1. The theme of A Short Song Line is very clear, that is, the author hopes to have a large number of talents for his own use. In his political activities, Cao Cao once strongly emphasized "appointing people on their merits" in order to expand his ruling base among civilian landlords and crack down on reactionary hereditary forces. And "Short Song" is actually a "sage seeker".
In this poem, Cao Cao praised great historical figures such as Zhou Wenwang, Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong, and actually used them to express his grand ambitions. His attitude is very clear, that is, he doesn't want to be the emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, but he wants to emulate Zhou Wenwang, Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong.
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There are four opinions about the writing time of this poem in academic circles.
1. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on Su Shi's Poems on Chibi, advocates that Cao Cao recite the poem Drinking and Singing before the Chibi War at the end of the 13th year of Jian 'an (2008).
2. The theory of seeking talents comes from Zhang Keli's Chronicle of Three Caos: "Expressing the eager desire to recruit talents, at the same time as the order of seeking talents." The time was in the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10).
3. Host and guest and singing. This idea originated from Wan. He believes that this poem was written in the first year of Jian 'an in Han Dynasty (196). When Cao Cao moved the capital to Xu, Cao Cao and his confidants sang with Xun and others.
4. Eat, drink and be merry, and the specific time is not verified. This sentence is Shen Deqian's "The Source of Ancient Poetry" Volume 5: "A Short Song". It is also fun to say it in time.
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