Cao Zhi was a famous litterateur in the Three Kingdoms period. His representative works include Ode to Luoshen, White Horse and Seven Wounded Poems. Because of his literary attainments, later generations are called "Three Caos" with Cao Cao and Cao Pi.
His poems are famous for their vigorous brushwork and gorgeous words, and there are 30 volumes left, which have been lost. Today, The Collection of Cao Zijian was compiled by Song people. Cao Zhi's prose also has the characteristics of "appealing to both refined and popular tastes and elegant style", and its genre is rich and diverse, which makes him make outstanding achievements in this respect.
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Cao Zhi anecdote:
After the death of Cao Cao, the second son Cao Pi succeeded to the throne. Cao Pi was afraid that his younger brothers would compete with him, and felt that it was better to strike first. Take the relieving of his third brother, Cao Zhang. At this time, the remaining four brothers Cao Zhi, Cao Pi hated it.
He ordered Cao Zhi to walk seven steps above the main hall, and then improvised a poem on the topic of "brother". The word "brother" cannot appear in the poem, and that's all. If it fails, it will hurt the murderer.
Without thinking about it, Cao Zhi blurted out immediately: "Boil beans as soup and soak them as juice. Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot. This is the same root, and it is too urgent to fry each other. " -This is the famous "seven steps into a poem".
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