Talk:Cao Cao

Interesting topic
"Who is stronger: Oda Nobunaga or Cao Cao?" That is the question asked to online Chinese users. Here's the original thread, but this article translated some responses to Japanese too. A lot of support for Cao Cao though the reasons his supporters give are a little interesting.

I wouldn't know who would be the better of the two since I believe both of them died well before their time. Had they lived another five or ten years, the world might've been a completely different place. Sake neko 06:19, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

Approximate Face Composite
http://news.qq.com/a/20140714/044153.htm http://youtu.be/fR2SYp250-0

Although I usually don't care for it, this raised an eyebrow for me. "Cao Cao's face" is compiled from DNA of nine descendants and is being boasted as the "first glimpse of a hero!" or some other nonsense. Supposedly his "face" loosely matches written descriptions of his profile. Hard to say if it's believable, but it's an interesting concept and attempt if nothing else. Sake neko (talk) 07:25, July 16, 2014 (UTC)

Proofreading time
Since his main weapons actually have the term "leaning heaven" in all of them, and only his fourth weapon having the "wicked heaven" naming, it would be easy to tie into the fact that they state that heaven leans on/rests against Cao Cao's side in his favor. However, this keeps being undone; I personally sorta feel that just the "wicked heaven" thing alone doesn't explain how Cao Cao keeps saying "heaven is on my side". Think about it. It's not just his fourth weapon that has the heaven motif.

Plus, Guan Du is not even spelled as "Guandu". That spelling is always getting undone.

So far, here's what I'm planning to edit on since it keeps getting undone and I'm possibly starting a stupid unneeded fight:

"Several of Cao Cao's main weapons contain a "heaven" naming motif, along with his original fourth weapon being named after "the villainy or cruelty of heaven" in nod to his cruel nature. Each of these weapons contains characters that translate to "leaning heaven". Many of Cao Cao's portrayals is known for proclaiming "that heaven is on his side" during many situations initially against him that end with a sudden momentum shift in his favor (apparent in battles such as Guandu), with the weapons stating that heaven leans on/rests against Cao Cao's side in his favor. The lack of defense stats for his fourth weapon in Dynasty Warriors 5 may be a reference to Cao Cao's overall impatience and short-temper in Romance of the Three Kingdoms; even as an NPC, compared to Sima Yi during his time as commander of the Wei army, Cao Cao's impatience notably shows as he charges out of his HQ more often than Sima Yi does."

If there's anything wrong with this I'm giving up. I'm trying my very best to cite stuff that's already on other pages one can look at themselves, such as kanji on the weapons themselves and etc etc. I seriously have little idea what's wrong right now as I'm actually trying to look at the edit summaries on the recent activity page. SneaselSawashiro (talk) 05:34, April 29, 2015 (UTC)