(I) Negative Evaluation:
1. Treachery. When it comes to Cao Cao, the first thing that comes to our mind is Cao Cao's treacherous image. Why is it that when Cao Cao is mentioned, people think he is a treacherous person? Of course the reasons are manifold.
(1) The biggest reason would be that Cao Cao himself is quite treacherous. Cao Cao's treachery can be seen in many rounds of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
1) In the first round, it is written that Cao Cao, as a child, was unprofessional and dissatisfied with his uncle's discipline, so he used fraudulent means to sow discord between his father and his uncle, just to achieve his own debauched intentions, which is a clear indication that he was naturally cunning and adept at intrigue, and that he possessed qualifications for statesmanship from an early age. As soon as Cao Cao appeared on the scene, he gave off an image of cunning and showed off his treacherous nature.
②In the twentieth chapter, Cao Cao raised his sword to kill Zhang Liao, Xuan De climbed his arm, and Yun Chang knelt in front of him. Xuan De said, "This is a person with a heart of gold, it is appropriate to keep." Yun Chang said: "Guan Mou always know Wen Yuan loyal and righteous people, willing to give his life to protect it." Fuck threw his sword and laughed, "I also know that Wenyuan is loyal and righteous, so I play the ear." "I personally released his bonds, unclothed him, and sat on him, and Liao, sensing his intention, surrendered." This time is when Cao Cao captured Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao refused to surrender, Cao Cao was furious to kill Zhang Liao, by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and other painstaking pleas, he heard and immediately threw the sword to put on a smile and said: "I also know that Wenyuan loyalty and righteousness, and therefore play with the ear ......", and personally And personally untied Zhang Liao, but also unclothes the clothes of the clothes, Yan on top of the seat. This is Cao Cao, with his "trickery" to achieve their own fame.
3. Cao Cao's cunning and treachery is also evident in his "borrowing the head of the army". Cao Cao's 170,000-strong army outside and food and grass will be extinct, to how to level the military, Cao Cao even came up with a "borrowed head pressure military" trick, selfishness and venom make Cao Cao blame others to free himself, he said to Listen to him: "I also know that you're not guilty, but do not kill you, the army will be changed. After your death, your wife, I feed myself, you do not worry about it." "Thy wife and little I feed myself, thou shalt not worry also." Every word here is permeated with creeping coldness.
(2) Cao Cao's usurpation of the Han. Another reason why folk think Cao Cao was a treacherous villain is because he usurped the Han. In ancient times, the emperor was the foundation of a country, but Cao Cao wanted to be the emperor himself, so he must have been reviled by the people, and in this way it should also be a reason why the people thought he was treacherous and thus disliked him.
(3) Finally, Cao Cao's words, "I'd rather have the world at my feet than have the world at my feet," made people hate him even more for his treachery. The story goes like this. When Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he offered Cao Cao the title of Captain of the Primus. Cao Cao refused Dong Zhuo's offer and fled Luoyang, taking a shortcut to his hometown. When he passed by his friend Lu Boshou's house, he went to his old friend's house to rest, and suddenly heard the sound of sharpening knives in his friend's house, thought he was betrayed, and killed their family, but only later realized that he had killed his friend's family by mistake, and said the above words. Perhaps it is because of the above reasons that people think of Cao Cao's treachery when he is mentioned.
2. Suspicious, vicious, and insidious. This is also Cao Cao's more distinctive personality traits, his suspicion, viciousness, sinister is clearly reflected in the excuse to kill and kill with a knife. For example, when Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he used a pretext to kill. ① Because Yang Xiu's service talent and openness gave Cao Cao the idea of killing Yang Xiu, but because Cao Cao had a reputation for "loving talent" on the outside, he could only tolerate it, but this somewhat arrogant Yang Xiu peeked into his inner secrets when he was unfavorable in military operations, upset, and had no place to take his anger, and exposed his "chicken ribs" as a means to kill him. "Chicken ribs" riddle, so that Cao Cao did not hesitate to use this rare opportunity to give Yang Xiu to "confuse the military heart" of the charge of killing, and this charge is very legitimate, so that he is jealous of the bad behavior of killing become legal, Cao Cao so smooth Cao Cao got rid of a thorn in his side. Kong Rong recommended to Cao Cao the young and talented You Heng, but You Heng had always looked down on Cao Cao. Cao Cao was so angry that he tried to find a chance to humiliate You Heng. Unfortunately, at a banquet, Cao Cao was instead insulted by Thieu Heng's drumming, causing him to lose face, and he hated it so much that Cao Cao wanted to kill Thieu Heng by Liu Biao's hand, and in the end, it was Huang Zu who served as his obligatory executioner. Sacrifice the lives of others for their own relief of the difficulties of this high degree of combination of venom and selfishness is Cao Cao's masterpiece. ③Look again at "Killing in a Dream". Cao Cao in order to prevent others from harming themselves in secret, he carefully fabricated a "I dream of killing people" lie, but he knew that with his just talk, surely no one believes, in order to make others believe their own words, in order to ensure their own personal safety, Cao Cao and self-directed a dream of killing a good show, and then look at his waking performance, "pretend to be", "to kill someone in a dream". performance, "feigned surprise and asked," "cried bitterly, and ordered a generous burial." This time, the result certainly met Cao Cao's requirements: "People all thought that Cao Cao had killed someone in a dream. Here one also gets a sense of Cao Cao's suspicion, viciousness, and insidiousness.
(2) Positive comments:
1. Good talent, good martial arts, good reading. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although Cao Cao's image is mostly dominated by treachery, viciousness, and suspicion, but for a character, his image also has two sides, we can also see that Cao Cao himself still has a lot of advantages, and in some ways it is still worthwhile for us to give us affirmation. First of all, although Cao Cao was naughty as a child, and once used a scheme to sow discord between his father and uncle, and stole brides with his playmates, he was no ordinary fop, and showed signs of being a statesman at an early age. Cao Cao is still very talented, Cao Cao has written many good words that have been passed down to this day such as "Short Songs", "Viewing the Sea", etc., which are really ambitious and magnificent! It also shows his literary talent. Cao Cao also had good martial arts skills, which prepared him for later battles. He loved to read, and it was probably because of this that he was well versed in strategy, tactics, and the art of war, making him a good soldier, so that he was often able to win many battles with fewer troops, and defeat the strong with the weak. For example, in the Battle of Guandu, facing a ten times stronger enemy, Yuan Shao, he was very resourceful and decisive, and his courage and ability to win by surprise showed the style of a famous general. Even in defeat, Cao Cao was not discouraged, but responded calmly to the battle, turning danger into safety and victory. Cao Cao's own strengths allowed him to grow in later wars.
2. Guts and talent. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" wrote, Cao Cao "has the power to scheme, more change", and with "fraudulent fall to the ground, as a stroke of the shape" to prove. Although Cao Cao was a naughty boy who wanted to fix his uncle, his wisdom is evident. In "The Abolition of Emperor Chenliu and the Presentation of the Sword by Meng De, the Thief of Dong Zhuo," Cao Cao demonstrates a unique fearlessness and superhuman boldness. The despotic and brutal Dong Zhuo has become a great danger to the royalists, but while the entire court is at its wits' end, Cao Cao laughs alone and mocks, "The court is full of ministers and officials, who cry at night until the morning, and tomorrow until the night, but can they still cry for the death of Dong Zhuo?" So Cao Cao took the risk of assassinating Dong Zhuo with the help of a sword, which demonstrated his extraordinary courage and earned him a reputation for loyalty and righteousness. In the course of the assassination, when Dong Zhuo noticed, he immediately knelt down and fraudulently claimed to offer the sword, demonstrating his "courage and wisdom" in the face of danger. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, and his image as an eloquent and strategic leader was elevated to a new stage, demonstrating his extraordinary talent as a generalissimo. At the same time, for Cao Cao, after becoming a military commander, this was not all; he was also very "bold and wise" in his strategic thinking, and with his wealth of combat experience, he demonstrated his extraordinary military genius in many battles. In the King's defense, he first sent 50,000 elite troops, and then added infantry to assist, and then there was a large army behind him, Cao Cao's extraordinary majesty and dispatch, Cao Cao surpassed the other powerful statesman's eloquence was highlighted.
3, only talent, a broad-minded and long-term vision. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the reason why Cao Cao was able to dominate the Central Plains, in addition to Cao Cao's own "guts and wisdom", but more importantly, a group of loyal and courageous team. Cao Cao's ability to know people well and to incorporate a large number of talented people into his group, so that they can each give their own performance and make the best use of their talents, contributed to Cao Cao's later political career, and provided him with the greatest possible chance of success in his great endeavors in the north. Xun Yu's nephews and uncles, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Man Cao, Liu Ye, and other talented people all joined him; Yu Ban, who had excellent martial arts skills, and Dian Wei, who had unparalleled bravery, also joined him. Before long, Cao Cao's men were a rainbow of civil servants and a cloud of fierce generals. Not only did Cao Cao have an eye for talent, but he was always looking for ways to enlist it. Cao Cao loved Guan Yu, and he tried to keep him even when he knew it was impossible and was upset, but he still made sacrifices and praised him, saying, "He is the most righteous man in the world who never forgets his master's roots." Especially after Guan Yu had passed the five hurdles and cut off the six generals, he remained adamant and ordered Guan Yu's release. This shows Cao Cao's temperament and capacity to use people.
4, the psychological quality of the change, decisive disposition. This is a military must have the quality. And Cao Cao has shown his good psychological quality in many times. In the first round of the struggle against the Ten Constant Servants, Cao Cao's careful thinking about the strategy of the struggle and the judgment of the outcome of the struggle, showing the outstanding talent of a capable minister: Cao Cao's "if the machine is not secret, there will be the scourge of extinction" of the high opinion of the He Jin was considered to be "ignorant"; He Jin called the foreign troops into the capital to kill him, and then he was not able to take action. Cao Cao's judgment that He Jin's foolishness in summoning foreign troops to the capital to kill the eunuchs was "bound to fail" was angrily rebuked by He Jin; however, the subsequent murder of He Jin and the atrocities committed by Dong Zhuo in the capital revealed Cao Cao's prescience and far-sightedness in the face of change.
Second, Cao Cao's Evaluation:
Cao Cao (155 years - March 15, 220), the word Meng De, a ji li, the small word a concealer, Pei Qiao County (present-day Bozhou, Anhui Province) people. He was an outstanding statesman, militarist, literary scholar and calligrapher at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.
Toward the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the world was in great turmoil, Cao Cao conquered the four directions in the name of the Emperor of Han Dynasty, and internally annihilated the two Yuan, Lv Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui, and externally subjugated the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, and unified the northern part of China. He also carried out a series of policies to restore the economy, production, and social order, expanding cantonment fields, constructing water conservancy, rewarding agriculture and mulberry farming, emphasizing handicrafts, resettling exiled populations, and implementing the "rent-regulation system". "rent control", which led to the gradual stabilization of the Central Plains society and an economic turnaround. Under Cao Cao's rule, the Yellow River Valley saw a degree of political clarity, gradual economic recovery, a slight reduction in class oppression, and an improvement in social mores. Some of the measures taken by Cao Cao in the name of the Han dynasty had a positive effect.
While Cao Cao was alive, he served as prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and later as king of Wei, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. After his death, his posthumous title was King Wu. When his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was posthumously honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name of Taizu.
Cao Cao was skilled in military tactics and poetry, expressing his political ambitions and reflecting the suffering of the people at the end of the Han Dynasty, with a majestic, generous and melancholic spirit; his prose was also clear and neat, which opened up and flourished Jian'an literature, leaving behind valuable spiritual wealth for future generations, known as the Jian'an Bone of Style, which was described by Lu Xun as the "grandmaster of the reformed essay". At the same time, Cao Cao was also good at calligraphy, and Zhang Huaiguan of the Tang Dynasty rated Cao Cao's Zhang Cao as a "wonderful piece" in his "Book Break".