Four-character poem is the earliest poetic style in ancient times. Four-character poem refers to a poem written in four sentences. Four-character poems are the basic genres in The Book of Songs, such as national style, Xiaoya and elegance.
After the Spring and Autumn Period, four-character poems gradually declined, but many poets still wrote four-character poems. For example, Cao Cao and his son in the Three Kingdoms period, Ji Kang in the late Wei Dynasty, Lu Ji and Lu Yun in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Tao Yuanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At the same time, there have also been some excellent works, such as Cao Cao's "Walking out of Xiamen, Although the tortoise lives long": "The old horse crouches and aims at a thousand miles. In the year of martyrs, go forward bravely. " People have been chanting it ever since.
The creative background of short songs
There are several opinions about the writing time of this 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).
Second, cross-strait harmony and singing originated from ten thousand. He believes that this poem was written in the first year of Jian 'an in Han Dynasty (196), and Cao Cao moved the Emperor Gaozu to Xudu, and Cao Cao made friends with his confidants and sang it.
Third, Wang Qing's statement that he hosted Wuwan Khan in Pufulu occurred in May of the 21st year of Jian 'an (2 16).