A Study On The Image Evolution Of CaoCao

For over a century, study on the evolution of Cao Cao’s image has always been the concern of the academic circles. Cao Cao image from "hero" to "all" evolution, has experienced more than one thousand years of historical precipitation. Wei and Jin Dynasties is the beginning of the evolution of Cao Cao’s image, written by Chen Shou in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou described him as "very, beyond the world outstanding." During this period, Pei Songzhi as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" do note, further enriching the Cao Cao political skills and military skills, at the same time to Cao Cao "Jianxiong" image make the important supplement, showing a multifaceted character image with Cao cao. The Southern Dynasty Liu Yiqing’s "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", not only affirms the character of Cao Cao smart, Chong Xia Shangyi, but also increase the Cao Cao character cruel, envy sb.better or abler than oneself character weakness. This period of Cao Cao image evolved from the historical promenade, and gradually entered the world of literature. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many scholars of the three themes on the evolution of Cao Cao image has played a very good role in undertaking. In the Sui Dynasty, "Sui Shu" pay attention to take history as a mirror, affirmed the politics to Cao Cao, Cao Cao increases the promoting effect on the development of music; in the Tang Dynasty, Cao Cao was more into the literature works, both the Tang poetry or fiction, are on the basis of inheriting predecessors creation, one hand strengthened the politics of Cao Cao merit, a deepen the negative character of Cao cao. In the song and Yuan Dynasties, the evolution of the image of Cao Cao experienced larger turning. Because suffer the effect of "orthodoxy", regardless of is the song, dialect, or drama, Cao Cao was further criticized the negative image of the literati, "hero" image gradually fade, "scoundrel" image is more outstanding. To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the continuous processing in folk and transformation of the stories of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong completed the image shaping of Cao Cao, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in Cao Cao showed a "traitor" and is "male" complex, multi-level characters; and the final gross rating the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" come out, they based on facts as well as the previous generation of literary works for further treatment, "Cao Cao Jianxiong" finalized, and a far-reaching impact, spread so far.