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    Cao Cao was a Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who lived from around 155-220 CE. He rose to great power in the final years of the Han dynasty and laid the foundations for the state of Cao Wei. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he secured control of northern China but faced opposition from warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan that he was unable to defeat. Cao Cao was posthumously honored as "Emperor Wu of Wei" and was both praised as a brilliant ruler but also criticized as a cruel tyrant in later literature.

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    Cao Cao was a Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who lived from around 155-220 CE. He rose to great power in the final years of the Han dynasty and laid the foundations for the state of Cao Wei. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he secured control of northern China but faced opposition from warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan that he was unable to defeat. Cao Cao was posthumously honored as "Emperor Wu of Wei" and was both praised as a brilliant ruler but also criticized as a cruel tyrant in later literature.

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    Cao Cao

    曹操

    A Ming dynasty illustration of Cao Cao in the Sancai Tuhui.

    King of Wei (魏王)

    Tenure 216 – 15 March 220

    Successor Cao Pi

    Duke of Wei (魏公)

    Tenure 213–216

    Imperial Chancellor (丞相)

    Tenure 208 – 15 March 220

    Successor Cao Pi

    Minister of Works (司空)

    Tenure 196–208
    Born c. 155

    Qiao County, Pei State, Han Empire

    Died 15 March 220 (aged 64–65)

    Luoyang, Han Empire

    Burial 11 April 220

    Cao Cao Mausoleum

     Lady Ding
    Spouse
     Lady Bian
    at least twelve other wives

    Issue  Cao Ang


    (among others)  Cao Pi

     Cao Zhi

     Cao Zhang

     Cao Jie

    Full name

    Family name: Cáo (曹)

    Given name: Cāo (操)

    Courtesy name: Mèngdé (孟德)

    Nicknames:

     Jílì (吉利)

     Āmán (阿瞞)[Sanguozhi zhu 1]

    Posthumous name

    Emperor Wu (武帝)

    Temple name

    Taizu (太祖)

    Father Cao Song

    Mother Lady Ding

    Cao Cao
    "Cao Cao" in Chinese characters

    Chinese 曹操

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    Cao Cao ( pronunciation (help·info); [tsʰǎu tsʰáu]; Chinese: 曹操; c. 155 – 15 March
    220),[1] courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of
    the Eastern Han dynasty who rose to great power in the final years of the dynasty. As one of the
    central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the
    state of Cao Wei and ultimately the Jin dynasty, and was posthumously honoured as "Emperor
    Wu of Wei". He is often portrayed as a cruel and merciless tyrant in subsequent literature;
    however, he has also been praised as a brilliant ruler and military genius who treated his
    subordinates like his family.
    During the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty, Cao Cao was able to secure the most populated and
    prosperous cities of the central plains and northern China. Cao Cao had much success as the
    Han chancellor, but his handling of the Han Emperor Xian was heavily criticised and resulted in a
    continued and then escalated civil war. Opposition directly gathered around warlords Liu
    Bei and Sun Quan, whom Cao Cao was unable to quell.
    Cao Cao was also skilled in poetry, calligraphy and martial arts and wrote many war journals.

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