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Statement by Cao Cao around 191 during a discussion with Yuan Shao. The two compare their long term strategies, with Cao giving an abstract approach. The conversation is generaly considered to be fictional, and recorded only for allegorical effect. Source: Sanguo Zhi, page 26.
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「吾任天下之智力，以道御之，無所不可．」
• "I would employ the wise and strong of the empire, using righteousness to lead them. In this way, nothing is impossible."

— Cao Cao

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "「吾任天下之智力，以道御之，無所不可．」
• "I would employ the wise and strong of the empire, using righteousness to lead them. In this way, nothing is impossible."" in the context of "Statement by Cao Cao around 191 during a discussion with Yuan Shao. The two compare their long term strategies, with Cao giving an abstract approach. The conversation is generaly considered to be fictional, and recorded only for allegorical effect. Source: Sanguo Zhi, page 26." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Cao Cao

Cáo Cāo (Chinese: 曹操; Wade-Giles: Ts'ao Ts'ao; c. 155 – March 15, 220) was a Chinese military leader, a regional warlord and the penultimate chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who rose to great power during its final years in Ancient China. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the Kingdom of Wei (also known as Cáo Wèi) and was posthumously titled Emperor Wu of Wei (魏武帝)