1. 古人云：兄弟如手足，妻子如衣服，衣服破，尚可缝；手足断，安可续。

1. The ancients said: Brothers are like arms and hands, and spouses are like clothes. If clothes are torn, they can still be sewn; but if arms and hands are severed, how can they be restored?

2. 宁我负天下人，不叫天下人负我！

2. Rather than letting everyone else in the world burden me, I would rather bear the burden myself!

3. 是以有非常之人，然后有非常之事；有非常之事，然后立非常之功，夫非常者，固非常人所拟也。

3. It is because there are extraordinary people that extraordinary things occur; and because there are extraordinary things, then extraordinary achievements are established. The extraordinary, after all, is something that cannot be imitated by ordinary people.

4. 今天下英雄，惟使君与操耳。

4. Today, among all the heroes, it is only Lord Cao and you.

5. 血染征袍透红甲，当阳谁敢与争锋！ 古来冲阵扶幼主，只有常山赵子龙。

5. Stained in blood, the imperial robe shows through crimson armor, under the bright sun, who dares to challenge! Since ancient times, those who charge into battle to support the young ruler, are only the Hero Zhao Zilong of Changshan.

6. 大丈夫处世，不能立功建业，几与草木同腐乎。

6. As a man navigates the world, if he cannot achieve great deeds and establish a career, is he not nearly as good as decaying plants and trees?

7. 宁我负人，毋人负我宁可我负天下人，休教天下人负我。

7. I would rather betray people than be betrayed by them. Rather let me betray the world, than let the world betray me.

8. 若天命在吾，吾愿为周文王矣。

8. If the Mandate of Heaven is upon me, I would like to be King Wen of the Zhou dynasty.

9. 丈夫处世兮立功名，立功名兮慰平生，慰平生兮吾将醉，吾将醉兮发狂吟。

9. A husband in the world to establish fame and achievement, establish fame and achievement to comfort my life, comfort my life and I will be drunk, I will be drunk and sing wildly.

10. 选明达法理者，使持典刑。

10. Choose those who are wise and knowledgeable in law and justice to administer the penal code.

11. 月明星稀，乌鹊南飞，绕树三匝，何枝可依？

11. The moon is bright, stars are few, crows fly southward, circling the trees thrice, to which branch can they rely?

12. 自古以来就是大奸似忠、大伪似真，忠义和奸恶都不是从表面就能看出来的。也许你昨天看错了我曹操，可是今天你又看错了，但是我仍然是我，我从来都不怕别人看错我。

12. Since ancient times, great traitors have seemed loyal, and great deceivers have seemed true. Loyalty and treachery cannot be discerned from appearances. Perhaps you misunderstood me, Cao Cao, yesterday, but you have misunderstood me again today, yet I remain the same, and I have never feared being misunderstood by others.

13. 能大能小，能升能隐;大则兴云吐雾，小则隐芥藏形;升则飞腾于宇宙之间，隐则潜伏于波涛之内。

13. Capable of being both great and small, both ascending and hiding; when great, it can create clouds and mist, when small, it can hide within a thorn; when ascending, it soars among the cosmos, when hidden, it潜伏于波涛之内。

14. 圣人之用兵，戢时而动，不得已而用之。

14. The use of military force by the sage is to mobilize at the right time and to resort to it only when absolutely necessary.

15. 良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事，见机不早，悔之晚矣。

15. Good birds choose trees to nest in, and virtuous ministers choose their sovereigns to serve. If one does not seize the opportunity early, one will regret it later.

16. 这个世上从来就没有百战百胜的人，只有败而不殆，败而益勇，并且最终取得胜利的人。

16. There has never been anyone in this world who wins every battle. Only those who are not defeated, who grow braver from defeat, and ultimately achieve victory.

17. 豫州当日叹孤穷，何幸南阳有卧龙！欲识他年分鼎处，先生笑指画图中-

17. On that day in Yu Province, I sighed over my loneliness and poverty, how fortunate it was to have a卧龙 in Nanyang! To know the place where he will share the kingdom in years to come, the master laughed and pointed to the painting in the illustration.

18. 大丈夫处世，遇知己之主，外托君臣之义，内结骨肉之恩，言必行，计必从，祸福共之。

18. A true man in the world, when encountering a sovereign who is a true friend, outwardly entrusts to the principle of lord and minister, inwardly unites the love of kinship, promises must be fulfilled, plans must be followed, and share the joys and sorrows together.

19. 计行如转圜，事成如摧朽。

19. Action is like turning a circle, success is like destroying rotten wood.

20. 龙能大能小，能升能隐，大则兴云吐雾，小则隐介藏形，升则飞腾于宇宙之间，隐则潜伏于波涛之内，龙乘时之变化，可比世之英雄。

20. The dragon can be great or small, it can rise or hide. Greatly, it can generate clouds and mist; small, it can conceal its form. Rising, it soars amidst the cosmos; hidden, it lurks within the waves. The dragon rides the changes of the times, comparable to the heroes of the world.

21. 以蝼蚁之里而撼泰山 ，何其愚也。

21. To try to shake Mount Tai with the power of ants, how foolish it is.

22. 死不可怕，死是凉爽的夏夜，可让人无忧的安眠， 世人，昨日看错我曹操， 今日又看错了， 也许明日还是看错， 可是我， 仍然是我， 我从来不怕别人， 看错我。

22. Death is not scary; it is a cool summer night, a place for a carefree sleep. People, you misunderstood me, Cao Cao, yesterday, and you have misunderstood me again today. Perhaps you will still misunderstand me tomorrow. But as for me, I am still me, and I have never feared that others might misunderstand me.

23. 今袁公势盛兵强，二子已长，天下髃英，孰逾于此？

23. Now, as Lord Yuan's power is at its peak and his troops are strong, with his two sons already grown, who in the world could surpass this?

24. 驾六龙，乘风而行。行四海，路下之八邦。历登高山临溪谷，乘云而行。

24. Riding six dragons, soaring with the wind. Traveling across the seas, reaching the eight nations below. Ascending high mountains and crossing valleys, riding on clouds.

25. 满朝公卿，夜哭到明，明哭到夜，还能哭死董卓否？

25. With all the officials and dignitaries of the empire crying through the night and into the next day, can they still kill Dong Zhuo by their tears?

26. 十万貔貅十万心，一人号令众难禁，拔刀割发权为首，方见曹瞒诈术深。

26. Ten thousand Pishus, ten thousand hearts, one person's command resists all, cutting hair with a sword to be the leader, only then does it reveal Cao Man's deep cunning art.

27. 不要愤怒，愤怒会降低你的智慧;也不要恨自己的敌人，因为仇恨会使你降低判断力，与其恨自己的敌人，不如拿他来为我所用。

27. Do not be angry, as anger will diminish your wisdom; nor should you hate your enemies, for hatred will impair your judgment. It is better to use your enemies to serve me than to hold them in hatred.

28. 东临碣石，以观沧海。水何澹澹，山岛竦峙。树木从生，百草丰茂。秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起。日月之行，若出其中。星汉灿烂，若出其里。幸甚至哉，歌以咏志。

28. Facing the Jieshi Stone to the east, to view the vast sea. The water is calm, the islands towering. Trees grow lushly, and the grass is abundant. The autumn wind is somber, and the surging waves rise. The journey of the sun and moon seems to come from within. The Milky Way is brilliant, as if emerging from it. How fortunate indeed, to sing and express one's aspirations.

29. 设使天下无有孤，不知当有几人称王，几人称帝。或者人见孤强盛，又性不信天命之事，恐私心相评，言有不逊之志，妄相忖度，每用耿耿。

29. If there were no me, Jufu, in the world, I do not know how many people would claim to be kings, how many would claim to be emperors. Perhaps, as people see me strong and prosperous, and since I do not believe in the will of heaven, I am afraid that they might secretly judge and speak of me with disrespectful intentions, making unfounded guesses, which always weigh heavily on my mind.

30. 世人昨天看错了我，今天也看错了，恐怕明天还会看错我，但我不怕！我曹操从来就不怕别人看错我。我还是我曹操！

30. The world misunderstood me yesterday, and they are misunderstanding me today, and I'm afraid they will misunderstand me tomorrow as well, but I am not afraid! I, Cao Cao, have never feared being misunderstood by others. I am still the same Cao Cao!

31. 老骥伏枥，志在千里;烈士暮年，壮心不已。

31. An old horse may rest on its stall, but its aspirations are for a thousand miles; a heroic person may be in their twilight years, but their ambition does not diminish.

32. 治病须分内外科，世间妙艺苦无多，神威罕及惟关将，圣手能医说华佗。

32. Treating illness requires both internal and external medicine, and there are few marvels in the world. Divine power is rarely matched except by the general, and a skilled hand that can heal is said to be like Hua Tuo.

33. 阉竖之官，古今宜有，但世主不当假之权宠，使至于此。

33. The position of eunuchs has existed throughout history, but it is not appropriate for the rulers of the world to grant them excessive power and favor, leading to such a situation.

34. 失败是个好事，失败能教会我们如何成功，失败能够教会我们如何取胜，失败能够教会我们如何成大业。

34. Failure is a good thing; failure can teach us how to succeed, failure can teach us how to win, and failure can teach us how to achieve great things.

35. 青青子衿，悠悠我心，但为君故，沉吟至今。

35. The green tunic of youth, my heart wanders far, yet for your sake, I linger in thought until now.

36. 圣人之道要是管用，圣人早就自己一统天下了。

36. If the path of the sage were effective, the sage would have unified the world long ago by himself.

37. 关于曹操的名人名言

38. 丈夫志四海，万里犹比邻。

37. Famous Sayings of Cao Cao 38. A man's aspirations span the seas, where ten thousand miles feels like a neighbor.