Cao Cao Chronicle

Author: Zhang Zuoyao
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: This book recreates the process of Cao Cao, from a roguish and unrestrained youth, growing into the hegemon of Northern China and the King of Wei during the era of competing feudal lords and warlord conflicts. It focuses on Cao Cao's military campaigns south and north, as well as the political, military, and economic ideas reflected in them. The book summarizes and evaluates Cao Cao's life philosophy and moral views; highly praises his literary contributions; and examines and briefly introduces his family background, wives, and children.
Cao Cao (155–220) was a statesman, thinker, military strategist, and litterateur of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, as well as the de facto founder of the Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period. He spent decades in military campaigns, using the emperor as a figurehead to command the warlords, ultimately conquering a vast part of Northern China. This book is rich in sources, providing a comprehensive summary of Cao Cao's achievements, discussing his many important ideas and practices, as well as various historical evaluations of him in Chinese history. It also honestly reflects and comments on his cunning aspects.
An outstanding figure in Chinese history, both wise and deceitful, comes to life on the page.