In this article, let's talk about Cao Cao's sentence "I would rather teach me to bear the world's people, and Teach the world's people to bear me."
Throughout the ages, everyone has scolded Cao Cao, and a large part of the reason is this sentence.
With this sentence, Cao Cao's life was basically set, selfish, cruel and unkind, solipsistic, suspicious, and so on.
He could not become a loyal vassal, and he would not replace him with Amitabha Buddha.
Just scold, no.
It is necessary to find out why Cao Cao, who was also born with "a blank piece of paper", became such a selfish person.
First, special times
Cao Cao was born in 155 AD, the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty Yongshou, "Yongshou" is the fifth era name of Liu Zhi, the Emperor of Han Heng.
Liu Zhi (劉志), the Marquis of Liwu (蠡吾侯), was in control of the imperial government because his foreign relative Liang Ji (梁冀) was in control, hoping to find a doll to be the emperor to control, so Liu Zhi became emperor.
It would have been a puppet for a lifetime, but when Liang Ji saw that Liu Zhi favored Liang Meng's daughter and also named her mother Chang'an Jun, Liang Ji began to be jealous, he knew very well how his power came from, so he was afraid that this mother and daughter would affect his dictatorship, so he killed Chang An Jun.
Unfortunately, it failed, and Chang'an Jun complained to Liu Zhi, who was determined to get rid of Liang's foreign relatives, and later, with the help of eunuchs, destroyed the foreign relatives.
However, Liu Zhi was not an effective emperor, and after destroying his foreign relatives, he began his more faint and unruly life.
Eunuchs in power, selling officials and lords, and being absurd and unscrupulous deepened social contradictions and accelerated the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After Liu Zhi, Liu Hong was selected by his cousin Dou Shi as the heir to the imperial throne, and during his reign, he implemented the politics of party and eunuchs, set up the West Garden to set up a clever name to loot money, sell officials and knighthoods for pleasure, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the late period, and Liangzhou and other places were also in constant turmoil, and the empire was in danger.
The above is the special era in which Cao Cao lived.
In such an era, if you are not selfish and selfish, I am afraid that you will not be able to survive, and inside and outside the government and the public, selfish and selfish villains live more steadfastly than the selfless gentlemen of the grand duke.
Cao Cao witnessed these chaos from an early age, making him a selfish person.
In fact, even if it is not a chaotic world like the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are many selfish and selfish people, so we do not need to stand on the moral high ground to blame anyone, because it is difficult for us to be selfless.
Of course, there are many selfless people, but they will not stand on the moral high ground to blame others.
Second, special families
Cao Cao was born into a family of eunuchs, and his father Cao Song was the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng, who served the Four Emperors and was quite famous. During the reign of Emperor Huan of Han, Cao Teng was given the title of Marquis of Feiting, and Cao Song succeeded Cao Teng as marquis, and during the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, he was made a lieutenant.
Born in an official family, and his father was not a Clean Official, Cao Cao was very familiar with the deceitfulness of the officialdom, and he was also aware of the darkness of the officialdom and the shamelessness of corrupt officials in that war-torn era.
Telling these people that the grand duke is selfless is equivalent to playing the piano to the cow, and the result will not be good.
Therefore, Cao Cao understood a truth, if you want to protect yourself in a chaotic world, you must be selfish.
Is Liu Bei selfish? It's the same thing.
He is a shoe seller, why let Zhang Fei pay for it? Why let Guan Yu follow?
I can't believe it.
Can the "Han Clan Relatives" let others fight for him? No.
Liu Bei himself knew very well that if he wanted to make a difference if he wanted to sell shoes, there would be many people who would give everything to him.
Therefore, Liu Bei is also selfish.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao were both selfish, but to different degrees.
Liu Bei still had a conscience, and Cao Cao had no more.
Later Cao Cao did not replace him, which seemed to be conscience, but in fact it was not, caused by the situation, and he was not allowed to replace him.
Third, special evaluation
Qiao Xuan said: "The world will be chaotic, and those who are not destined for the world will not be able to help." The one who can be safe, in the king? ”；
He Yan saw The exercise and said, "The Han Chamber will perish, and whoever is safe in the world will also be this person." ”；
Ru Nan Xu Shao, "The son of the ruler of the world, the adulterous male of the chaotic world." ”
The evaluation of these three people is very special, in that chaotic world, making such an evaluation of a person who has not yet been an official and has not been doing the right thing all day shows the foresight of the three people, but it can also be seen that Cao Cao is extraordinary.
With these evaluations, Cao Cao was full of confidence and wanted to do a big job.
If you want to do a big job, you must first save your life, and only when you have a life can you have a future.
Therefore, no matter who he faced, Cao Cao had to save his life first, even if the possibility of threat was only 0.0000000001%, he had to be wary.
Fourth, special experiences
The official scene was sinister, and from the day Cao Cao understood things, he knew this truth.
"In the twentieth year, raise filial piety, for Lang, except for the northern lieutenant of Luoyang".
After becoming an official, Cao Cao experienced the three major events of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, He Jin taking power, and Dong Zhuo taking power, and witnessed the sinister fate of the imperial court and the tragic fate of loyal subjects.
In the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, as long as the battlefield is brave and fierce, it is good to face He Jin and Dong Zhuo, and it is necessary to rely on wisdom.
At that time, there were many selfless officials in the Grand Duke, but did they all have a good ending? No, they were either degraded or killed, and the rest did not dare to make a sound, and they cried and cried all day.
Cao Cao wanted to be selfless, but the situation did not allow it.
After experiencing these few things, Cao Cao also understood that living in a chaotic world and wanting to make a difference must be selfish, otherwise it is difficult to survive better.
Says at the end:
No one is born selfish, many are forced out, Cao Cao is like this.
If he hadn't been selfish, he wouldn't have survived Chen Liu's army.
After accidentally killing Lü Bohao's family, he ran away, and then killed Lü Bohao, who met halfway, this is despicable and shameless, but can you not kill it? Things would also be as Cao Cao said, and lü Bohao was sued, and then the officers and soldiers knew his whereabouts and came to pursue him.
In this way, it is not wrong, nor is it too selfish, but Cao Cao killed his father's former friend Lü Bohao, which was scolded by the dog's bloody head.
As for the Chen Palace, his vision was not very good, and he later defected to Lü Bu and was killed after his defeat.
"How many things in ancient and modern times are in the middle of laughter and discussion", many things can be seen clearly, as for whether to write and criticize a certain historical figure, events, etc., everyone is at their own convenience.
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