Cao (1924— 1996) is a modern writer. People from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Former editor-in-chief of Shanghai Education Publishing House. He is the author of Five Thousand Years Up and Down, Zhuge Liang.

Five Thousand Years Up and Down is the work of Lin Handa, a famous modern linguist and educator, published by foreign languages press. It tells the true history of China from Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Revolution of 1911. It is an excellent historical reading that integrates the development history of China, major historical events and celebrity profiles. The author selects important and famous people and events, arranges and deletes them according to historical materials, and writes them in modern language, which is easy to understand. China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, with a history of about 5,000 years, so "5,000 years" is the whole history of China.