There are two Qiaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhen Miqiao in Hebei is Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu".
"Luo Shen Fu" is a famous poem written by Cao Zhi, a writer of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period in China. This poem fictionalizes the author's encounter with Luo Shen and their longing and love for each other. The image of Luo Shen is extremely beautiful, and the love between man and God is vague and confusing. However, due to the different ways of man and God, they cannot be combined. In the end, it expresses infinite sadness and loss.
The whole article can be roughly divided into six paragraphs: the first paragraph, when the author returned from Luoyang to his fiefdom, saw Luo Shen standing on the cliff in a trance; the second paragraph wrote about the beauty of Luo Shen's appearance and clothing; the third paragraph The writer admires Luo Shen for his knowledge of etiquette and eloquence. Although he exchanges gifts with each other, he is worried that the encounter will be hindered;
The fourth paragraph describes Luo Shen’s situation and actions in the future after being impressed by the sincerity of the "king"; The fifth paragraph describes how Luo Shen came and had so many followers, but finally left with hatred due to the differences between humans and gods. The sixth paragraph describes the author's deep affection for Gu Wang after Luo Shen passed away and couldn't bear to leave. The whole poem has gorgeous diction, delicate descriptions, rich imagination, and lingering thoughts, as if there is sustenance.
Extended information:
According to the preface, Cao Zhi wrote this poem on his way back to Juancheng, his fiefdom, after entering Luoyang, the capital of the imperial court, in the third year of Emperor Huangchu (222). When passing through Luoshui, I wrote this poem "in response to Song Yu's feelings towards the king and goddess of Chu".
At that time, not long after Cao Pi took the throne, he killed Cao Zhi's close friends Ding Yi and Ding Zhi. After entering the country, Cao Zhi himself also reported to the supervisors that he was "drunk and insolent, and threatened the envoys". He was demoted to the Marquis of Anxiang, and later changed the title to the Marquis of Juancheng, and then became the King of Juancheng. These were undoubtedly one after another heavy blows to Cao Zhi, who was determined to "work hard for the country, benefit the people, build a lasting career, and make merits with gold and stone."
"Luo Shen Fu" can be seen as a bridge between the large layout Fu of the Han Dynasty and the transformation of the lyrical Fu of the Six Dynasties. It has a very broad and far-reaching influence in history. Wang Xianzhi, a great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, and Gu Kaizhi, a great painter, both described the spirit and style of "Luo Shen Fu" in calligraphy and ink, adding rare masterpieces to the calligraphy and painting circles.
In the Southern Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, some playwrights put it on the stage. Wang Daokun's "Chen Si Wang Bei Sheng Luoshui" is one of the more famous ones. As for the writers of the past dynasties, there are even more countless writers who have used this theme as a theme and chanted it in poems and songs. It can be seen that the artistic charm of Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu" is enduring.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia--"Luo Shen Fu"