What was Cao Cao's life like? Pray for the great gods.
Cao Cao, whose real name was Meng De, was a famous politician, strategist and poet in the Han and Wei Dynasties, and made special contributions to the progress and development of the Chinese nation. /kloc-in 0/55, Cao Cao was born into a big bureaucratic family belonging to the eunuch group. The special background of this family has a great influence on Cao Cao's official career and thought. In A.D. 174, Cao Cao was appointed as the Northern Commandant of Luoyang. In A.D. 177, he served as the county magistrate and negotiator of Dunqiu County. 178, dismissed due to the incident, 180 reinstated. In A.D. 184, the Yellow turban insurrectionary, Cao Cao was appointed as a captain on horseback, and was promoted to Jinan for his meritorious military service. /kloc-in 0/88, he served as captain of Xiyuan New Army Canon Army. 189, Cao Cao went home to join the Kanto Allied Forces in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. /kloc-in 0/92, Cao Cao was appointed as a priest in Chongzhou, and 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army surrendered, forming the main force of Cao Jiajun, and began a merger war with warlords. In A.D. 196, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to the west and moved the capital to Xuchang, where he was in charge of state affairs. Implementing the two political and economic strategies of "treating as handsome, cultivating and storing military assets", and using the strategy of disintegration and divide and rule, Yang Feng, Zhang Yang, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were defeated successively, and the remnants of Zhang Yan's Yellow Scarf Army and Brakeshan Army were collected, Wu Heng was pacified, the Yellow River basin was gradually unified, and a new base camp was established in Yecheng. In June 2008, Cao Cao became prime minister. Go south in September and occupy Jingzhou. 1 1 month, the allied forces with Sun Quan and Liu Bei failed in Battle of Red Cliffs and returned to the north. 2 1 1 year, sent troops to Kansai to repel the rebellion of Ma Chao and others. In 2 13, he entered Gong Wei, and in 2 15, he attacked Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, forcing Zhang Lu to surrender. 2 16, Wei. From 2009 to February17, I visited Chaohu Lake to stop Sun Quan from invading the north. 2 19 May, fighting with Liu Bei was unfavorable, and he abandoned Hanzhong. 10, 165438+ joined hands with Sun Quan to kill Guan Yu in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, which stabilized the southwest defense line. In February 220, he died in Luoyang at the age of 66. In A.D. 10, Cao Pi's son proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, honoring Cao Cao as Wei Wudi. During Cao Cao's administration, he represented the interests of small and medium-sized landlord groups and was determined to innovate; Suppress the development of powerful forces and crack down on anti-Cao faction; Advocate meritocracy, and reuse literati warriors with real talent and practical learning; Adjust taxes and restore the salt and iron official camp; Build water conservancy projects and organize military and civilian reclamation. Increase grain and develop economy; Attach importance to education and change customs. It was the chaotic situation that precipitated and changed the appearance of the dilapidated northern urban and rural areas. Cao Cao personally participated in and commanded nearly 50 battles, which was both hard and clever, and accumulated rich practical experience. He compiled Sun Wu's The Art of War and wrote a lot of military theoretical works. His military thoughts, such as "emphasizing war" and "being cautious about war", building a strong army, ensuring adequate supplies, managing the army according to law, distinguishing rewards and punishments, and flexibly using mobile strategies and tactics, are brilliant masterpieces of China's ancient military theory. Cao Cao is skilled in martial arts and knowledgeable. He is good at calligraphy and Go, and is familiar with music, dance and engineering technology. In literature, he is good at four-character poems, which are tragic, generous and magnificent; Prose is mostly military and political, intended to follow the pen, concise and lively. He also advocated literature by virtue of his political position, rewarded writers, respected creative individuality and made literary criticism. He is the leader of Jian 'an literature. Cao Cao's political thought of governing the country is both internal and external. Power politics is combined with benevolence, righteousness and morality. Ideologically, he is famous for his pragmatism. Cao Cao followed the trend of the times all his life and set up a monument for himself with extraordinary civil and military skills. His personality is changeable, so many people, especially the literati, think that he is a peerless adulterer, and some people say that he is a peerless genius. Cao Cao is a name that is always controversial.