As the saying goes, the greatest success of parents is not to create great wealth, but to cultivate their children to become talents. Cao Cao did a very good job in this regard, far beyond Liu Bei's comparison. Cao Cao himself was very talented, with high attainments in calligraphy and poetry. "Singing over wine and singing, the geometry of life" shows his broad mind, and "The old man is helpless, but he aims for a thousand miles" reflects his positive and optimistic attitude.
The two brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi both inherited Cao Cao’s literary genes and are both representatives of Jian’an literature. In the eyes of the world, Cao Zhi's talent is more than one level higher than Cao Pi, and his character is also above his elder brother. Under the pressure of his brother Cao Pi, he tearfully composed the "Seven-step Poetry" that has been passed down through the ages, especially the line "This is Born from the same root, there is no need to rush into each other." It made people cry.
In fact, if Cao Pi was not the emperor and devoted all his energy and time to studying poetry and poetry, he might not be worse than Cao Zhi. He could be called a talented man who was delayed by the throne. Why do you say that? Cao Pi once wrote a poem, whose creative level and influence are no less than Cao Zhi's "Seven Steps Poetry", but few people know about it. Let's introduce it in detail below.
"Yan Ge Xing" - Cao Pi
The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cool, and the grass and trees are shaking and the dew turns to frost. The flock of swallows bid farewell to the birds and fly south, thinking of you as a guest, your heart breaks.
I miss my hometown. Why should Jun Yan stay and send it to another place? The humble concubine stays alone in the empty room. I don't dare to forget you when I worry about you.
I can't help but shed tears on my clothes. The sound of the piano's strings brings forth the Qing Dynasty, but the short songs and slight chants cannot be long. The bright moon shines brightly on my bed, and the stars are drifting westward into the night. The Morning Glory and the Weaver Girl look at each other from afar, how can you live alone in the river?
If you want to understand the meaning of the work, you must understand its creative background. This song "Yan Ge Xing" was written in 207 AD, when Cao Pi had just turned twenty years old, that is, in his weak years, following When his father, Cao Cao, was marching north to Wuhuan, he was filled with emotion when he saw the people who had been displaced due to years of war. In a way, Cao Pi hated war from the bottom of his heart.
Cao Pi, who has experienced the suffering of the people, is well aware of the impact of war. Some newly married men were forced to join the army, leaving their newlywed wives alone to guard the empty house. This was very common in ancient times, especially during the war-torn Three Kingdoms period. . Therefore, Cao Pi used a unique perspective and writing technique to describe a woman's longing for her husband.
The general meaning of this poem is: Autumn is here in the blink of an eye, the weather is getting colder, the flowers, plants and trees have turned yellow, and the dew has condensed into frost. Swallows are beginning to fly to the south. Sir, I think you are heartbroken. Why do you have the heart to let me stay alone in the empty room? Every night I miss you, my clothes will be soaked with tears. I originally planned to divert my attention by playing the piano, but it had no effect. The moonlight shines down just right, and it reminds me of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, who were so in love but were blocked by the Milky Way and could only meet once a year.
From the perspective of popularity and popularity, "Yan Ge Xing" is much worse than "Poetry in Seven Steps", but its influence, connotation and literary level are higher than "Poetry in Seven Steps". Before Cao Pi, there were almost no complete seven-character poems, so "Yan Ge Xing" is considered to be the earliest existing complete seven-character poem, and its significance is self-evident. Wang Fuzhi, a thinker in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, once praised "Yan Ge Xing": "The love, love, and voice are unique in ancient and modern times."