Ming · General

Cao Wenzhao 曹文詔

Attested AD 1631 - AD 1635

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Wenzhao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1631 to AD 1635 明季（列傳贊所稱曹文詔）
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 268, passage 280

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 268, passage 280

Events and relationships

Recalled as match for ten thousand
Military · Exemplar
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 280, 282

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fierce by nature, crushed enemies wherever he turned, called a match for ten thousand men · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 280

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 156: Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong · 1 passage

贊曰：曹文詔等秉驍猛之資，所向摧敗，皆所稱萬人敵也。 The commentator says: Cao Wenzhao and his peers were fierce by nature; wherever they turned they shattered the enemy, and each was called a match for ten thousand men.