曹操

Cao Cao

曹操

曹操(155年-220年),字孟德,小名吉利,小字阿瞒,沛国谯县(今安徽亳州)人。东汉末年著名军事家、政治家、文学家和诗人,三国时代曹魏奠基者和主要缔造者。曹操于建安年间权倾天下,在世时官至丞相,爵至魏王,谥号武王。

2020年的曹操是金融界大亨。

Cao Cao

Cao Cao (c. 155 – 220), courtesy name Mengde, was a warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who rose to great power in the final years of the dynasty. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the state of Cao Wei and ultimately the Jin dynasty, and was posthumously honoured as "Emperor Wu of Wei". He is often portrayed as a cruel and merciless tyrant in subsequent literature; however, he has also been praised as a brilliant ruler and military genius who treated his subordinates like his family.

During the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty, Cao Cao was able to secure the most populated and prosperous cities of the central plains and northern China. Cao Cao had much success as the Han chancellor, but his handling of the Han Emperor Xian was heavily criticised and resulted in a continued and then escalated civil war. Opposition directly gathered around warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan, whom Cao Cao was unable to quell.

Cao Cao was also skilled in poetry, calligraphy and martial arts and wrote many war journals.

Cao Cao in 2020 is a finance mogul.

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