Written in an unfavorable political climate to him

Cao Cao’s edict of declining the county with my ambitions self-evident has his ideal in his early years which is true to objective reality. However

it is sheer hero’s cheating that there is" no ambitions of disobedience" in him

as he puts

when he assisted the Han royal family after emperor xiandi had been coerced into moving the capital to Xu. The traditional point of view

which holds that each word in this edict is utterly from the bottom of Cao Cao’ s heart is still open to question when commenting on historical figures

esp great statesmen. We should judge by is not what he says

but what he dose. As to the former

is won’t become valuable until it is regarded as a reference for commenting.