1. In troubled times, Cao Cao actively pursued the realization of personal ambition and self-transcendence, in order to finally gain a complete sense of superiority. As for the cover-up of self, Cao Cao believes that "it is better to die than to die" because he has a lot of inferiority and insecurity about himself. This makes him extremely cruel, often suspicious of others, complex and unpredictable. In other words, the disharmony of character is Cao Cao's tragedy.

2. Cao Cao (155-0315,220) was born in Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province), Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was an outstanding politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms. In the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he conquered the four directions, eliminated the separatist forces of Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao and Han Sui at home, surrendered the southern Xiongnu, Wu Huan and Xianbei abroad, unified the northern part of China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei. Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty before his death, then Wang Wei, and after his death, posthumous title became King Wu. After his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Mao.