Cao Cao: Although he was born into a wealthy family, he was still a "Han" in the eyes of his time after being an eunuch. This social status inspired Cao Cao to be aggressive. As a teenager, he loved reading and read extensively in classics and history, especially military works. He also had unique talents in poetry, calligraphy, and music, almost rivaling those of famous artists, and his martial arts were also very strong. When Cao Cao was 20 years old, he was promoted to Xiaolian, and was appointed as the Northern Wei of Luoyang. He moved to Dunqiu Ling, and later conquered Yilang, the Prime Minister of Jinan, and the Grand Administrator of Dongjun. Later, he was promoted from Dianjun Xiaowei and Sikong to the Prime Minister, served as Duke of Wei, and was granted the title of King of Wei. . After his death, his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, established the Wei Kingdom, and honored him as Emperor Wu of Wei. Cao Cao was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This was a difficult period of severe social turmoil, constant war, and people's livelihood. Cao Cao really wanted to make a difference in politics. So most of Cao Cao's poems are full of ambition! Ambition! Sometimes I feel helpless, because the Three Kingdoms stand at the same level and I am weak in the later stage!
Cao Pi: "Yan Ge Xing", the highest achievement in poetry, was written in the twelfth year of Jian'an during Cao Cao's northern expedition to Wuhuan in the three counties. It adopted the Yuefu genre and pioneered the use of rhyme in each sentence. Written in form, it is the earliest and most complete seven-character poem in existence. "Yan Ge Xing" reflects the current situation of war and displacement in the late Eastern Han Dynasty from the perspective of "missing a woman", and expresses the inner resentment and melancholy of men and women who are forced to separate. The whole poem uses unembellished words, graceful syllables, and flowing emotions. Wang Euzhi praised it as "love, love, color, and sound, unparalleled in ancient and modern times." Some of Cao Pi's works that are praised by future generations were written when he was serving as Wu Guanzhonglang and was about to become the crown prince of Wei. His poems are delicate, clear, and pathos.
Cao Pi was the actual leader of the Ye literati group and played a key role in the spiritual structure of Jian'an literature. The resulting "Jian'an style" had a profound impact on later generations of literature. ①Cao Pi ordered Liu Shao, Wang Xiang, Miao Xi and others to compile China's first nonfiction book, "Huang Lan", which was the first official organization to compile a nonfiction book. ② "Classical Treatise" created the trend of literary criticism and is the ancestor of Chinese literary criticism. ③His "Yan Ge Xing" is the first complete seven-character poem in the history of Chinese literature, which had a great influence on the creation of seven-character poems in later generations.
Cao Zhi: "Poetry" ranks Cao Pi in the middle grade, and believes that his poems are not as good as those of his younger brother Cao Zhi. The reason is that Cao Pi's poems are "as contemptuous and straightforward as an idiom" ("idiom", that is, two poems) Ordinary people are talking), on the other hand, Cao Zhi is "extraordinarily high-minded, and his words are brilliant. His emotions are both elegant and resentful, his body and texture are refined, and he is outstanding in both the present and the past." "Wen Xin Diao Long" (Chapter of Talents) said that Cao Pi "Wei Wen's talent is vast and pure, and the old talk suppresses it, saying that it can be planted thousands of miles away... Zihuan is careful and slow, so he does not compete with the first." , which is different from Cao Zhi's "quick thinking and talent", and also said that "the vulgar sentiments are suppressed, and the same sound is heard, so Emperor Wen used his position to respect his talents and reduced his talents, and the king of Si was embarrassed by his power to benefit from the price. It is not a firm conclusion." Everyone sympathizes with it. In Cao Zhi's situation, Cao Pi was the winner of the brothers' fight for throne, so people ignored the beauty of his article. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi said bluntly in "Jiang Zhai Poetry Talk": "In fact, Zi Huan was so talented that Zijian could not overwhelm him?" This can be said to be a declaration of "vindication" of Cao Pi's literary achievements. Ye Jiaying said that Cao Pi was a "rational poet" who was restrained and introspective, and "won by sense and rhyme."