平生自负 败而不耻——试析曹操的华容道“三笑”

Comments on CAO Cao′s three time guffaw in the Battle of Chibi

“三笑”的故事发生于赤壁大战中。罗贯中以三次大笑为曹操画像 ,不仅反映了曹操作为政治家和军事家的非凡气度 。

The story of“the three time guffaw”is set in the Battle of Chibi in the Chinese classic Romance of Three Kingdoms, that is,CAO Cao guffawed for three times in his defeat to Huarongdao,which not only clearly shows his outstanding bearing as a statesman and strategist but also thoroughly portrays his character of conleit and humor.