Seven-character ancient poetry, referred to as seven-character ancient poetry for short, is a poetic form with the most vivid form, the most diverse genre, the most free syntax and phonology, and the most expressive lyrical narrative. The whole poem consists of seven words or seven sentences. Cao Pi was an outstanding poet in China during the Three Kingdoms period. Ge Yanxing is the earliest extant seven-character poem of literati in China.
Knowledge expansion:
The author of Ge Yanxing is Cao Pi. Everyone is familiar with Cao Pi. He was the son of Cao Cao, the founder of Wei State, and an outstanding political figure in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. What we don't know is that Cao Pi's literature is not inferior to that of his younger brother Cao Zhi and his father Cao Cao.
However, compared with seven-character poems, Cao Pi is better at five-character poems, and his Dian Lun is the first systematic literary criticism work in the history of China. Many people think that Cao Pi is an outstanding poet in the Three Kingdoms period in China, and his Ge Yanxing is also the earliest existing seven-character poem in China, but his five-character poem is not inferior.
Ge Yanxing was written in Jian 'an 12 of Cao Pi's northern expedition to Wuhuan. Ingeniously used the theme of Yuefu and created a seven-character poem. Through this poem, Cao Pi reflects the scenes of the wars in those years from the perspective of his wife, and shows the resentment between men and women separated by the war.
In the early ancient times, many people thought that Cao Pi's poems were not as good as his younger brother Cao Zhi's, because Cao Pi was the winner in the battle of brothers, so people paid more attention to his political achievements and ignored his literary achievements.
But in fact, this is not the case. Later, it was discovered that Cao Pi was not inferior to his younger brother Cao Zhi in literature. Therefore, with the in-depth understanding of Cao Pi's poems, people find that Cao Pi's literary talent is unique in ancient times, and Lu Xun also believes that Cao Pi's era is an era of literary consciousness.