The Transformation Of Research And Evaluation On CaoCao In The20th Century

In the20th century, with the rise and fall of the social mainstream thoughts,the evaluation of historical figures in different period in academia reflected distinct generational values. CaoCao,an ancient controversial historical figure,as an important personage who embodied the transformation of values in the20th century different periods of academic research field. From the early period of the republic of China to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, then to the "cultural revolution"period, the image of CaoCao changing from a "hero", pacified and maintained the turbulent society; a progressive, followed the insurrectionary army will of farmers insurgents in yellow scarf and defends the interests of the people to an innovative legist, objected to Confucian conservatives in the controversy between Confucianist and legalists. These changes mirrored that values in different periods have an important impact on the formation of image of CaoCao. Meanwhile, from historiography and historical theory perspective,the changing modes of researches and evaluations on Caocao also reflect furthuer study on the interaction between history and reality, both historical researches and documents interpretation.the very influences on historical researches by the multi-impact factors leads to the dramatic changes in the researches and evaluation on Caocao in the20th century.