Cao cao biography
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Biography (SGYY): Cao Cao (Mengde)
Cao Cao (Mengde)
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Sanguo yanyi Officer Biography
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Authored by Morgan Evans
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Styled Mengde, Cao Cao was a man of medium build with small eyes and a long beard. Born in Qiao, Cao Cao’s father, Cao Song, had been born Xiahou Song but was adopted into the Cao family by the Eunuch Cao Teng. During his youth, Cao Cao enjoyed hunting, songs and dancing; he was a resourceful and crafty young man. One of his uncles seeing this in him used to get angry and tell Cao Song of his son’s deeds, resulting in Cao Cao being reprimanded by his father. However, one day Cao Cao pretended to have a fit when his uncle came near. The uncle quickly brought Cao Song who found Mengde in perfect health and so quizzed him about the fit. The young man told his father “I have never suffered from fits or any such illness but my uncle distrusts me and he has therefore deceived you.” From that day forth, Cao Song n
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Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao AD
The warlord Cao Cao, founder of the Three Kingdoms state of Wei, is most commonly known through the romantic tradition of the novel "Sanguo yanyi" and other dramatic fictions, which portray him as cruel and vicious. In fact, however, Cao Cao was a fine strategist and politician who restored a measure of order after the political turmoil and civil war that brought the end of denne. The present work offers a detailed account of Cao Cao's life and times, using historical materials and the man's own words from official proclamations and anställda poetry. Exceptionally for such a distant time, there is sufficient information in the texts to provide a rounded interpretation of one of the great characters of early China.
This title has been awarded the Stanislas Julien prize for
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| Cao Cao | |
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| Portrait of Cao Cao from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the hunched figure clearly portraying him as a villain. | |
| King of Wei | |
| Born | |
| Died | March 15, (aged 65) |
| Successor | Cao Pi |
| Names | |
| Simplified Chinese | 曹操 |
| Traditional Chinese | 曹操 |
| Pinyin | Cáo Cāo |
| Wade-Giles | Ts'ao² Ts'ao¹ |
| Courtesy name | Mèngdé (孟德) |
| Posthumous name | Wu (武) |
| Temple name | Wudi (武帝) Taizu (太祖) |
| Other names | |
Cáo Cāo (曹操; – March 15, ) was a warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during its final years in ancient China. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the Kingdom of Wei (also known as Cáo Wèi) and was