Burning bean stalks under the stove, crying beans in the pot. Cao Zhi compares himself to a bean in a pot, and Cao Pi compares himself to a beanstalk under the pot. In the past, beans and bean stalks grew on the same root, but now the bean stalks are burned under the pot, tormenting the beans in the pot, and the beans in the pot are unable to resist.
Although Cao Pi ascended the throne, he was worried that his younger brother's talent would overwhelm him and he would pull himself down in the future, so he was jealous and wanted to get rid of his younger brother. He arrested Cao Zhi on trumped-up charges. But because the ministers were dissatisfied with his cruel character, he ordered Cao Zhi to write a poem within seven steps. If he can't do it, he will be shot. No wonder he doesn't care about brotherhood. Cao Zhi wrote a seven-step poem, but Cao Pi had no choice but to let Cao Zhi live. Xelloss and Cao Zhang ate dates while playing chess. Cao Pi picked up non-toxic food. Cao Zhang was unprepared and picked up the food at will.
Dream of Red Mansions
There is no material to fill the sky, and you will waste your time in the world of mortals. Who will remember to give this department a wonderful biography?
Nothing can fill the sky, which is the author's grief and feeling for his helplessness in the last days of feudal society. From his own experience, he saw the corruption and depravity of the aristocratic society where he came from, and everything he once loved was irretrievably destroyed. He realized the inevitability of this ending from a simple dialectical point of view, and realized that the aristocratic class did not deserve a better fate, so he mercilessly exposed and whipped them. However, the author is not without nostalgia for his rich and prosperous life in the past, especially for many characters (mostly pure and kind young women) who he warmly praised and burned with the collapse of feudal families.