Dong Zhou wrote:So making stuff up about a person becuase he had a vice you don't like is lenient? If I dislike certain avatar's, can I make up stuff about that person to? Or is there some sort of code for when slandering people becomes acceptable and when it isn't?
I get not liking a particular vice, though I think drinking isn't as bad as other vices if the only person it hurts is yourself, and thus not a particular person. I don't get why you can't just use legitimate criticism to express said dislike.
Cao Cao would have made Cao Zhi heir many times over if only Cao Zhi were less wanton in his ways and more moderate in his drinking...Zhi never expressed interest in contending for heirship...Once, Cao Zhi was coursing through the streets in his carriage, and exited the city by the Sima Gate...Cao Zhi was so drunk at that time that he could not take the orders...surveyors once accused Cao Zhi of being “intoxicated and arrogant, threatening the messengers of the Emperor.”... died at the age of 41 as a frustrated and depressed man, never having held an important position in government.All taken from the SGZ. I didn't make up anything. I made a bold statement in saying he was a useless drunk his whole life because after he changed his ways he no longer HAD a life, there was NOTHING he could do to change the past or affect his future as far as positions in the government were concerned. Perhaps rather than accusing me of being slanderous you would care to enlighten me with evidence to the contrary?
Edit: Just to clarify my view on Cao Zhi. He was a very talented person, who could have been much, much more. I hate to see talent wasted. For that I admit I am overly critical of his faults.