Cao Zhi was very clever since he was a child. As a teenager, he can read The Book of Songs, The Analects of Confucius and the Ci and Fu of the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. A hundred schools of thought contend and are widely involved. Cao Cao appreciates his literary talent and likes it very much. In August of the 11th year of An 'an (2006), Cao Zhi, aged 65,438+05, arrived in Chunyu (now the northeast of Anqiu) with his father for the first time.
In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10), the Tongque Terrace built by Cao Cao in Yecheng was completed, and a group of scholars were called to "pay tribute on the stage", among which Cao Zhi was one. Of all the people, Cao Zhi was the only one who put pen to paper with a little thought. He was the first to hand in his paper, which was called "Ode on the Stage". Since then, Cao Cao has placed high hopes on Cao Zhi, thinking that he is the person who can achieve great things most.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Cao Zhi was renamed Linzihou. Cao Zhi was favored for his talent, so Rockett, Ding Gang, Yang Xiu and others came to help him. Cao Cao hesitated and almost made Cao a prince several times. However, Cao Wenzhi is very popular and talented. He often goes his own way, does not pay attention to self-restraint, drinks excessively, and makes several things that make Cao Cao very disappointed.
In the 22nd year of Jian 'an (2 17), when Cao Cao went out, he took a royal chariot and horse, opened the Sima Gate of the Palace, and indulged himself on the forbidden road where only emperors could hold ceremonies. Cao Cao was furious. Make xelloss a prince. From then on, Cao Zhi bid farewell to the high-spirited and hard-working life stage and fell into deep sorrow and depression.
In the 24th year of Jian 'an (2 19), Cao Ren was besieged by Guan Yu, and Cao Cao appointed Cao Zhi as the commander of the Southern Corps to lead troops to rescue Cao Ren. After the order was given, Cao Zhi was as drunk as a fiddler and was not ordered. Cao Cao regretted it and stopped using him.
Literary attainments:
Cao Zhi's poems not only embody the elegance of The Book of Songs, but also contain the profound and strange interest of The Songs of the South. It not only inherits the realistic brushwork of the Han Yuefu, but also retains the sentimental sentiment of nineteen ancient poems. Cao Zhi's poetry has its own distinctive and unique style, which has completed the transformation from Yuefu folk songs to literati poems.
Cao Zhi's prose also has the characteristics of "appealing to both refined and popular tastes and elegant style", and its genre is rich and diverse, which makes him make outstanding achievements in this respect.
Extended data:
In the first month of the first year of Huang Chu (220), Cao Cao died at the age of 66, and Cao Pi was promoted to Wang Wei by the prince. In October of the same year, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was forced to abdicate, and Cao Pi acceded to the throne, claiming himself. Cao Pi couldn't let go of the experience of fighting for the Crown Prince. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he still held a grudge against Cao Zhi.
He was worried that this learned and politically ambitious younger brother would threaten his throne, so he tried to get rid of him. Cao Zhi knew that his brother had deliberately framed himself, but he could not excuse himself. He had to write a poem within seven steps in extreme grief and indignation.