Cao Can

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Cao Can or Cao Shen was a Prime Minister during the Han Dynasty. He was influenced by the "Huang-Lao" school that used a mix of persuasion and coercion.[1] He largely continued the work of Xiao He.[2] Sima Qian implied he often got drunk and tended to cover-up for his underlings.[3]

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  1. ^ Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics By Zhengyuan Fu, pg 49
  2. ^ Social Power and Legal Culture: Litigation Masters in Late Imperial China By Melissa Ann Macauley, pg 350
  3. ^ Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I By Sima Qian, pgs 363-368[1]