Original text:
Boiled beans are held as soup and simmered as juice.
Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot.
We are born from the same root, so why rush to speculate with each other?
Explanation:
Boil beans to make bean soup, and filter beans to make juice. The beanstalk burns under the pot, and the beans cry in the pot. Beanstalk and beans are originally grown one by one. Why do they have to torture each other so much?
Extended information 1. appreciate
This poem uses the seeds and beans from the same root to compare the half-brothers, and uses the seeds and beans to compare the flesh and blood brother Cao Pi who killed his younger brother, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Cao Pi, vividly and simply reflecting the cruel struggle within the feudal ruling group and the poet's own difficult situation and depressed thoughts and feelings.
Second, the creative background
In the first month of the first year of Huang Chu (220), Cao Cao died at the age of 66, and Cao Pi was promoted to Wang Wei by the prince. In October of the same year, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was forced to abdicate, and Cao Pi acceded to the throne, claiming himself. Cao Pi couldn't let go of the experience of fighting for the Crown Prince. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he still held a grudge against Cao Zhi.
He was worried that this learned and politically ambitious younger brother would threaten his throne, so he tried to get rid of him. Cao Zhi knew that his brother had deliberately framed himself, but he could not excuse himself. He had to write a poem within seven steps in extreme grief and indignation.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Seven Steps Poetry