Cao Cao served as the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and later named Wang Wei, which laid the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei. After his death, posthumous title became King Wu. After his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Mao.
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Cao Cao's thought is influenced by Confucianism, and its foundation belongs to the category of Confucianism. He advocates benevolence, righteousness and propriety, and tries to educate the people and the administration with benevolence, morality and propriety, that is, "governing propriety first". On the other hand, the well-documented history of Cao Cao's attaching importance to the law and neglecting the technique, imposing severe punishment and strict law constitutes another important aspect of Cao Cao's thought. This is called "putting chaos into punishment first".
Therefore, Cao Cao's thought is a contradictory unity. Cao Cao in troubled times not only emphasized criminal law, but also remembered the use of ethics. He has always respected etiquette and law, used both hands, and showed his unique ability to cheat in both etiquette and law.
Cao Cao was skilled in the art of war and played an active role in unifying the North. After the Yellow turban insurrectionary uprising, the Eastern Han Dynasty disintegrated and warlords scuffled. In the melee, not only Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and other Liangzhou warlords slaughtered the people everywhere and robbed the property, so the bleak scene of "the people are in poverty and the country is depressed" generally appeared. From the second year of Chuping (19 1) to the thirteenth year of Jian 'an (2008),
Cao Cao successively eliminated the separatist forces north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and unified most of northern China. Cao Cao's war to unify the north lasted 17 years, which was a battle for the founding of Cao Wei and laid a solid foundation for the later unification of China in the Western Jin Dynasty.
In terms of imperial generals, Cao Cao pulled himself out of the forbidden line and enjoyed himself. He took Zhang Liao and Huang Xu into subjugation, all of whom made meritorious deeds with their lives. Cao gave full play to Cao Can's strengths according to the characteristics of generals. For example, Chu Xu and Dian Wei are strong and loyal to the law, so Cao Cao let them fight for the army and rest for the army;
Cang Ba was confident in the East, so Cao Cao entrusted Qing and Xu to him so that he could concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao without considering the East. Wen Pin, a general under Liu Biao's account, is very prestigious in Jianghan area. Cao Cao named him Jiangxia satrap, entrusted peripheral affairs, and made him Sun Quan's imperial concubine.
Cao Cao loves tomb raiding codes and six arts. In the melee of unifying the north, we should pay attention to the protection and collection of books. In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200 years), after defeating Yuan Shao, he ordered to "collect all his books and treasures". After serving as Wei Gong, he set up an official in charge of ancient books to collect the official and folk books of the Eastern Han Dynasty scattered during the war.
"Choose to drop out of school and die", the third brother and the secretary province hiding at home and abroad. Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Wenji, was also invited to talk about her book collection, while Cai Wenji "wrote a book and sent it, and the text was correct". Because he attached importance to the cultural construction of the country, he gradually established the National Library of Wei State.
Baidu Encyclopedia _ Cao Cao (founder of the Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms)