[ cáo cāo ]

（155—220）即魏武帝。三国时期政治家、军事家、文学家。字孟德，沛国谯县（今安徽亳州）人。东汉末，参与镇压黄巾起义。公元200年官渡之战，消灭袁绍部主力。逐步统一北方。公元208年任丞相，率军南下，被孙权、刘备联军击败于赤壁。后封魏王。曾发布抑制兼并令，组织军民屯田，兴修水利，实行盐铁官营。精兵法，著《孙子略解》等书。所作散文简朴，诗歌慷慨激昂，是建安文学的代表作。有《曹操集》。

the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义; Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕