It is generally accepted that Caocao is the most treacherous court official while LiuBei is the most honest and loyal one.The root may lie in that LiuBei is regarded as the real heir to the throne because of his surname ,and Cao is the usurper of the throne.Nevertheless, Cao is now a person capable of various interpretation with people's increasingly ideological changes.

  The newly-filmed TV play adapted from this classic work shows to the public a different image of Cao from the old one,for it is in this play that a fundamental distinction between Cao and Liu is presented on the screen.Unlike Liu ,Cao is not a chief to seize power by depending on the so-called buddies.To his subordinates ,he is rather a leader than a friend as his wisdom has far supassed other people around him.Thus, he is the real king with the due loneliness which can be attributed to his longing for confidant.Maybe this can be counted another reason for his unpopularity.He is excluded from the ordinary world shared by the common people .no one really understand him as being considered arrogant and estranged.Besides , he is confident in dealing with the enemies.Like in the play , he killed a man who said that he would haunt Cao even as a ghost.Cao , on the contrary of fear , replied:"Then you should remember my face."He meant that you couldn't defeat me in the human world , nor would it happen in the other world.What a confidence!

  Besides , some elements of foreign and contemporary literature has been mingled into the words Cao speaks .This adds another aesthetics and lure to this Cao,resembling a meditative poet.