A figure wearing white mask in traditional Chinese Peking Opera, conventionally, is treacherous and brutal. Cao Cao, a historic figure, is bestowed with such negative features on the stage due to the unfavorable remarks on his morality given in the classic historical novel The Romance of Three Kingdoms which represents orthodox feudalism. In fact, Cao Cao has been praised as “a brilliant ruler, military genius and great poet” in the history.
...