Overview
Cao Cao was a warlord and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 180 to AD 220 君清平之奸賊亂世之英雄Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 75, passage 342
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Lived underStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 75, passage 342
Events and relationships
- Received character verdictDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 342
Assessments and attributes
- a capable minister in an age of good order, a treacherous hero in an age of chaos 治世之能臣，亂世之奸雄Assessment capable minister in an age of good order, a treacherous hero in an age of chaos · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Pei Songzhi (裴松之) Source Work Shishuo xinyu 世說Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 343
- villain under a clear and peaceful reign, a hero in a time of chaos 清平之奸賊亂世之英雄Assessment villain under a clear and peaceful reign, a hero in a time of chaos · Mode quoted Speaker Xu Shao (許劭)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 342
Source notes
- Hou Hanshu wording versus Shishuo wording cited in Pei's Wei zhi commentaryDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passages 342-343
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 342
References in the histories
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