The theme of the short song (Singing to Wine) is very clear, that is, the author hopes to have a large number of talents for his own use. In his political activities, in order to expand his ruling base among civilian landlords and crack down on reactionary hereditary forces, Cao Cao once strongly emphasized that "meritocracy means promotion", and for this reason, he successively promulgated the orders of seeking talents, promoting scholars and escaping. In fact, "short song" is a "song of seeking the virtuous", and it is precisely because it uses the form of poetry and contains rich lyrical elements that it can play a unique infectious role, effectively publicize his persistence and cooperate with his decrees.
"Short Songs" ("Zhou Xibochang") is mainly about Cao Cao showing his true intentions to domestic and foreign officials and the whole world. When the fierce people were wiped out and made contributions to Gao Zhen, the so-called "a gentleman works all day, but if he works hard at night", but Sun Quan of Soochow seized the opportunity to talk about his fate and voluntarily surrendered, in order to urge Cao Cao to change the regime and make him lose the status of "relying on the emperor to make a vassal". Therefore, Cao Cao gave this song "Short Song Zhou Xibochang" in a strategic way.