Three Kingdoms, the Three Kingdoms is easy to write

Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a troubled hero in the camp of the ruling class who combines merit, crime, good and evil. The traditional "traitor typical" theory and the "treacherous and heroic" theory that has emerged in recent years, as well as the non-evil but not treacherous editing model among film and television drama directors, not only failed to truthfully reflect the complex combination of Cao Cao's character, but also greatly reduced the The aesthetic height of the image of Cao Cao in the classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The article uses three parts: "both good and evil, both criticism and praise", "change of priorities and shift of focus", and "it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, both beautiful and ugly", to demonstrate in detail the duality, fluidity and ambiguity of Cao Cao's character. When people mention Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they first think of him as a treacherous minister who is cunning, suspicious, hypocritical, and very sinister; but his magnanimity is unparalleled, and his sincerity is even more breathtaking. During the divided and chaotic Three Kingdoms period, he played a considerable role in unifying northern my country.

(1) Cao Cao, who is disloyal, suspicious, cruel and prone to killing, cunning and changeable.

The characters in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have clear faces, and loyalty means loyalty. Bo Yuntian is an extremely vicious traitor. Each character has a clear stance and clear love and hatred. Among the many characters, Cao Cao's character is the most typical. It is not only distinctive and unique, but also has huge contrasts. At the beginning of the work, the author borrowed Xu Shaozhi of Runan defined the "leading emotion" of this character: "the traitor in troubled times". What is valuable is that the author does not stop at the abstract description of the concept, but uses a large number of vivid and specific descriptions to give this concept a full and vivid character. In the "Battle of Yingchuan", Cao Cao indiscriminately attacked the rebels and "killed a large number of people, beheading more than 10,000 people", playing the role of a court executioner. After that, he followed Huangfu Song to conquer Zhang Liang, "beheading more than 10,000 people". "Zhang Liang Yu Quyang" and "dig up Zhang Jiao's coffin and kill the corpse and remove the head" were so cruel that he even spared the dead. Cao Cao, who had lost his mind, was almost crazy and killed innocent people indiscriminately, which was particularly cruel and unkind, which was even more shocking. "Escape from Zhuo", Cao Cao knew that he killed Lu Boshe's family by mistake, but he made the same mistake again and again, and used conspiracy tactics to hack Lu Boshe to death after returning from selling wine. "Killing Ji Ping", Cao Cao became even more cruel. , first he beat Jiping to pieces, then amputated nine of Jiping's fingers and cut off Jiping's tongue. After Jiping hit the stairs and died, Cao Cao still didn't understand his hatred and wanted to "divide his limbs to give orders." "Those who obey me advocate, "Those who disobey me will perish" has become Cao Cao's greatest creed in life.

After Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian and moved the capital to Xuchang, and "coerced the emperor to command the princes," his personal ambitions and desire for power continued to expand, and he finally completely controlled the court. Cao Cao controlled the central government in the late Han Dynasty. All major court affairs, from military expeditions to personnel appointments and dismissals, from internal affairs to diplomatic relations, Cao Cao did not listen to the opinions of Emperor Xian and the courtiers at all, and had the final say personally. Cao Cao "called Han" Prime Minister, he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty." Cao Cao used his power, deceit, cunning, and suspicion to the extreme. The same is true for his classmates and friends. The most typical example is Xu You who came to defect during the Guandu Battle. "Cao Cao did not have time to put on his shoes, so he went out barefoot. Welcome, see Xu You in the distance, hold hands and laugh, join hands and enter. "Then he is willing to teach me how to break Shao." After all, Cao Cao was stunned. Xu You was sincere, but Cao Cao's serious words were actually full of lies. This is the traitor of a traitor.

After being burned to death in the battle of Chibi, he ran away in a hurry When they came to Huarong Road, Cao Cao found a big road and a narrow path, and said: "What is real is false, and what is false is real. I have to do the opposite today. I went on the road with beacon fire, but ended up falling into Zhuge Liang's trap. Before The same goes for Chapter 46 "Using Cunning Schemes and Kong Ming to Borrow Arrows". It is precisely because of Cao Cao's suspicious side that he became Zhuge Liang. Cao Cao was not eager for success. He knew how to hide his power and bide his time, not to earn temporary gains, and to be far-sighted, but a wise man will filter through a thousand sieves. If there was a mistake, his suspicion was undoubtedly the reason for his defeat. Just as Zhuge Liang commented on Cao Cao when he was "taking Hanzhong outsmart": "Cao Cao has been suspicious throughout his life. Although he can use troops, doubts lead to more defeats." Liu Bei once said: "The person who is now my enemy is Cao Cao. If you act with urgency, I will act with generosity; if you act with violence, I will act with benevolence; if you act with tact, I will act with loyalty. Whenever you act in the opposite direction, things will work out. "In order to create a sharp contrast between Cao Cao and Liu Bei in these aspects, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" indeed writes a lot about Cao Cao's impatience, violence, and cunning, and bluntly denounces such deceitful, deceitful, cruel, and self-interested words and deeds. : "This is where Cao Cao is a traitor", "This is where Cao Cao is most unlucky in his life."