Cao Cao (Emperor Wu of Wei)
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Cao Cao (Emperor Wu of Wei) 🇨🇳

曹操 / 曹孟德 (Known as "Cao Cao")
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Born Jan 01, 0155 🇨🇳 Bozhou (Anhui), Han Empire (China)
Passed Away Mar 15, 0220 Luoyang, Cao Wei (China)
Lifespan 65 years old
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"I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me. (Although his true words: How can one dispel sorrow? Only through Dukang wine.)"

Archival Overview

Master strategist, warlord, poet, and Chancellor of the late Han dynasty who unified northern China after defeating Yuan Shao at Guandu.

Biographical Record

Cao Cao (155–220 AD), courtesy name Mengde, was the preeminent warlord, statesman, and military genius of the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms era. Characterized by contemporaries as an 'able minister in times of peace, a treacherous hero in times of chaos', Cao Cao rescued Emperor Xian in 196 AD and relocated the imperial capital, 'controlling the emperor to command the feudal lords'.

In 200 AD, at the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao achieved his masterpiece: outnumbered four-to-one by Yuan Shao, he led a personal night raid to incinerate Yuan Shao's grain depot at Wuchao, routing the northern host and uniting northern China. A celebrated poet and calligrapher, Cao Cao authored the earliest extant commentary on Sun Tzu's Art of War. Posthumously honored as Emperor Wu of Wei by his son Cao Pi, his military and agricultural tuntian reforms stabilized China after decades of civil war.

Key Life Milestones

Battle of Guandu

Destruction of Yuan Shao's Depot at Wuchao

Conducted an audacious night cavalry raid disguised in enemy uniform to incinerate Yuan Shao's grain stores, routing a vast northern army.

Battle of White Wolf Mountain

Vanquishing the Wuhuan Nomads

Marched light cavalry through rugged northern terrain to surprise and shatter the Wuhuan nomads, securing the northern frontier.

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Final Resting Place

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Cao Cao Mausoleum (Gaoling Tomb)
Anyang (Henan), China
GPS: 36.2425, 114.2625
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