Those who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that Cao Zhi is Cao Cao's third son and one of the representatives of Jian'an literature.
Xie Lingyun, the originator of the Shanshui School, praised him as "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets".
Wang Shizhen commented on the fact that the poets of the Wei and Han dynasties were born in 2,000 years and can be called "immortal talents", Cao Zhi, Li Bai, and Su Shi.
Cao Zhi, born in the third year of Chuping (192), is the third son born to Cao Cao and Mrs. Bian.
Cao Zhi's literary achievements are very high, and the world regards him, his father Cao Cao, and his brother Cao Pi as the "Three Caos".
is also like the "three Sus" Su Shi, Su Zhe, and Su Xun in the Song Dynasty, one door and three fathers and sons. It represents their status in the literary world at that time.
Cao Zhi's political achievements were far less than his literary achievements, which may have something to do with his character, and he and his brother Cao Pi were equally talented.
Cao Pi has the ambition of the city government, and Cao Zhi's talent is higher than Cao Pi, but his temperament is a bit willful, he is more casual in dealing with people, and he is addicted to alcohol.
Li Bai's poem "Will Enter the Wine" "King Chen used to feast peacefully, and he fought wine for ten thousand years". That's what he is.
It is said that he once held a banquet in Pingxing, drank expensive and good wine, and drank to his heart's content.
However, drinking and mistaking has been a truth for thousands of years, and Cao Zhi is no exception.
Originally, because of his talent, he has always been favored by his father Cao Cao, and he is also the heir to the throne in Cao Cao's heart.
However, one time he missed a major military event because of drinking, and he lost his trust to his father Cao Cao, and since then he has been depressed and unhappy.
The position of the crown prince was also taken away by his brother Cao Pi, and in the first year of the early Huang Dynasty (220), Cao Pi seized the throne called "Emperor Wen of Wei".
After Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi became emperor, he was always obsessed with the dispute between the crown prince and Cao Zhi, and he always wanted to get rid of his younger brother Cao Zhi.
One day in the court, Cao Pi made it difficult for Cao Zhi, forcing him to become a poem within seven steps, and Cao Zhi wrote his famous "Seven Steps Poem":
Boiled beans are made into soup, and the soybeans are used as juice.
The beans are burning under the kettle, and the beans are crying in the kettle.
This is born from the same root, so why not be in a hurry to fry each other.
The last sentence of this poem is "It is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other". It is the poetic eye of the whole poem, representing the poet's thoughts and feelings.
Every word is accusing Cao Pi of pressing step by step, and the gist of the whole poem is:
Boil the beans to make the bean soup, and the filtered beans make the juice. The bean stalk burns under the pot and the beans cry in the pot.
It grows from the same root, why do you want to torture each other so hard?
This is the poet's heartfelt words, the poet has strong literary skills, and uses the metaphor of frying beans to accuse Cao Pi of persecution of himself.
Beans and bean stalks grow from the same root, just like siblings, born from the same mother.
The bean straw burns but cooks the beans in the pot to flip over and "cry", which is a metaphor for fratricide, which is very apt, and every word is fine.
This kind of cannibalism is really against the principles of heaven and is not tolerated by the world, so the poet asked his soul, "This is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other".
Cao Zhi's "Seven-Step Poem" is so famous that it overshadows his other poems. "Taishan Liang Fu Xing" is an example:
The eight directions are different, and the wind and rain are thousands of miles.
The drama is the border sea people, and they live in the grassland.
The wife is like a beast, and her behavior is hindered by the forest.
Chaimen He is depressed, and the fox rabbit is flying to my Yu.
The title of the poem "Taishan Liang Fu Xing" is "Liang Fu Xing", and the name of Yuefu "Xianghe Song Chu Tune".
The ancient song "Taishan Liang Fu Yin" is divided into two songs, "Taishan Yin" and "Liang Fu Yin", both of which are elegiacs.
The poet used the old inscription of Yuefu to write about the difficult life of the fugitives by the sea, Cao Zhi was originally an aristocrat, and he did not know much about the life of the people at the bottom.
After Cao Pi ascended to the throne, Cao Zhi was relegated to the poor seaside, and in his own unfortunate and difficult environment, he compared the difficult life of the people at the bottom.
I wrote this sad and indignant poem that speaks for the people.