Cao Cao ChuangA hundred years later: Literary and artistic expressions of death, commonly used by the elderly
If it weren't for me, Cao Cao, I don't know how many people would be called emperors and kings. My outlook on life is heroic, and my husband should be like this, facing the blue sea, twilight to the sky, looking at the sky, and climbing the day.
Failure is not a matter of concern, and the same is true of death. Others avoid talking about it, but I can describe death literally. He once used a four-character idiom to appease people's fear of death, so that the elderly are no longer taboo, and even often hang on their lips.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo with a seven-star sword, he issued a false edict to attract the princes of the Eighteen Roads to fight against Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty hostage and moved the capital, the princes scattered, and the world entered a period of chaos.
Cao Cao took advantage of this opportunity to successfully divide and lure down 300,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army, and selected elites from them to form the Qingzhou Army, which was his strength and foundation for dominating the world.
He successively defeated Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Lü Bu and other enemy troops, and successfully welcomed Emperor Han Xian to Xudu. This series of actions allowed Cao Cao to start the game with the advantage of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
Of course, the battle that really reversed Cao Cao's fate was the Battle of Guandu. As the third prince of the fourth dynasty, Yuan Shao was like an insurmountable mountain, blocking Cao Cao's front.
If you cross the past, you can climb high and look into the distance, overlooking the mountains; If you can't cross it, you can only become a hero among people, and become a ghost after death. Cao Cao, despite his extreme disadvantage, finally won the victory and consolidated his dominance in the north.
This experience also made him famous in troubled times"Lonely"self-proclaimed, there is no suspicion of trespassing. Even if you flee back to the north in embarrassment during the Battle of Red Cliffs, what does it matter?
When everyone was disheartened, Cao Cao didn't care, this is the difference in bearing and vision.
Many people see Cao Cao as a hero, but how many are willing to surrender their fate to others in a life-or-death moment? So, what does Cao Cao's idiom "a hundred years later" represent?
Cao Cao believed that death was literary and artistic, and his view stemmed from a sentence in his book "Military Orders": "Build a temple for the survivors, so that their ancestors may be treated." There is a soul and a soul, how can I hate it after a hundred years."
This idiom is actually a unique understanding of life and death.
When old people talk about life and death in person, they often have some concerns. However, over time, this concern will gradually lessen. This is because one of the most important questions in life is: Are we living worthwhile and are we ashamed?
Cao Cao was a brilliant statesman, military strategist, and poet who, although he lacked a bookish spirit, expounded the wisdom of his book to the fullest. In his concept, as long as the ideal is realized, then no matter how long it has passed, we have nothing to regret.
As a young man, he mobilized the rebel army to sweep away the chaos of the world.
Despite the changes of the times, his concern for the people has always been sincere. However, after a lifetime of fighting, I found that the people of my hometown had almost disappeared, and no one knew each other when I walked on the road.
Later generations cannot tell whether this is Cao Cao's imagination or Cao Cao's real experience. But as long as you put yourself in their shoes, you can feel Cao Cao's despair. Therefore, Cao Cao only hoped to do everything he could to let the souls of the soldiers who died on the battlefield return to their hometowns.
Their surviving relatives will be provided with cattle and farming tools from the government to help them tide over the difficulties. As for their descendants, Cao Cao set up schools and arranged for teachers to carry out basic education.
Building an ancestral hall for future generations to worship their ancestors was Cao Cao's wish before his death. He hoped that after the end of the war, the people would be able to live and work in peace and contentment, enjoy food, and love folk customs, which was his greatest success.
He believes that the value of life lies in making the most of it, so death is not terrible. Cao Cao's thoughts are no different from ordinary old people, and when they think about what will happen in a hundred years, they will regret wasting their time and feel ashamed of their inaction.
In any case, if there are regrets, then so what? After all, we are nearing the end of our lives. Instead of clinging to past regrets, make yourself more open-minded.
Life is like a long river, sometimes surging on the plains, sometimes winding in the mountains. If life is always peaceful, it may seem a little uneventful.
Let's sing to the wine, how short life is, like the dew in the morning, there was too much bitterness in the days of the past.
A hundred years later, we will often think of the wisdom and optimism of the elderly, which is the secret of their calm review of their lives. With such a mentality, we no longer need to have taboos and worries.