In the Three Kingdoms period, Cao wrote a poem warning his brother not to eat flesh and blood in order to expose his brother's difficulties.

Seven step poem

Dynasty: Han dynasty

Author: Cao Zhi

Original text:

Boil beans and burn beans, and the beans cry in the pot.

We are born from the same root. What's the hurry? (first edition)

Boiled beans are used as soup and fermented into juice.

Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot.

We are born from the same root, so why rush to speculate with each other? (second edition)

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Cooking beans in the pot is to filter out the residue of beans and leave the bean juice as soup; The beanstalk burns at the bottom of the pot, and the beans cry in the pot; Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. How can beanstalk torture beans in such a hurry? The first two sentences describe the phenomenon of burning beans and boiling beans in daily life, and the last sentence focuses on expressing Cao Zhi's inner grief. He is obviously questioning Cao Pi: You and I are brothers. ...

Creation background

During the Three Kingdoms period, after the death of Cao Cao, the eldest son Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, and Cao Zhi, Cao Pi's younger brother, was appointed as the prime minister. Cao Zhi is very talented and proficient in governing the country. When it comes to North Korea's political affairs, he is eloquent and well-governed, so he has great prestige in North Korea. It can be said that a word spoken by a gentleman cannot be recalled. All this xelloss saw in his eyes, and the jealousy in his heart arose, which made him angry. He regarded him as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, pushing him everywhere. ...