" Cao laughed and left.

Dropping the sword, Cao Cao laughed, " I, too, know Wenyuan ( Zhang Liao's style name ) to be loyal and righteous.

The novel continues with the story of Mi Heng's nude drum performance, and finishes his story by claiming that Cao Cao laughed after hearing of the death of Mi Heng, implied that he had sent him to Jing Province knowing very well that he would die there, and called him a " rotten pedant, done in by own his sharp tongue.

He was said to be the uncle of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, being the younger brother of Empress Dowager Cao ( 曹太后 cáo tàihòu ).

Guan Yu had earlier said that he would show his gratitude towards Cao Cao by making some contributions during the period of time when he served Cao.

His image as a one-eyed warrior was later popularized by Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which he was said to have yanked the arrow fired by enemy general Cao Xing out of his eye and devoured his own eyeball to instill fear in his enemies.

But he was surely the most trusted general of Cao Cao, as he was said to often ride in the same carriage as his master, a privilege not even extended to Cao's personal bodyguards Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

In the novel, Xiahou Dun was said to be a cousin of Cao Cao, while his loss of an eye was also made much more dramatic than it probably was.

Sun Ce is said to have then plotted to attack Xuchang under the banner of rescuing Emperor Xian, who was a figurehead held under Cao Cao's control.

Cao Pi's younger brother, Cao Xiong, was also said to have committed suicide out of fears for his brother.

Though he was outwitted and defeated by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's decisions might not have been so foolish as numerous traditional historians and commentators have said.

He summoned Zhuge Liang from Chengdu and said to him, " You're ten times more talented than Cao Pi, capable of both securing the country and accomplishing our great mission.

Famed for his resourcefulness that even Zhuge Liang was said to be wary of, Zhang He was considered by Chen Shou, author of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, to be one of the five elite generals of Cao Cao, along with Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yue Jin and Yu Jin.

He was also said to be full of respect for Confucian scholars, and supported the idea of allowing masters of the Five Classics to serve in the imperial court of Cao Pi, the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei.

They were said to be one of the causes of the Battle of Red Cliffs, because Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan's lands to take the sisters for himself.

In chapter 44, in a conversation between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, Zhuge said that he had a plan to cause Cao Cao's forces to retreat, by sending Cao the Two Qiaos.

Before his death, Gaozu said Cao Shen can be chancellor after Xiao He dies, and Wang Ling may succeed Cao Shen.

Even historical figures such as Attila the Hun, Blackbeard, and Antonio López de Santa Anna, Billy The Kid, and Cao Cao have been included among his ancestors.

Even though Cao Pi had been crown prince for several years, there was initially some confusion as to what would happen next.

Even the Grand General of the Supreme Army, Cao Zhen, was taken advantage by Cao Pi for his chubby bodyshape.

Now I will analyse for you the dire situation Cao Cao has placed himself into: Even if the north has been completely unified, can Cao Cao's ground based army fight against our superior navy and marines?

Even Ling Tong was only left with a wee fraction of the army to guard the camp, the numerically superior Xu Huang and Cao Ren were defeated by the former and the enemy camps remained intact.

Even before Cao Cao's death, Sima Yi was close to his successor, Cao Pi.

Even Cao routed Lu, his aides were not able to suppress Xu, at the end both sides withdrew their troops from the area.

Even those who have questioned the literary prowess of Cao Yu, for instance, the noted critic C. T. Hsia, admit that the popularization and consolidation of China's theatrical genre is fundamentally owed to the first works of Cao Yu.

Even Zhang Liao, the general who was renowned to be the bravest warrior of Wei, wanted to retreat without permission, Zang Ba told him, " Cao Cao is wise, and ( he ) will not simply abandon us.

Cheng said to Cao: " Even a mere warrior like Tian Heng knew about shame, how could you act so shamefully to surrender to Yuan?

* 265: The Jin Dynasty is founded when the overthow of the Cao Wei Dynasty by Sima Yan.

It began when the ruler of Wei, Cao Cao, was defeated by Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the Battle of Red Cliffs.

By 196, when he was received by Cao Cao, most of the smaller contenders for power had either been absorbed by larger ones or destroyed.

The Wuhuan, partisans of Yuan Shao and his sons, had already been squashed when Cao Cao sent an expedition into You Province.

Later that year, when Cao Pi demanded that Sun Quan send his crown prince Sun Deng to the Wei capital Luoyang as a hostage ( to guarantee his loyalty ), Sun Quan refused and declared independence ( by changing era name ), thus establishing Eastern Wu as an independent state.

For example, in 235, when, as a sign of contempt, Wei's emperor Cao Rui offered horses to him in exchange for pearls, jade, and tortoise shells, Sun Quan ignored the implicit insult and made the exchange, reasoning that his empire needed horses much more than pearls, jade, or tortoise shells.

In 1965, stability came to South Vietnam when he became the figurehead head of state, while Air Marshall Nguyễn Cao Kỳ became prime minister, leading a junta that ended the cycle of coups with two years of continuity, although the men were rivals.

He remained in the post until 8 December 1962, when General Đỗ Cao Trí took over.

Survivors of the Mạc royal family fled to the northern mountains in the province of Cao Bằng and continued to rule there until 1677 when Trịnh Tạc conquered this last Mạc territory.

Liu loses the province when Lü Bu seizes control of it with the help of a defector and he joins Cao Cao in defeating Lü at the Battle of Xiapi.

This suited the political climate in the Ming Dynasty, unlike in the Jin Dynasty, when Cao Wei was considered the legitimate successor to the Han Dynasty.

ARVN leaders and President Diem were criticized by the foreign press when the troops were used to crush armed anti-government religious groups like the Cao Dai and Hoa Hao as well as to raid Buddhist temples, which according to Diem, were harboring NLF guerrillas.

The games are based on events that took place in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, when the land was divided between the Shu Han, Cao Wei and Eastern Wu kingdoms.

It is not known when the game of Liubo originated, although according to legend it was invented by Wu Cao ( 烏曹, called Wu Zhou 烏胄 in the early 2nd century CE Shuowen Jiezi dictionary ), a minister to King Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, who according to traditional chronology reigned 1728 BCE – 1675 BCE.

The assembly was thoroughly discredited when it elected Cao Kun president after being bribed in 1923.

Guan Yu was not very appreciative towards Cao Cao's other gifts, but when Cao gave him the steed, he knelt down and thanked Cao.