In the autumn of the sixteenth year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), Cao Zhi, who had just finished the coronation ceremony, bid farewell to the excellent travel life in Yecheng for the time being, volunteered to follow his father's journey to the west, waded through mountains and rivers, and spent the night in all directions.
When the army of the Western Expedition moved to Luoyang, the imperial capital, Cao Zhi was shocked by what he saw: the former prosperity of Luoyang disappeared without a trace, and there were ruins and thorns everywhere. The once glorious Forbidden City has become a ruin, disappearing into weeds, and pieces of yellow leaves are flying in the city.
Cao Zhi, full of blood, left Luoyang with the Western Expedition Army with a heart of making contributions and continuing to advance westward. After more than a year's annexation war, the western regions finally ended the chaotic situation and ushered in its stability and tranquility. Cao Zhi, the victorious Cao Zhi, was soon named Linzi Hou.
During the period of Yecheng, one thing was very important to Cao Zhi, which influenced his life, and that was the dispute between Wang and Sun.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Cao Zhi changed his country name to Linzihou. This year, Sun Quan of Alvin made Cao Zhi stay in Yecheng and warned him: "I was twenty-three years old when I was in the autumn season, and I never regretted what I did at that time. Now that you are 23 years old, how can you not work hard to become stronger! "
Cao Zhi is favored for his talent. Rockett, Ding Ke, 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.
Especially 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, the palace gate, and indulged himself in the forbidden road where only emperors could hold ceremonies until he enjoyed himself in Kinmen. Because he forgot Cao Cao's decree, he went to Cao Cao's great anger and carried out the bus order in charge of royal chariots and horses, thus increasing the legal ban on princes, and Cao Zhi was therefore arrested. In October, Cao Cao called Cao Pi 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. Cao Cao asked Cao Zhi to be a southern corps commander, enlist generals and lead troops to save Coss. 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.
Extended data:
Cao Zhi's creation is divided into two periods in 220 years (twenty-five years of Jian 'an). His early poems mainly praised his ideals and ambitions, filled with optimism and romance, and full of confidence in the future.
Later poems mainly express the grief and indignation caused by the contradiction between ideal and reality. His 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 works were collected by Cao Zijian. Cao Zijian's anthology *** 10 contains Cao Zhi's poems and essays. Among them, there are more than 80 poems, more than half of which are Yuefu poems.
Representative works include Seven Wounded Poems, White Horse Sketch, White Horse Wang Biao, Wan Li Guest at the Door, etc. Among them, Ode to Luoshen describes the beauty of Luochuan goddess, which is a wonderful flower in the literary garden.
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