Cao Zhi's Seven-step Poems in Han Dynasty
The original text is as follows:
(first edition)
Boil beans and burn beans, and the beans cry in the pot.
We are born from the same root. What's the hurry?
Translation:
The beans are boiling in the pot, the beanstalk is burning under the pot bottom, and the beans are crying in the pot.
Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. How can beanstalk torture beans in such a hurry?
(second 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?
Translation:
Boil the beans in a pot, filter out the residue of the beans, and leave the bean juice as soup.
The beanstalk burns under 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?
Creative 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 his jealousy arose, which made him angry. He regarded him as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, persecuting him everywhere. Ministers gradually understood the reason, and made flattering remarks in front of the emperor. Rumors mislead the public: Cao Zhi will enter the DPRK one day, and his palace will be restless. If they rebel and try to usurp the throne another day, why not a huge palace of harm? It's better to start first and get rid of the roots, so as to avoid sleeping in the future.
Xelloss just got what he wanted, and with the help of civil and military officials, he decided to start work as soon as possible. Just in time for a rebellion, Cao Pi falsely accused Cao Zhi of being the mastermind. At noon, Cao Pi sent his younger brother Cao Zhi to meet him in the billiard hall. As soon as Cao Zhi arrived, he was cut off by an ambush guard. When I met Cao Pi, Cao Zhi said, "What did my brother send me to do?" Cao Pi said, "I don't know. According to my intention as an important official, I heard that you are the mastermind of today's incident. Is it because of what you did? Cao Zhi sighed and said, "My brother suspects that I am plotting to usurp your throne! How can I stand such a crime? I hope my brother can see it clearly! "Cao Pi couldn't refuse, so he had to say," Well, for the friendship between you and my brother, I order you to write a poem to celebrate the mutual affection between you and me, but the word "brother" can't be seen in the poem. No, don't blame me for ruining my family! " "If I can't write a poem in seven steps, so be it!" Cao Zhi said confidently that if you say so, it's settled! "
After xelloss finished, Cao Zhi took the first step. Suddenly, he smelled the smell of boiled beans floating in the distance. He is very inspirational and lyrical. When he first reached the sixth step, he wrote this well-known poem: "Boil beans as soup and soak beans as juice. Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot. This is the same root, why rush to speculate with each other? " [1] After the poem was written, Cao Zhi said to Cao Pi, "Although we are divided, we are connected by flesh and blood. Why do you want to force each other? " Brothers and sisters? I have no intention of competing with your rights. No matter who is the monarch, I will faithfully follow without complaint! The gun that opens the bow is easy to stop, but the arrow that opens the bow is difficult to prevent. If you want to destroy me, it's easy. Why bother? My father can't be satisfied in the grave! "Xelloss listened to, be refuted have nothing to say.
Cao Zhi:
Cao Zhi (192-232) was born in Zijian of Peiguoqiao (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). Cao Wei was a famous writer in the Three Kingdoms period and a representative of Jian 'an literature. The son of Cao Cao, Emperor Wudi of Wei, and the younger brother of Cao Pi, Emperor Wendi of Wei, used to be the king of Chen before his death. After his death, posthumous title "thought", so he was also called King Chen Si. Because of their literary attainments, later generations are called "Three Caos" with Cao Cao and Cao Pi, and Xie Lingyun, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, even commented that "there is one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian monopolizes eight fights". Wang Shizhen evaluated the poets who have lived for two thousand years since the Han and Wei Dynasties as "immortals", including Cao Zhi, Li Bai and Su Shi.