After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he asked Cao Zhi to write a seven-step poem in the hall. If he can't write a poem, he will behead Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi wrote a seven-step poem with tears in his eyes, "Boil beans and burn them, and the beans cry in the kettle." We are born from the same root. What's the hurry? "Xelloss after listening to this poem's, think his practice and idea is wrong, at that time dismissed the idea of killing's. This story has spread to this day and is a household name. In fact, in addition to this story, Cao Pi also asked Cao Zhi to write "Poetry of Dead Cattle", which was extremely difficult.
In Shi Shuo Xin Yu, it is recorded that Cao Pi and Cao Zhi traveled by carriage together. Cao Pi has been looking for an opportunity to kill Cao Zhi, but there has been no opportunity and suitable reason. At this time, Cao Pi saw two cows fighting by the roadside. As a result, a cow failed and fell into the well and died. Xelloss witnessed the whole process of two cows killing each other, and when he thought of his relationship with Cao Zhi, he suddenly killed his heart again. At this time, Xelloss had a brainwave and thought of a way to embarrass Cao Zhi. He asked Cao Zhi to write a poem at once, but the word "death, cow" could not appear in the poem, and the time was limited to the carriage 100 step! If you can't write poetry, chop Cao Zhi.
For others, this requirement has a high degree of difficulty. It is necessary not only to show that two cows are fighting, but also to express their meaning implicitly with the failure of one cow. But Cao Zhi is a talented person, which is not difficult for him at all. Cao Zhi got into the carriage and the carriage began to drive slowly. Cao Zhi dismounted two times, and the horse immediately ran quickly, and everyone was amazed. At this time, the carriage was unstable, but Cao Zhi didn't show any panic, so he took out his pen and wrote a poem called "Poetry of Dead Cattle".
"Two meat together, wearing a cross on his head. At the top of the mountain, it was abrupt. The two enemies are not strong, and one meat lies in the dirt hole. After the poem was written, the carriage had not taken a hundred steps, and now everyone was dumbfounded. Xelloss suddenly speechless, poetry fully meets the requirements, there is no flaw. Cao Zhi was not only brilliant, but also resourceful and avoided this crisis.
The level of dead cow poetry is much higher than that of seven-step poetry. Later generations have always questioned the truth of this story. On the one hand, they think that this poem is higher than Cao Zhi's other poems, on the other hand, they think that Cao Pi used the same method to let Cao Zhi write a seven-step poem, and it is unlikely to embarrass Cao Zhi in the same way. Regardless of the authenticity of this poem, the relationship between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi is still very tense. This time, Cao Zhi's image in Cao Pi's mind has not changed at all, but Cao Pi hates Cao Zhi even more. During Cao Pi's ten years in power, Cao Zhi has been suppressed by his brother.
On the one hand, Cao Pi was jealous of Cao Zhi's talent, on the other hand, he was very satisfied with Cao Zhi before his death. Although Cao Zhi is brilliant, he is too bookish and often delays business because of drinking. His desire for the throne was not as good as that of Cao Pi, and the most important thing was that Cao Zhi was not ruthless enough, so Cao Zhi failed to ascend to the throne in the end. After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was always worried that his position would be taken away by Cao Zhi, so he remained vigilant against Cao Zhi and regarded Cao Zhi as a thorn in his side. After that, it is not difficult to understand that Cao Pi created a series of difficulties for Cao Zhi. Although xelloss was dissatisfied with Cao Zhi, he always wanted to put him to death, but he dared not make a move. Although Cao Cao has passed away, the strength of his and Cao Zhi's family is still there. After all, Cao Zhi is his brother. If Cao Zhi is killed for no reason, it will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of others!
Cao Zhiben was an ambitious man, but he was suppressed by Cao Pi for a long time. His talent can't be used, and his life is getting worse every day. He tries his best to live every day. To this end, Cao Zhi is very depressed. People often say that to destroy a person, you need to destroy his willpower first. Cao Zhi's willpower has been destroyed by xelloss to the extreme.
Cao Cao died six years later than Cao Pi. After Cao Pi died, his son Cao Cao succeeded to the throne. Cao Zhi thought he could breathe a sigh of relief. He never imagined that Cao Cao was also very wary of this uncle. Cao Cao suppressed Cao Cao everywhere like Xelloss, so even after Xelloss's death, Cao Cao's life did not change, but became more depressed. Cao Zhi never had a chance to realize his great ambition and talent in his life, and eventually died of depression. Cao Zhi escaped the difficulties of Cao Pi again and again, and even wrote poems about dead cows, but the ending was still very sad, which made later generations feel sorry for him.