Critical Biography of Cao Cao (Revised Edition)

This book provides a comprehensive review of Cao Cao's life. The first part summarizes and evaluates his achievements; the second part sorts out his important thoughts in various aspects, striving to make objective analysis and research. "Critical Biography" believes that Cao Cao was a great military figure of his generation who made significant contributions to Chinese military thought. Cao Cao sought to centralize power and used both rituals and punishments. He relied on talent and did not believe in destiny. The propositions such as the people's destiny, the peaceful settlement of fields to feed the army, the restraint of annexation and the inability to order the weak and the welfare of the people, and many other economic propositions, as well as the eradication of bad social habits and the teaching and literary propositions of the ancient kings, are all the inheritance and development of Chinese political, economic, educational, cultural and other ideas.