Promote talent and talent alone.
老驥伏櫪、志在千里。烈士暮年、壮心不已。

Military Strategists
Cao Cao
The dominant warlord of China's Three Kingdoms era (155-220 CE), who unified the war-torn north through military genius, political cunning, and meritocratic talent recruitment. Equally accomplished as a poet and administrator, Cao Cao embodies the archetype of the complete leader — strategist, statesman, and artist in one.
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