1. Analysis of Cao Cao’s character:
Cao Cao’s character in history is very complex. Chen Shou believed that Cao Cao was the “best Mingluo” in the history of the Three Kingdoms, “taking over Shen and Shang. Spells are the ingenious strategies of Han and Bai, and the official materials are given by the officials. Each has his own weapon, and he can do whatever he wants without thinking about old evils." Cao Cao had been guarding the army for more than thirty years, but he never let go of the scrolls. He was good at poetry, cursive calligraphy, and Go. Live a frugal life and don’t wear fancy clothes. Discuss with others and laugh happily. "Any meritorious service should be rewarded, and no amount of gold should be spared; if there is no merit, no reward should be given." He is the first-class politician, military strategist and writer in Chinese history. However, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", these good aspects of Cao Cao's character and moral character were ignored, while his cruel and treacherous side was exaggerated. Therefore, Cao Cao in Luo Guanzhong's works is a typical villain who is cunning, cruel, willful, and suspicious.
The character of Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is complex, and the character of Cao Cao is multi-faceted. As soon as he appeared in the novel, he showed his intelligence, ability, wit and courage, as well as his daring, sophistication and maturity. The author of the first chapter wrote: "When Cao was a child, he loved hunting, singing and dancing, being powerful and resourceful." Then, he established meritorious deeds and gained fame by charging into the battle to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he acted vigorously and resolutely. His style has established his own prestige in the local area.
When Dong Zhuo went against the grain and preyed on the people, he was not like Wang Yun and others who complained, sighed, and shed tears. He planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo with a knife. When this plan failed, he returned to his hometown to organize and contact the 18th Route princes army. Jointly conquered Dong Zhuo. On the one hand, he knows people well and dares to use Guan Yu, who has no reputation, no professional title, position or diploma, but is majestic and majestic, to warm the wine and kill Hua Xiong. He looks at people regardless of their family status and appoints people based on their ability. He is also broad-minded and ignores past grudges. For example, he dares to use generals who have collaborated with the enemy and have rebellious intentions (after the Guandu War), and he dares to use generals who have drafted proclamations and worded them. He violently cursed Chen Lin, a counselor from eight generations of his ancestors. These are all aspects of him as a talented and ambitious politician, as well as the glorious side of Cao Cao's character, which is what the author calls a concrete manifestation of Cao Cao's role as a "capable minister in governing the world."
But Luo Guanzhong also shaped another side of Cao Cao, which is suspicious, insidious, vicious, and unscrupulous to achieve his goals. This aspect of Cao Cao is, in Luo Guanzhong's words, "a traitor in troubled times."
He was a very scheming and clever guy when he was a child. Please read this paragraph: "Cao had an uncle. When he saw Cao wandering around, he got angry and said something to Cao Song. Song blamed Cao. Cao suddenly felt angry. As soon as he saw his uncle coming, he fell to the ground in the state of having a stroke. His uncle was shocked and told Song, but Song looked at him anxiously. Cao Cao said, "My son has never had this disease. Because he fell out of love with his uncle, he is blind to his ears." "Song believed what he said. Later, his uncle told him that he had done something wrong, but Song didn't listen. So he behaved wantonly." It's surprising that a child could have such a clever idea.
Also, when the county magistrate Chen Gong caught Cao Cao who attempted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he saw that he had great ambitions to help the country and thought that he was a loyal man, so he abandoned his official position and followed him. Later, Cao Cao accidentally killed Lu Boshe's family and showed no repentance. He also said his life creed of "I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me"! This shocked Chen Gong so much that he abandoned him. There are also the clumsy tricks of killing people in Cao Cao's dream, and borrowing the heads of grain officials to stabilize the morale of the army, etc., which all show the suspicion, insidiousness, coldness and viciousness of his character.
But it is precisely because of the complexity and multi-faceted character of Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that readers feel that this character is more real and credible, plump and three-dimensional, unlike Liu Bei who feels hypocritical. , very hypocritical, and unlike Zhuge Liang, it makes people feel too sacred and too exaggerated. His magical calculations have been exaggerated to the extreme. He is no longer a human being, he is just like a monster who can control the wind and rain!
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In the Eastern Han Dynasty when all heroes came together, Cao Cao was able to defeat more with less in the Battle of Guandu. , defeated Yuan Shao and unified the north, doesn't it show his abundant talents and abilities? He has high aspirations and ambitions. I am afraid that the word "ambition" is a bit inappropriate when used on Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was able to make good decisions and took the great cause of unification as his own mission. He was an outstanding statesman and thinker in history. He is good at mobilizing troops and punishing generals, and makes careful calculations in every battle, thus often winning.
Cao Cao was very good at governing the world. When he was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang, Cao Cao was not afraid of the powerful and powerful, and beat all those who violated the ban to death with five-color sticks. This shocked the capital, and the tyrants disappeared, and no one dared to violate the ban again. When he was the Prime Minister of Jinan, he dismissed eight county-level officials who were dependent on powerful people and corrupted the law. He also ordered the demolition of ancestral halls and banned sacrifices. For a time, the social atmosphere in Jinan changed a lot.
What is more valuable is that Cao Cao attaches great importance to economy. He encouraged farming, established a large-scale farming, and stabilized the lives of the refugees, thus winning over the people's hearts and making them work hard and serve him wholeheartedly. In addition, he also paid attention to building water conservancy projects and protecting mulberry crops, so that there would be no flooding on both sides of the Yellow River for a long time. This was a great thing he did for the people. According to historical records, under Cao Cao's rule, there was a scene in the north where "every family was rich and the warehouses were overflowing."
Since ancient times, behind every successful king there is a wise minister. But there is only one Cao Cao who values ??talents? He has countless capable ministers and talents. Cao Cao issued an order seeking talents three times: regardless of family status, as long as he has "the way to govern the country and the skills to use military force", he can be an official. Think about it, how many kings can do this? Back then, Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yunchang was captured by Cao Cao. Cao Cao did not kill him, but treated him with courtesy and tried every means to retain this talent. Although Guan Yunchang was moved, he refused to serve him, so Cao Cao let him go. During the Battle of Chibi, did Guan Yunchang let Cao Cao go in order to repay Cao Cao for not killing him? Otherwise, Cao Cao would have met the Lord of Hell long ago.
In addition, Cao Cao is also very talented in literature. Two sentences, "The journey of the sun and the moon are as if they came out of it. The stars are as brilliant as if they came out of it." wrote his ambition to tolerate everything and unify the world. The song "The old man is in trouble, his ambition is thousands of miles. The martyrs are still ambitious in their old age." It has been passed down through the ages and is popular among people. It can be seen from this that Cao Cao is very talented in literature.
2. Character introduction:
Cao Cao (155-March 15, 220), whose courtesy name was Mengde, whose last name was Jili, whose nickname was Amo, was born in Qiao County, Peiguo (today's People from Bozhou, Anhui. He was an outstanding statesman, militarist, writer and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, internally eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Han Sui, and externally surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., and unified the country. He conquered northern China and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. When Cao Cao was alive, he served as the Prime Minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later as the King of Wei. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of King Wu.
Cao Cao was skilled in military tactics and good at poetry. He expressed his political ambitions and reflected the suffering life of the people in the late Han Dynasty. He was majestic, generous and desolate. His prose was also clear and neat, which opened up and prospered Jian'an literature and gave it to later generations. He left behind precious spiritual wealth and was known as the character of Jian'an in history. Lu Xun evaluated him as "the founder of reformed articles." At the same time, Cao Cao was also good at calligraphy, especially Zhangcao. Zhang Huaiguan of the Tang Dynasty rated it as a "wonderful product" in "Shu Duan". Cao Cao often appears as a "treacherous hero" in Chinese movies and TV dramas, but in history he was actually an accomplished emperor. Mao Zedong once said, "My heart is connected with Cao Cao's."
In November 2013, Fudan University discovered through research that Cao Cao was neither a descendant of the Xiahou family as some historians believed, nor a descendant of Cao Shen, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.