但是你要认为曹操多么温柔，那就错了。曹操是很狠毒的，可以说是翻脸就不认识人。比方说我前面说的那个许攸，许攸来投奔曹操是起到了关键作用的，所以许攸也很得意，许攸经常跟曹操说，哎，阿瞒，他不叫他什么曹公啊、什么明公啊、或者什么丞相这些，他叫他小名。曹操有两个小名，一个叫吉利，一个叫阿瞒，叫他小名：阿瞒啊，要是没有我许某人，你可是没有今天啊！曹操只好赔着笑脸说，啊是是是，许先生说得对，没有你的帮忙我确实是没有今天。但是许攸不停地说，这个就很讨厌了，对不对，这好比说你送了我这件衣服，我穿上很漂亮我当然很高兴，但是我每穿这件衣服你就要站出来对着大家说，哎大家伙看看啊，他这件衣服是我送给他的，我要不送给他这件衣服他可是没衣服穿啊。我能高兴吗？那何况是曹操呢？有一次曹操打下邺城，许攸又在那儿对大家说，大家看，如果没有我的话，他们曹家人就进不了这个门了。曹操实在是忍无可忍，杀了，把许攸杀了，这就是曹操的狠毒。
But if you think how gentle Cao Cao is, you’re wrong. Cao Cao is very vicious, it can be said that if he turns his face, he doesn’t know anyone. For example, the Xu You I mentioned earlier played a key role in defecting to Cao Cao, so Xu You was also very proud. Xu You often said to Cao Cao, “Ah, ah, ah, he doesn’t call him Duke Cao, Duke Ming, or Prime Minister.” He called him by his nickname. Cao Cao has two nicknames, one is called Jili, the other is called Ah Mian, and his nickname is Ah Mian. If it weren’t for me to promise someone, you wouldn’t be today! “Cao Cao had to smile and say, ‘Yes, yes, Mr. Xu was right. Without your help, I really wouldn’t have been today.'”. “But Xu You kept saying, ‘This is very annoying, isn’t it? It’s like saying you gave me this dress, and I’m sure I’m happy to wear it beautifully. But every time I wear this dress, you have to stand up and say to everyone,’ Hey, big guy, look, he’s got this dress from me, and if I don’t give it to him, he doesn’t have any clothes to wear. ‘”. Can I be happy? How much less Cao Cao? Once, when Cao Cao defeated Yecheng, Xu You was there again and said to everyone, “Look, if it weren’t for me, their Cao family wouldn’t be able to enter this door.”. Cao Cao couldn’t bear it anymore. He killed Xu You, which was Cao Cao’s ruthlessness.
曹操杀了于他有恩的许攸，却放了很多对不起他的人。比方说有一个人叫做魏种，原来是曹操的手下。曹操有一段时候我们知道他是不顺的，处于逆境，处于困境的，那个时候很多手下的人都背叛曹操，曹操非常自信地说让他们走吧，我的人不会走完的，比方说魏种，他就不会背叛我。结果呢，这个魏种也背叛了，魏种也跑掉了。曹操气坏了，曹操说好你个魏种啊，你也背叛我，你有本事跑到天涯海角，北边有本事你跑匈奴去，南边有本事你跑到越南去，你只要跑不了那么远我就要把你抓回来，绝饶不了你。
Cao Cao killed Xu You, who had been kind to him, but released many people who had wronged him. For example, there was a person named Wei Zhong, who was originally a subordinate of Cao Cao. “Cao Cao had a time when we knew he was unlucky, in adversity, and in difficult situations. At that time, many of his subordinates betrayed him. Cao Cao was very confident that let them go, and my people wouldn’t finish. For example, Wei Zhong, he wouldn’t betray me.”. As a result, Wei Zhong also betrayed and ran away. Cao Cao is so angry that he said, “You are a Wei seed, you also betrayed me. You have the ability to run to the ends of the earth, you have the ability to run to the Huns in the north, and you have the ability to run to Vietnam in the south. As long as you cannot run that far, I will catch you back, and I will never spare you.”.
后来在后面的战斗中，魏种被俘虏了，所有的人都给魏种捏一把汗，说曹操肯定要杀他。曹操怎么样？曹操想了一下，算了吧，魏种是个人才，放了，该做什么官还做什么官。这是曹操的宽容啊。
Later, in the later battle, Wei Zhong was captured, and everyone gave Wei Zhong a cold shoulder and said that Cao Cao would definitely kill him. How about Cao Cao? Cao Cao thought for a moment, forget it. Wei Zhong is a talented person, and if he is released, he will still be the official he should be. This is Cao Cao’s tolerance.
曹操确实是一个很宽容的人。曹操和袁绍作战的时候，袁绍找了一个文人，叫做陈琳，起草一篇檄文。什么叫檄文呢，就是声讨书，因为古代作战他讲究师出有名，就是你要打谁谁谁你总要有个名目，有了名目以后你这个军队才叫做正义之师，袁绍就请陈琳写一篇檄文。陈琳是个笔杆子，下笔千言，洋洋洒洒，痛骂曹操。从哪骂起呢，从曹操的祖宗骂起，这实在说起来是在中国文化当中一种很不好的东西，一骂人就骂到人家父母亲，一骂人就骂到人家祖宗八代，动不动就是怎么你祖宗八代，这是不好的一个传统，陈琳也是这样。那么后来袁绍打败了，陈琳做了俘虏，下面人把陈琳抓到曹操跟前，曹操说：陈琳啊，两军交战，都要发表这样的声讨书，这个很正常，不过呢，你骂骂我就算了嘛，你骂我父母干什么，我父母又没得罪你，不好吧！陈琳说，对不起啊，箭在弦上，不得不发。曹操说，好好好，算了算了，你也是个人才，还做你的笔杆子吧。陈琳以后就成了曹操的笔杆子，所以曹操是很宽容的。
Cao Cao is indeed a very tolerant person. During the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao found a scholar named Chen Lin to draft a denunciation. What is called a denunciation letter? It’s a condemnation letter, because in ancient warfare, he emphasized the importance of becoming famous, that is, you always have a name for who you want to fight. After you have a name, your army can only be called a righteous teacher. Yuan Shao asked Chen Lin to write a denunciation letter. Chen Lin is a pen pole, with a thousand words in her pen, and she speaks freely and scolds Cao Cao. From where to scold, from the ancestor of Cao Cao, this is really a very bad thing in Chinese culture. When you scold someone, you scold their parents, and when you scold someone, you scold their ancestors for eight generations. It’s a bad tradition, as is Chen Lin. So later, Yuan Shao defeated Chen Lin and became a prisoner. The following people took Chen Lin to Cao Cao. Cao Cao said, “Chen Lin, when the two armies are engaged in war, it’s normal to publish such a statement of criticism. However, it’s okay if you scold me. Why do you scold my parents? My parents didn’t offend you, okay?”! Chen Lin said, “I’m sorry, the arrow is at the end of the line, so I have to send it.”. Cao Cao said, “Okay, okay, forget it. You’re also a talented person, and you should still be your penholder.”. Chen Lin later became Cao Cao’s penholder, so Cao Cao was very tolerant.
