Is “Cowardice and incompetence led to handing Jingzhou to Cao Cao” true?
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The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Liu Biao records that he was fond of scheming but indecisive; after his death, Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Cao was due to internal factional strife and disparity in military strength. (Original text: 「表乃弗诛而囚之。〉表虽外皃儒雅，而心多疑忌，皆此类也。」——Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/魏书·董二袁刘传.txt)
Liu Biao
In official history, Liu Biao was one of the Eight Worthies who rode alone into Yicheng and secured the region of Jianghan, but in fiction he is often depicted as an indecisive coward.
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