正是由于这种大气，使曹操这个奸雄平添了许多可爱。曹操这个认识很可爱的，他在生活当中非常可爱，他是一个生活很随和的人，吃不讲究，穿不讲究，住也不讲究，饭能吃饱就行，衣能穿暖就行，房子能避风雨就行，惟一的嗜好就是女人啊，不知道他这方面讲究不讲究，不过我看他到处留情的做法，好像也不太讲究。他平时如果不是正式的场合，他是喜欢穿便服的，而且随身还带个小包包，包包里面装些个手绢啊，七七八八的东西挂在腰上晃荡晃荡，他也不在乎，如果不是正式开会，不是讨论什么问题，不是上朝，不是礼仪性活动，和朋友们一起吃吃饭，他是很随便的，说说笑笑，开玩笑，说段子，谁要说一个好笑的话，曹操哈哈大笑，笑得弯了腰，结果头会栽到菜盘子里面去，弄得满脸都是汤水，他也不在乎。所以生活当中的曹操是一个非常可爱的人，战场上的曹操也很可爱。
It is precisely because of this atmosphere that Cao Cao, the traitor, has added a lot of loveliness. Cao Cao is a very cute person to know. He is very cute in life. He is a very easygoing person in life. He is not careful about eating, dressing, and living. He can only have enough to eat, warm clothes, and shelter from the wind and rain. His only hobby is women. I don’t know if he is fastidious in this regard, but I think his lenient behavior everywhere seems not to be too fastidious. “If he doesn’t usually have a formal occasion, he likes to wear casual clothes, and he also carries a small bag with some handkerchiefs inside. He doesn’t care if he hangs anything on his waist, and if it’s not a formal meeting, it’s not about discussing any issues, it’s not about going to court, it’s not about ceremonial activities, and eating with friends, he’s very casual, talking and laughing, joking, and telling jokes,”, “If anyone wanted to say a funny thing, Cao Cao laughed and bent over with laughter. As a result, his head would fall into the dish, making his face covered with soup, and he didn’t care.”. So Cao Cao in life is a very cute person, and Cao Cao in the battlefield is also very cute.
有一次曹操西征，率领军队和敌人正面交锋，决战前夕对方听说是曹操亲自来了，秩序大乱，将士们都伸长了脖子，踮起脚尖看看曹操，都想看曹操，结果后面的人往前面挤，前面的人也再往前挤，混乱不堪。曹操打马上前，一个人骑着马：诸位是想看曹操吧，我就是曹操，我就是，大家看啊，看清楚了吧，两个眼睛一个鼻子，也是个人，跟你们一样啊，没什么两样啊，要说我比你们多点什么吧，告诉你，我比你们多一点智慧。非常精彩，大实话，是啊，你我都是人，不多手不多脚，但是我多智慧，很可爱吧！
Once, on the eve of the decisive battle, Cao Cao led his army to confront the enemy head-on. On the eve of the decisive battle, the other party heard that it was Cao Cao himself who had come. The order was in chaos, and the officers and soldiers stretched their necks and stood on tiptoe to look at Cao Cao. They all wanted to see him. As a result, the people behind pushed forward, and the people in front also pushed forward, causing chaos. Before Cao Cao hit the horse, a man rode a horse and said, “Do you want to see Cao Cao? I am Cao Cao, and I am. Look, everyone, see clearly. With two eyes and one nose, I am also a person, just like you. There is no difference. If I have something more than you, let me tell you, I am a bit more intelligent than you.”. Very exciting, to be honest, yes, you and I are both human beings, not many hands, not many feet, but I am more intelligent, very cute!
那么朋友之间的曹操，就更可爱了。我们知道使曹操能够进入上流社会，最先给予曹操极高评价的就是那位太尉桥玄，桥玄死了以后曹操曾经去祭奠他，曹操路过他的坟前的时候，举行了一个盛大的祭祀仪式，使用了太牢的标准，太牢的祭祀仪式，至少要用一头牛。然后发表一篇祭文，悼词。曹操的悼词怎么说呢，说桥公啊，我来看你老人家了，记得你老人家当年和我约定，说将来我路过您的坟前的时候，如果不拿一只鸡、一壶酒来祭拜的话，我走出三步以外我肚子就要疼。这是你老人家当年跟我的约定吧，今天我带着太牢来祭奠你老人家了，我的肚子就不疼了吧！你说有这样的悼词吗？这也就是曹操写得出来。这个是曹操性格所使然，也是当时的风尚所使然，当时的风尚，鲁迅先生有个说法，叫“尚通脱”，就是大家都很开朗，曹操的儿子曹丕也是这样的。曹丕有个好朋友叫王粲，也是著名的文学家，建安七子之一王粲，王粲去世以后曹丕这个时候已经就是接班人，虽然不能叫皇太子，但已经是接班人，地位很高，五官中郎将，他带着一帮文学界的朋友，就是当时文联作协的人一起去给王粲送行，开追悼会。那当然是曹丕出来致悼词，曹丕怎么致悼词呢，曹丕说咱也别说什么套话、官话、屁话了，王粲这个人生前喜欢听驴叫，我们每人都学一声驴叫。结果王粲墓前响起一片驴叫声，追悼会就开完了。非常可爱啊。
Then the Cao Cao among friends is even more adorable. “We know that the first person who gave Cao high praise for his ability to enter the upper class society was the Tai Wei Qiao Xuan. After Qiao Xuan’s death, Cao Cao once went to pay tribute to him. When Cao Cao passed by his tomb, he held a grand sacrificial ceremony, using too strict standards. At least one cow was needed for the sacrificial ceremony.”. Then publish a memorial and eulogy. What do you say about Cao Cao’s eulogy? Mr. Qiao, I have come to see your old man’s house. I remember that your old man made an agreement with me that in the future when I passed by your grave, if I didn’t bring a chicken and a pot of wine to worship, my stomach would hurt three steps away. This is your old man’s agreement with me back then. Today, I brought Tailao to pay tribute to your old man, so my stomach won’t hurt anymore! Do you say there is such a eulogy? This is what Cao Cao can write. This is due to Cao Cao’s personality and the prevailing customs at that time. As Mr. Lu Xun once said, “Shang Tongtuo” means that everyone is very cheerful, and so is Cao Pi, Cao Cao’s son. Cao Pi had a good friend named Wang Can, who was also a famous litterateur and one of the seven sons of Jian’an. After Wang Can’s death, Cao Pi was already the successor at this time. Although he could not be called the Crown Prince, he was already the successor and had a high status. The five officials, Zhonglang General, took a group of friends from the literary world, who were members of the Literary Federation at that time, to see Wang Can off and hold a memorial meeting. Of course, it was Cao Pi who came out to deliver a eulogy. How did Cao Pi deliver a eulogy? Cao Pi said that let’s not say any cliche, official language, or nonsense. Wang Can loved to listen to donkey barks before his life, and we all learned one. As a result, there was a roar of donkeys in front of Wang Can’s tomb, and the memorial meeting was over. It’s very cute.
那么曹操最可爱之处，是他说真话。大家可能要说了，曹操不是个奸雄吗，不是个奸诈的人吗，他会说真话吗？是的，曹操也说假话，他要进行政治斗争，要进行军事斗争，要在官场上混，一点假话不说那是不可能的，但是曹操只要有机会他就说真话。他有一篇有名的文章叫做《让县自明本志令》，又叫做《述志令》，这可以算得上是曹操的政治纲领，那是一点官话都没有，说得非常实在。
So the loveliest thing about Cao Cao is that he speaks the truth. Everyone may have to say, isn’t Cao Cao a traitor, a treacherous person, and can he tell the truth? Yes, Cao Cao also tells lies. He wants to engage in political struggles, military struggles, and official circles. It is impossible not to tell any lies, but Cao Cao always tells the truth whenever he has the opportunity. He has a famous article called “The Order of the Local Records of Rangxian County”, also known as “The Order of the Local Records”. This can be regarded as Cao Cao’s political platform, which has no official language at all, and it is very true.
