The fastest time to write four poems in history! Cao Zhi writes a poem in seven steps. A prodigy becomes a poem in three steps at the age of seven.

"Boiled beans are held as soup, soaked in juice, soaked in the bottom of the pot, and beans cry in the pot. Since we are born from the same root, why should we speculate with each other? Cao Zhi, a poet of the Three Kingdoms, finished this poem in seven steps, which made his talent immortal. Xie Lingyun, a poet in the Southern Dynasties, even called Cao Zhi a "gifted scholar". However, in the history of China, Cao Zhi's Seven-step Poetry is not the fastest, and it is said that the fastest is the Three-step Poetry.

Since Cao Pi inherited his father Cao Cao's great cause, he was afraid that his younger brother would become more and more powerful and tried to get rid of him. Later, Cao Pi ordered his younger brother Cao Zhi to write a poem within seven steps within a limited time, and if he failed, he would be beheaded. Cao Zhi lamented the cruelty of flesh and blood, so he satirized Cao Pi's persecution with the metaphor of fried beans, and then wrote a seven-step poem.

However, many people only know the seven-step poem. I didn't expect there to be a "five-step poem" in the world, did I? In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Shi Qing, who was his younger brother. "The Whole Tang Poetry" commented on him like this: "Shi Qing, a native of Lingling, is smart and has a good memory." He considers himself a great poet. Later, he wrote a letter to the then emperor Li Longji. He said: "Zijian (Cao Zhi) has seven steps, and I can write to Semin within five steps. 」

Upon hearing this, Li Longji was greatly surprised. So he called him to the palace and ordered him to write a poem on the spot in the golden hall, entitled "New Year's Eve". Shi Qing didn't make five steps, but recited a poem: "This year has passed tonight, and next year will be urged tomorrow." The cold goes with the night, and spring comes one by one. Discoloration in the air and disfigurement in the dark. Unconsciously, the scenery has entered the backyard. In his poems, he vividly expounds the sense of urgency that time flies and time waits for no man, which makes people feel the feeling of cherishing time and living in the present. The emperor and the officials of the Qing Dynasty were very surprised after hearing this, and Li Longji named him the left prison officer on the spot.

You think the five-step poem is the ultimate? According to Old Tang Book, one day, Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher, chatted with Wenzong in Weiyang Palace. It happened that Wenzong distributed a batch of cotton-padded clothes to soldiers at the border, and Wenzong asked him to write a poem to praise this achievement.

Within three steps, Liu Gongquan made a wordless quatrain: "Although there was no war last year, I didn't return this year. How do you repay the emperor's kindness? You get spring clothes in spring. After listening to this, Wenzong was greatly surprised. I didn't expect the great calligrapher around me to be a poetic genius!

Coincidentally, this person is also in the three-step poem. In the Song Dynasty, Kou Zhun was 65 years old and 438+09 years old. He was a scholar, and then he was the prime minister. When he was seven years old, one day, his parents held a banquet at home. After three rounds of wine at the wedding, someone suggested to the host, "I heard that your son is good at poetry, please improvise a song." 」

Kou Zhun asked the guest to write a topic, because it was not far from Huashan at that time, so the guest took Huashan as the topic and asked Kou Zhun Jr. to recite a poem. Before he had taken three steps, he blurted out a quatrain: "Only the sky is above, and there is no mountain and peace." Look up at the red sun and look back at the low white clouds. In just 20 words, the whole poem tells the steep image of Huashan Mountain, which amazed the people present.