Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward groups this individual with King Zhou of the Yin Dynasty and Qin Shihuangdi suggesting that posterity's understanding of them as evil men was incorrect. He fled after the failed assassination attempt of Dong Zhou and at the Battle of Guandu was able to defeat Yuan Shao. In the most recognized romanticized account of his life he is portrayed as the political foil to Liu Bei. For 10 points, name this central figure of the Three Kingdoms Period the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and rebel founder of the Wei dynasty often portrayed as a ruthless tyrant.
Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward groups this individual with King Zhou of the Yin Dynasty and Qin Shihuangdi suggesting that posterity's understanding of them as evil men was incorrect. He fled after the failed assassination attempt of Dong Zhou and at the Battle of Guandu was able to defeat Yuan Shao. In the most recognized romanticized account of his life he is portrayed as the political foil to Liu Bei. For 10 points, name this central figure of the Three Kingdoms Period the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and rebel founder of the Wei dynasty often portrayed as a ruthless tyrant.
Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward groups this individual with King Zhou of the Yin Dynasty and Qin Shihuangdi suggesting that posterity's understanding of them as evil men was incorrect.
Cao Cao [pronounced Tsao-Tsao]