Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty (155 AD - March 15, 220 AD), whose real name was Ji Li, whose courtesy name was Mengde, and whose nickname was Ah Hao, was from Qiao, the governor of Yuzhou (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). An outstanding statesman, militarist, writer, calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, internally eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui, and externally surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. , unified northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, expand farmland, build water conservancy projects, reward farmers and mulberry trees, attach importance to handicrafts, resettle the exiled population, and implement "rent modulation", thus gradually stabilizing the society and economy of the Central Plains. There's a turning point.

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Cao Cao has profound knowledge in literature, calligraphy, music, etc. He is the author of books such as "A Brief Explanation of Sun Tzu", "The Essentials of the Military Book" and "The New Book of Meng De".

Cao Cao’s literary achievements are mainly reflected in contemporary poetry, and his prose is also very distinctive. There are more than 20 of Cao Cao's poems in existence today, all of which are in Yuefu style. Content can generally be divided into three categories. One type is related to current affairs, the other is mainly about expressing ideals, and the other is poems about immortals.

In terms of artistic style, Cao Cao's poems are simple and unadorned, without any decoration. They win with deep emotions and majestic charm. The mood of the poem is characterized by generosity and sadness. Generous and sad, this is originally the common theme of Jian'an literature, but in Cao Cao's poems, it is the most typical and prominent. In terms of poetry genre, Cao Cao's Yuefu poems did not copy the conventions of Han Yuefu, but developed somewhat.

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