Four-sentence Translation of Seven-step Poems

The beans are cooked in the pot, the bean stalks are burned under the pot, and the beans are crying in the pot. Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. Why is beanstalk so anxious to torture beans? The Seven-step Poetry comes from Shi Shuo Xin Yu written by Cao Zhi, a poet of Wei State in the Three Kingdoms Period.

Four-sentence version of seven-step poem

Boil beans and burn beans, and the beans cry in the pot.

We are born from the same root. What's the hurry?

Three-sentence version of seven-step poem

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?

translate

Boil the beans in a pot, filter the bean dregs, and leave the bean juice to make 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?

Creation background

Seven Steps Poetry was written after Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, Cao Pi tried his best to get rid of Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi knew that his brother had deliberately framed himself, but he couldn't excuse himself, so he had to write a poem in seven steps with extreme indignation. In the first year of Huang Chu (220), Cao Pi became emperor Wei Wendi. Because xelloss couldn't let go of the experience of fighting for the crown prince, he still held a grudge against Tsao Zhi after he proclaimed himself emperor.