1, Introduction
The two short songs are two poems written by Cao Cao, a politician and writer at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the theme of ancient Yuefu. The first poem expresses the poet's desire for virtue and ambition to unify the world through the singing at the banquet.
The second song praises Zhou Wenwang, Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong's adherence to the history of the Minister's Day, indicating that they only have the ambition to help the Han Dynasty, but have no intention of representing the Han Dynasty's independence.
2. Creative background
There are roughly five theories about the creation time of the first poem in academic circles. 1. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on Su Shi's "Poem on Red Cliff", advocates that Cao Cao recite this poem "Drinking and Writing Songs" before the Chibi War, and the time is set at the end of the 13th year of Jian 'an (2008).
As for the second song, it is also difficult for academic circles to determine its specific creation time, which can only be roughly inferred as between the seventeenth year of Jian 'an (2 12) and the twenty-second year (2 17). In the 16th year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), in the first month of spring, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty appointed Cao Cao and Cao Pi as corps commanders with five senses, and later appointed Cao Zhi and others as Hou.
Author profile and overall appreciation:
1, author profile
Cao Cao, whose name is Meng De and nickname is Zang, is a human being. Politically and militarily, Cao Cao eliminated many separatist forces, unified most of northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei.
In literature, under the impetus of Cao Cao and his son, Jian 'an literature represented by three Cao Cao (Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi) was formed, which was called "Jian 'an Style" in history and left a glorious stroke in the history of literature.
2. Overall appreciation
"Short songs" is an old topic in Han Yuefu, which belongs to "harmony and flat tone". This means that it was originally the name of a piece of music. The singing of this piece has been lost. However, there are also short songs and long songs in Yuefu's Harmony Songs. Jason Wu quoted the ancient poem "Long song is in full swing" in the Tang Dynasty.