Cao Cao (155—220) was an outstanding strategist, politician and writer in the Three Kingdoms period. The word Meng De, nicknamed Asun, was honored as Emperor Wu of Wei Wendi. Peiguoqiao County (now Bo County, Anhui Province). He served as Luoyang Wei, Jinan Xiang, Yanzhou Mu and Prime Minister.
After Cao Cao, he was Cao Can, the prime minister of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. His grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch when Emperor Han was born, and his father Cao Song was the adopted son of Cao Teng.
Young Cao Cao, a generous man, loves hunting, singing and dancing. One day, he found the famous fortune teller Xu Shao and asked, "Sir, can you foresee what kind of person I will become in the future?"
Xu Shao looked at Cao Cao carefully and said, "You will be both a very capable hero of governing the country and a treacherous man in troubled times."
Cao Cao laughed and was very happy when he heard Xu Shao's judgment on him.
Later generations commented that Cao Cao also listened to Xu Shao. There are two opinions: those who appreciate him call him a "hero", because at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he leveled governors, big and small, and unified northern China with his own talents; People who don't like him think he is a "traitor" because he "holds the emperor to make the princes" and conspires to usurp the throne.
Cao Cao is not only an outstanding politician and strategist, but also an outstanding writer. He led a group of writers in the late Eastern Han Dynasty to create a new situation of Jian 'an literature in the history of China. Therefore, he is called "the founder of the reform article". According to historical records, Cao Cao's "climbing high must be endowed, writing new poems should be made into movements". His poems and poems initiated a new generation in the history of literature.
Cao Cao's works include Sun Tzu's Brief Explanation of the Art of War, Sun Tzu's Brief Explanation of the Art of War and Cao Cao's Collected Works compiled by later generations.
Cao Cao was a lecherous all his life, and there were only 15 wives recorded in history books. His wives are Wang, Liu, Huan, Du, Qin and Yin, and his concubines are Wang, Zhou Ji, Liu Ji, Song Ji and Chen Ji. It is said that Cao has 25 sons. Cao Ang, the eldest son, was born to Chen and died young at the age of 20. Because Cao Cao's ex-wife Shi Ding had no children, Shi Ding raised Cao Ang as his own child. When Cao Cao conquered Zhang Xiu, Cao Ang was killed by rebels in Zhang Xiu to save his father, Cao Cao. After Ding Furen was abolished, Bian Shi was identified as the main office. Bian Shi was born with Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Cao Xiong. Cao Chong was born by Huan, a wing of Cao Cao.
Cao Zhang, whose real name is Wen Zi, is the third son of Cao Cao. He was once named the King of Zhongmou and the King of Rencheng. Cao Cao taught him poetry since he was a child, but he didn't like it very much. He claimed that "a gentleman can ride a hundred thousand horses in the desert to drive away Rong Di and make meritorious deeds. Why is it evil for a doctor?" Cao Zhang became an adult with high martial arts skills. He went out with his father for many times, managed the army well, made many meritorious deeds, and was quite a general. Cao Zhang has a thick red beard all over his face, and Cao Cao often calls him "yellow beard is amazing".
After Cao Zhang's brother Xelloss proclaimed himself emperor, he was most jealous of his "Xiao Zhuang" and plotted to kill Cao Zhang. There are different opinions about the death of Cao Zhang. According to Liu Yiqing's Shi Shuo Xin Yu, one day, Xelloss invited him to play chess in the back room to eat dates, and Xelloss poisoned the dates first. It is said that in the fourth year of Huang Chu (223), Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang went to Beijing together, and then died inexplicably.
Cao Xiong died young, and his deeds are unknown. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are the most influential among Cao Cao's children.
Cao Cao has three daughters. When he became Wei Xiang, he dedicated his three daughters to Emperor China, so Cao Cao was the father-in-law of Emperor China.