Zhou Yu’s identity: Governor of Wu State, partial general, and prefect of Nanjun.
Cao Cao’s identity: Prime Minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, later King of Wei.
Basic introduction:
1. Zhou Yu (175-210), courtesy name Gongjin, was a famous general in the late Han Dynasty and a native of Shu County, Lujiang. Luoyang ordered Zhou Yi's son, his grandfather Zhou Jing and his uncle Zhou Zhong to become Taiwei. He is long and strong, has good looks and fine music, and there is a saying in Jiangdong that "if the music is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it". Young Master Zhou Yu had a good relationship with Sun Ce, and he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong from the age of 21. Later, Sun Ce was assassinated and Sun Quan succeeded him. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong Sun Group's army to join forces with Liu Bei's army, and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation for the three-part world. In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), he worshiped the partial general as the governor of Nanjun. He died of illness in Baqiu (now Yueyang, Hunan) in the fifteenth year of Jian'an (AD 210) at the age of 36.
2. Cao Cao (155-March 15, 220), whose courtesy name was Mengde, whose last name was Jili, and whose nickname was Ahao, was from Qiao County, Peiguo (now Bozhou, Anhui), and was of Han nationality. He was an outstanding politician, militarist, writer, and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he conquered the four directions, eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui internally, and surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. externally, unified 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. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Taizu.