Cao Cao was an outstanding figure in the late Han Dynasty, energetic and changeable. When I was young, I dared to speak and act without any scruples. He got the opportunity very early to fully demonstrate his governance talents of being responsible, fearless, and perseverant. When I was serving as a shepherd in Jizhou, I saw that many local customs were unreasonable. Then we vigorously rectified it and achieved good results. His vision and wit were beyond the reach of the courtiers and local officials at that time. So he quickly became prime minister. Emperor Xian thought that after all the hardships, God finally had a vision and a good helper came. I know that Cao Cao, like Dong Zhuo, likes to exercise power arbitrarily and is good at using power. Every time Emperor Xian saw Cao Cao, he felt a thorn in his back and was in great pain. After Fu was finished, Empress Fu's father suggested that Dong Cheng, the uncle of the Secret Xuan Kingdom, enter the palace and give her a belt containing a secret edict written in blood, which was passed on to Liu Bei. Cao Cao happened to invite Liu Bei for a drink and said, "You have done a great job at home." Liu Bei's face turned pale with fright. When they were making wine and discussing heroes, Liu Bei was so frightened that he dropped his spoon. Afterwards, he quickly managed to escape. On the grounds that the Yuan Shao brothers had evil intentions, he ordered 50,000 troops to flee Cao Cao. Guo Jia advised Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei, or at least to recover him and keep him close by. As a result, Xu Chu was ineffective and left the matter unsolved. Unexpectedly, the Battle of Chibi gave Liu Bei a great opportunity to occupy Jingzhou. He sent troops to Hanzhong and prompted Liu Bei to enter Sichuan, so that he took charge of Yizhou as a pastoralist. Cao Cao didn't like Liu Bei being in power the most, but by a strange combination of circumstances, he elevated Liu Bei to the position of King of Hanzhong. No wonder he yelled at the mat-weaver kid and vowed to destroy him. The last thing Cao Cao should do is kill Empress Fu because his daughter wants to be the queen. This was totally rebellious in the society at that time. All honorable men hate it with gnashing of teeth. A bad death should be the inevitable outcome. Cao Cao's life experience has brought us at least three major revelations: (1) A person who is ambitious and capable will definitely not succeed if his moral character is poor. It can be said that it is a truth that is not enough through the ages. (2) A person should correct the social atmosphere, but should not overcorrect. The golden mean, with no faults or shortcomings, is the reasonable standard of choice. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because Emperors Huan and Ling emphasized the relationship of trust and trust, they favored the eunuchs and corrupted the social atmosphere. Therefore, people who attach great importance to moral cultivation hate evil as much as they hate evil, flaunt their high-minded and eccentric behaviors, and form factions, which in turn leads to extremes. In order to change this trend, Cao Cao deliberately advocated valuing talent over virtue, saying "I would rather teach me to betray others than teach others to betray me". This overcorrecting approach will not improve Qingliu's extreme and self-admiring culture. On the contrary, his words and deeds led to the unhealthy trend of pursuing material desires in the early Jin Dynasty. (3) Even if a person has ambitions, talents, and achievements, as long as his moral character is corrupt, the rest of his performance should be written off and not praised. Putting moral character first is the fundamental reason why people are human. There are many sages and sages in history who can become the objects of learning, reverence and imitation for future generations. They all have noble moral character. Even if those people with bad moral character have achieved certain achievements, no one will praise them or learn from them. In the same way, if calligraphers can write well, we should cultivate good calligraphers with good moral character. Of course, the object of copying and learning is the standard brought by the idea that virtue is the end of talent. ----------Mr. Zeng Shiqiang's new book "Analysis of the Three Kingdoms"