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In the "Discussing Heroes Over Wine" segment of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were drinking wine and chatting on a cloudy day. Cao Cao first asked Liu Bei in a serious tone, "Do you know the changes of the dragon?"

Why did Cao Cao ask this question? Because this was his motive. The dragon was the hero, and Cao Cao first used the dragon to create an opportunity.

Then the question of who is the hero was thrown to Liu Bei, so Cao Cao used this question as his motivation and asked Liu Bei if he knew how the dragon changed.

Combined with the later conversation between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, this sentence can actually be understood as how a hero deals with the world.

Liu Bei was well aware of the wisdom of appearing foolish while being wise, so he said he didn't know. This was a smart thing for him to do, because Cao Cao wanted to express his own views, so Liu Bei certainly could not comment on it himself.

Then Cao Cao began his argument:

"A dragon can be big or small, can rise or hide. When it is big, it can create clouds and mist, and when it is small, it can hide its shape. When it rises, it soars in the universe, and when it hides, it lurks in the waves. Now is the deep spring, and the dragon takes advantage of the time to change, just like a man who is successful and travels across the world. The dragon is like a hero in the world. Xuande has traveled all over the world for a long time, so he must know the heroes of the world. Please point them out to me."