Cao Cao, courtesy name Mengde. "Xunzi Encouraging Learning" says: "Life depends on what is, and death depends on what is. This is called morality." In one sentence, the word and name combine to form morality, that is, moral conduct, and the word modifies the name. Explanations and additions. Cao Cao's name is Cao, and his courtesy name is Mengde. When the two are combined, Cao means integrity and conduct; Mengde is the virtue of Mencius.
Cao Cao (155-March 15, 220), whose courtesy name was Mengde, whose last name was Jili, and whose nickname was Amo, was from Qiao County, Peiguo (now Bozhou, Anhui), and was of Han nationality. An outstanding statesman, militarist, writer, and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he conquered the four directions, eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui internally, and surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. externally, unified northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production. and social order, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. When Cao Cao was alive, he served as the Prime Minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later as the King of Wei. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of King Wu. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Taizu.