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Chinese warlord and statesman (155–220)

Also known as: A-Man, Cao Mengde, Cho Cho, Kaiser Wu von Wei, Meng-te, Mengde

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Cao Zhi192–232
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Wang Can177–217
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Sun Tzu-543–-495
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Author of The Art of War, the military classic Cao Cao annotated. (AI reason)
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Ruan Ji210–263
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Wei-period poet whose 'Songs of My Cares' extend Jian'an themes of transience and political unease. (AI reason)
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Chen Lin160–217
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Jian'an writer of forceful prose proclamations and yuefu ballads on hardship of conscripts. (AI reason)
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Cai Yan177–249
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Jian'an-era poetry of war, captivity and grief in a stark, personal voice. (AI reason)
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Liang Zhuge181–234
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Chen Shou233–297
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Tao Yuanming365–427
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