I'd rather bear the world's people than the people in the world, Cao Cao, a legendary tyrant who always plays a black face in Peking Opera. No, Wuxiong is more suitable for the likes of Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, and Cao Cao is a difficult person to locate.
He was a politician and a military man, although he did not claim the title of emperor, but in the chaotic years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he achieved the unification of the north with his outstanding political foresight and extraordinary talent, and even more "blackmailed the son of heaven to order the princes", preserving the last bit of the fig leaf of the Han Dynasty.
He was a literary scholar, an old man, determined to be in a thousand miles; the martyr was in his twilight years and had a strong heart. The journey of the sun and the moon, if out of it; the stars are brilliant, if it is out of it. He is the founder of Jian'an literature, one of the eight sons of Jian'an, and has written many famous works such as "Turtle Although Shou", "Short Song Line", "GuanCang Sea" and so on, if it were not for the political delay, Meng De's literary achievements may be comparable to Li Du in later generations.
He is also an educator, we don't know what role he plays in the family, nor do we know how he educates his children, but his sons Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong, etc. are all outstanding figures left by Qing Shi, Cao Cao as a father should be said to be commendable, but his grave is still a mystery, perhaps only when history is unveiled can we know what kind of operation mode his family is.
However, is this the mighty, dashing, and talented Cao Cao we see?
In addition to the big man, he was an obsessive man, the best boyfriend and husband of his time.
Although he married a widow, there were considerations for political marriage, but it was not the embodiment of his dare to love and hate, nor his bravery that did not stick to secular etiquette. He gave birth to a son fiercely, although he had many children and many blessings, but it was also his deep concern about the times, the population at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was rapidly decreasing, and the huge sparse population of the country was likely to cause the Han people to suffer a catastrophe, and the five chaos in the future generations were vividly remembered. As the political leader of the country and the nation, he had to bravely set an example, and he did it, not only giving birth to 25 sons, but also educating a group of people.
What moved people most was not his talent and career, but his sentimentality.
If the biggest regret in his life is to meet the right person at the wrong time and in the wrong place, this person is Cai Wenji.
When he was young, he had no name and no power, and after he was a eunuch, he felt that he was not worthy of Cai Wenji, and could only hide his feelings silently. And when he became famous, Cai Wenji had already married someone else. In this taste, he has nowhere to tell, can only be placed in Du Kang wine, can only be placed in poetry and song, perhaps this is one of the reasons why we see the sadness of his works, not only the feelings of home and country, but also the love of children.
Cai Wenji was born into a famous family, and her father was the famous Confucian Cai Yong. Cai Yong was a great writer and calligrapher, and Emperor Wu of Liang called him: "'Cai Yong shu, bone qi dongda, refreshing as if divine power'". In such a family, Cai Wenji has been hearing about it since she was a child, both erudite and capable of poetry, coupled with beautiful and moving, it can be said that she is the dream lover of countless scholars, and Marilyn Monroe is probably not comparable. However, the situation was turbulent, the Yellow Turban Uprising was in chaos, Dong Zhuo's atrocities, and the whole north was a sea of fire, and everyone had to accept this cruel reality. Forced by the situation, Cai Wenji first married Wei Zhongdao, and the two were in love, and the door was right. But her husband died of a violent illness, and she had to return to her mother's house. After the Xiongnu invaded, Cai Wenji was taken captive to the Southern Xiongnu, married the Xiongnu Zuoxian King as a concubine, and gave birth to 2 sons. Zhaojun came out of the scenery, and Cai Wenji was abducted, how entangled and painful her heart was.
Many years later, Cao Cao unified the north and redeemed Cai Wenji with a heavy amount of money on the grounds of the teachings of his mentor Cai Yong, but the inner thoughts were not infinite nostalgia for an old person, although they could not be together for various reasons. After Wen Ji returned, she was already old and faded, and it was not too much to say that the half-old Xu Niang was not exaggerated. For the sake of her life, Cao Cao carefully selected the young and beautiful Dong Qi and forced Dong Qi to marry Cai Wenji by strong means. In the face of Wen Ji, Dong Qi is very cold, after all, this woman is not her own love, but also a person who has married two husbands.
Seeing that his beloved was angry, Cao Cao was furious and wanted to kill Dong Qi, and the crime was naturally easy to find. As a woman who has experienced vicissitudes, Wen Ji knows that plain is good, and she also likes this handsome husband, so she tiptoed her head and feet in the severe winter season, went to the door to intercede, and left behind the touching "Hu Di Eighteen Beats" and "Sad and Indignant Poems". Dong Qi's life was saved, he was very moved, and gradually accepted Wen Ji, the relationship between the two was better, and the boundary between love and affection was sometimes difficult to distinguish. Cao Cao's purpose was also achieved, and he hoped that she would have a good home.
He has killed countless people and made countless mistakes in his life, but he has always retained a kind of purity of feelings in his heart, so compassionate for young deceased people like Cai Wenji, and even more so for his family, before he died, he thought not of power, but of his wives and children to make a living.
If we say that in the Three Kingdoms era, who was the most lovely person, in the eyes of countless women, Cao Cao was undoubtedly the cutest big boy and the most exemplary husband.