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, and moved to Jinan to become the Prime Minister. His political and religious affairs flourished, and the whole county was peaceful. Qiandian Military Academy Lieutenant. He organized a coalition of Kwantung princes to attack Dong Zhuo, moved to the prefecture of Dongjun, and worshiped him as the shepherd of Yanzhou. Welcoming Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, paying homage to Sili Xiaowei, Lu Shangshu Shi, Sikong, moving to the position of prime minister, and coercing the emperor to order him to disobey his ministers.
Eliminate the separatist forces such as Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao and Han Sui, surrender the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., basically unify northern China, implement effective policies, restore economic production and stabilize social order .
Expanding farmland, building water conservancy, rewarding mulberry farming, attaching importance to handicrafts, resettling the exiled population, and implementing "rent modulation" have promoted political stability and economic improvement in the Central Plains region, reduced class oppression, and improved social atmosphere. Get better. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty thought of his merits and granted him the title of Wei Gong with the title of Jiuxi.
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Cao Cao advocated frugality and opposed luxury throughout his life. "Wei Zhi? Emperor Wu Ji" annotated "Wei Shu" and said that Cao Cao liked frugality and did not like to be gorgeous. The harem does not wear brocade, the guards only wear a pair of shoes, the curtains and screens are repaired if they are broken, and the bedding is only for keeping warm, without any decoration at all. "Fu Zi" also said that Cao Cao's daughter married no more than ten maids.
Cao Cao's "Internal Commandments" also truly records his unremitting efforts to oppose extravagance and waste and advocate frugality. The general idea is: I don't like boxes with beautiful decorations. What I use is a leather box made of new leather. When there was no suitcase in troubled times, I made a square box out of bamboo, covered it with silk on the outside, and made it with coarse cloth on the inside. This is what I usually use.
The wife in the palace once bought a box, but it was damaged? My clothes and quilts have been used for ten years, and they are taken apart, washed and mended every year. The true character of advocating diligence and frugality is vividly displayed on the page.
Cao Cao's frugality did affect his attitude towards his funeral. He believed that secular funeral customs were "complicated and unhelpful", so before his death, he prepared clothes for the four seasons and put them in four boxes. He wrote the four characters "spring, summer, autumn and winter" to show the difference, and said in his last words, "If there is any violation, You can collect it at any time.
Nothing of gold, pearls, jade, copper or iron can be given away." He died of illness in Luoyang on the 23rd of the first month of the 25th year of Jian'an. After his death, he wore the same clothes he usually wore in winter.
Later, Cao Zhi wrote the "Inscription" for his father. It said that Cao Cao personally selected the clothes for burial, which were the clothes he usually wore; he also did not bring the seal into the tomb, and stipulated that only The coffin was carried with ordinary hemp rope. Cao Zhi also recalled that his father advocated simplicity, advocated frugality, and did not care about pearls and jade in his life. Under his influence, scholars and people were proud of simplicity. These are direct evidences of Cao Cao's call for frugality.
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